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Park named after Sakharov
Park named after Sakharov

In the Kalinin district of the city is Academician Sakharov Park, named for the 75th anniversary of the figure. In the late 80’s in tribute to the victims of nuclear attack Japanese cities erected in the park, “Bell of Peace”, a copy of the Japanese counterpart. It was a return gift to residents of Nagasaki Peace Park in which a statue of the architect russkuogo Anikushina titled “Mother and Child”. Also in 2003, opened the monument to victims of radiation...

Rumiantsev area
Rumiantsev area

In 1826, in honor of Field Marshal Rumyantsev on one of the squares of St. Petersburg was the obelisk. Thanks to him in due course for the area got the name Rumyantsev, and in 1836 it was officially awarded this title. S1939 to 2001 area It was called in honor of Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian poet and painter, as he lived and worked at the Academy of Fine Arts, located in front of the square. In 2001 the area returned the historic name and the name of Shevchenko was named elsewhere Near...

Polish garden
Polish garden

Garden has its roots in the days of the life of Derzhavin, as was discovered in the yard of his estate. Later he received his nomination because of the proximity of the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, visited most of the Poles. In 2004, it was adopted a project to restore an old garden. A few years later he was transferred to the All-Russian Museum of Pushkin, and later at the expense of the federal budget was made reconstruction of the garden, according to the plan. ...

Park named after IV Babushkin

One of the first parks in the Nevsky district, situated on the banks of the Neva. Parkbyl opened during the reign of Catherine II, when the Nevskaya Zastava Petersburg for the Empress was built hunting castle and landscaped the surrounding forests, were built cottages close the royal court. V1925-1926 years the park was given the name of the revolutionary Ivan Babushkin, as his revolutionary activities, he began the Nevskaya Zastava, being an employee of the former factory Semyannikov. ...

Kurakina Dacha
Kurakina Dacha

The park, named in honor of Prince Kurakin, located in the Nevsky district. Attraction of the park is a pond and building Nikolaev Institute, erected in the late 18th century. Rebuilt in the mid-19th century, the building stood abandoned for a long time, but burned in 2006. After that the building restored in stone, it decided to place din “Children’s Hospice». Also in the park preserved building of junior classes of the Institute, after the reconstruction of it is located in the...

Internationalists Park
Internationalists Park

Park in honor of soldiers-internationalists who fought in Afghanistan in 1979-1989. On its territory are the temple of St. George, a monument to soldiers-internationalists, a monument to special forces soldiers, an outdoor amphitheater, and two ponds and tram terminal station “Prospect of Fame . » improvement park began in 1980 and ended only after 6 years. The name was given in 1988. Over the years the park was closed playground and boat station, which came in a deplorable state iz-za...