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PARKS. Moscow. For Life, For People The Moscow Development Program 2012-2016 Dear Muscovites! Modern Moscow possesses truly unlimited opportunities for active and full-fledged recreation and leisure time of its townspeople, exercising physical culture, and sports, walks in the open air, and cognitive excursions with children. More than a third of the capital area is occupied by parks, squares, boulevards, nature reserves, and other green territories. 116 parks, 118 specially protected natural areas, and 64 palace and parks architectural monuments, as the zoo, beloved to the great extent by many generations of children of our city as well, are there in Moscow. For the purpose of preservation and augmentation of this unique wealth, the Moscow City Government has embraced special programs «Leisure and Tourism Industry Development» and «Environmental Protection» for 2012-2016. For 5 years we are in the cards to accomplish a lot. In the first turn we have to put into shape, to finalize arrangements, to fit state-of-the-art equipment into the city parks and squares, located at the convenience distance from the residential blocks. They are to become even more convenient and interesting for the youth – for those young people, who go in for sports, for parents with small children, and of course, for senior people. A separate important task is to revive lovely tradition of spending summer leisure beach time on the banks of the capital water reservoirs, as mass devotion to skiing and skating during wintertime as well. Boat tours along the Moskva river and numerous water reservoirs of the capital expect to survive the new birth. Serious money will be invested into the full-scale renewal of the culture parks and specially protected nature territories, including the pride of the capital, which the Sokolniki park, the Losiny Ostrov national park, the Izmailovo park, the Gorky park, and many others are. New green areas will appear in Moscow, which will be laid out on the sites of reorganized industrial grounds, waste lands, and other earlier neglected areas. There is an information directory in front of you, which will help you to come to know more about the work of the Moscow City Government towards the creation of conditions for recreation and leisure tine of all generations of the Muscovites. Respectfully, Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin MOSCOW PARKS Moscow is one of the greenest megalopolises of the world. Almost the third of the city area is occupied by green areas, such as urban forests and public gardens, natural parks, memorial country estates, parks of culture and leisure, and children’s parks. Unique natural and recreational resources, objects of national and world cultural and historical heritage are concentrated on the territory of Moscow: PARK AREAS DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES Placement of funds into provision of urban amenities and city green areas development in 2011-2016 are more than 50 billion rubles In 2011 and the nearest years will be set up and start operating. The major priorities are reconstructing the existent and creating new parks, major overhaul and running maintenance of park infrastructure, the works on complex redevelopment of the territories, including the green belt rehabilitation. Scaled works on the restoration of territories and objects of historical legacy and art will be also carried. In 2011 84 parks and squares are planned to be upgraded. Sport grounds, including tennis courts and bike tracks, started operating, and the work of variety grounds is organized. For 44 parks they will develop the projects of the territory design, and the recreation and leisure infrastructure. For 2012 measures towards the provision of the necessary facilities in more than 60 parks have been already planned. In the period up to 2016 works will be carried in all convenience parks. The magistral direction is creating the leisure and recreation infrastructure. The area size of the enhanced park and park zone territories is planned to be almost doubled. Culture and Leisure Time Parks The total amount of investments for renovation and development of culture and leisure parks will be 21 billion rubles in 2011-2016. Culture and leisure parks occupy 1427 hectares and around 15.5 million people visit them annually. In culture and leisure parks 300 objects of culture and leisure role are placed and practically all of them operate all year round. In 2011 the unified operation mode has been settled for all culture and leisure parks: business hours for all of them are from 8:00 a.m. to 12:oo p.m. with free admission to all of them. There are 14 culture and leisure parks in the city in total. Here they are: The A. M. Gorky Central Park for Culture and Leisure Time; The Sokolniki Culture and Leisure Park; The Izmailovo Culture and Leisure Park; The Hermitage Garden; The Severnoye (Northern) Tushino Culture and Leisure Park; The Krasnaya Presnya Culture and Leisure Park; The Fili Culture and Leisure Park; The Tagansky Culture and Leisure Park; The N. E. Bauman Culture and Leisure Garden; The Kuzminki Culture and Leisure Park; The Babushkinsky Culture and Leisure Park; The Lianozovsky Culture and Leisure Park; The Perovsky Culture and Leisure Park; The Lyublino Culture and Leisure Park. These parks are the favorite place of Muscovites. 8 of them feature more than 60 years old history. By 2016 the number of culture and leisure park visitors will increase 2 times (from 15.5 up to 30 million people per year), while the number of constant visitors engaged in different sections, studios, clubs and other creative groups, will increase from 50 up to 230 thousand people. The number of service types, rendered on the territory of parks, will increase also from 54 up to 150. The M. Gorky Central Park for Culture and Leisure In the middle of April, 2011 they started carrying works on recovering the park’s historical look. In the first turn around 100 illegal objects were dismantled. On the very sites of them they laid more than 2 thousand square meters of new asphalt bed, 1.9 hectares green lawns and parterres were laid out. They have arranged bike and 7-seated velomobile rent service, 15 bicycle parking facilities, bicycle paths are marked, 50 ping-pong tables are mounted, tennis and badminton courts operate. Creating public catering network is in the progress, ice-cream «Gorky Park» is manufactured. The biggest in Moscow light and music fountain is located in the park: 30-minutes fountain shows are performed here five times a day. Children are not left without attention either: the children’s creative corner is opened for them, animators and aqua makeup artists work. On the entire park territory free of charge humpties and chaise longues for relaxation are fixed, the free of charge Internet access is provided. «Olive-green beach» for 500 spaces is developed for beach related- rest fans. Program «Sport summer in Gorky Park» is designed, which includes free-of-charge classes in fitness, dance, yoga, and Qigong. The biggest ever in Moscow sandpit is fit out in the park. Oar boat stations on the Pioneer and Golitsyn ponds operate with hydrocycle and catamaran rent service. Grass carp and silver carp fish, which are «a living filter for a pond» in the amount of 400 kilos are released into the Golitsyn pond. DEVELOPMENT PLANS: The M. Gorky Central Park for Culture and Leisure In the nearest future they plan to put into operation: Bicycles 42 units Velomobiles 30 units Tennis 100 rackets Skis 100 sets Skates for hockey and figure-skating 850 and 800 pairs Hammocks 30 units Ping-pong 40 tables Rollers 165 pairs Sun Loungers 40 units Jungle gyms 2 units Catamarans 40 units Boats 19 units Address: Krymsky Val, 9 Phone #: (499) 237-1355; (499) 237-07-07 How to get: Park Cultury and Oktyabrskaya metro stations Business Hours: from 8:00 a.m.to 12:00 p.m. during summer time The Izmailovo Culture and Leisure Park At present the Mayor of Moscow sets a challenge of intensive development of parks for culture and leisure. Significant funding resources for their upgrading have been already allocated for 2011. That became a true gift for a jubilee of the Izmailovo culture and leisure park, which celebrates its 80s anniversary this year. The Izmailovo Culture and Leisure Park Within the framework of park development program the Izmailovo Culture and leisure park renewed its ski inventory, bought bikes and rollers this year already. New big variety show grounds with state-of-the-art equipment, bow and crossbow shooting range, a babyhood jungle gym have been opened. For the nearest future they have planned the territory upgrading, installation of sports grounds for playing volleyball, basketball, and badminton. Sightseeing cars will go for a ride down the park alleys, number of horses beloved by children and adults will increase by 4 units, 15 new attractions, autodromes, a bike rental center, and many more will appear. A boat house will be modernized, while a small motor vessel will navigate the Round pond. Address: Narodny (People) Prospect, # 17 Phone/Fax #: (499) 166-61-19, (499) 166-61-13 How to get: metro stations «Izmailovskaya», «Partizanskaya», «Semenovskaya» Business Hours: round-the-clock (promenade area), amusement arcade from 12:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Web site: www.izmailovsky-park.ru The Fili Culture and Leisure Park Within the framework of the Fili park development program in 2012-2016 they plan to fully complete the road-and-pass network renovation, to create a light system for the main promenade routes, to set security system and to install CCTV. In scenic places they plan to lay out parterres and flower-beds, to put in order the softscape, to install a landscape light system. They plan to fix the operation of seasonal and year-round catering food service and retail points-of-sale. Scenic grounds for recreation with fixed arbors organizing is also included into the park development plan. The total amount of financing for 2011-2016 is more than 4 billion rubles. For the Moskva-river embankment and the beach zone development sports grounds for beach volleyball and football are created, recreational hammocks are fixed, beach slopes are arranged, projects are developed and shell and core works are accomplished related to the engineering communications for the creation of an artificial pool, shower cabins, and public catering points. Developing projects with subsequent reconstruction of a regular park with a cascade pond system and a green maze is planned. Within the framework of the sport program development they will buy equipment for the construction of a year-round skating-rink with manufactured ice, arranging of sports grounds, cycle lanes and lanes for roller-skaters is planned, an aerodynamic tunnel fitting is planned. The children’s amusement arcade operates in the park territory. Address: Bolshaya (Big) Filevskaya Street, # 32, korpus 3 Phone #: (499) 146-05-31 How to get: metro station «Fili» Business Hours: from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. during summer time. Web site: www.park-fili.ru The Sokolniki Culture and Leisure Park The total park area is 515.7 hectares. The Sokolniki Culture and Leisure Park was formed in 1931. Since 1979 the park territory is the object of cultural heritage – it is the garden art monument of the regional meaning. Since 2009 the 229.2 ha land lot part has been admitted to the status of specially protected natural territory. There are the Grand and Minor rosaries and the Lilac garden in the park territory. For children three big attraction grounds as the House of Children’s Creativity, where different studios for children and teenagers are organized, operate in the park. Discos take place on the Porch, while the Muscovites older generation dance on the Rotunda stage. A library and a billiard saloon work. Health and fitness complex is equipped. The art vernissage is held in the Fountain square. Annually more than 600 public events are held by the park. During winter time the Ice town is fixed in area of more than 6,000 sq. m. with snow and ice sculptures. In early 2011 the Ice museum was opened. There are sports grounds in the park territory, while it is possible to ride a bicycle, to roller-blade or horse-riding along the park alleys. In winter time an ice skating-rink is fixed with area 5,000 sq.m., and the ski lodge works. The total amount of financing for 2011-2016 is 3 billion rubles. Address: Sokolnichesky Val, # 1 Phone #: (499) 268-54-30 How to get: metro station «Sokolniki» Business Hours: from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. during summer time. Web site: www.park-sokolniki.ru In 2011 in the park grounds the following upgrading works are being accomplished: During 2012-2016 they plan to continue accomplishing the complex of measures focused on the most complete satisfaction of the park visitors service needs. The Severnoye (Northern) Tushino Culture and Leisure Park As additional financing 112 million rubles was allocated to the park in 2011 for the territory improvement, installation of sports grounds (including a tennis court), floral design, fixing territory fences, acquiring new amusement rides, fixing, benches, garbage cans, and fitting out recreation grounds with velariums. In the current year the park complex delivery will take place to conduct events, bicycles and roller-skates are bought, picnic stations are equipped. In perspective, for the 2012-2016 period works, directed to creating comfort conditions for cultural recreation and leisure time of Muscovites, are planned to be continued. Such works include as follows: Address: Svobody Street, # 56 Phone #: (495) 497-03-80, (495) 497-64-61 How to get: metro stations «Planernaya», «Tushinskaya» Business Hours: from 8:00 a.m.to 12:00 p.m. during summer time Web site: www.parkk.ru The Kuzminki Culture and Leisure Park Within the framework of the developing accessible and up-to-date leisure industry program in the Kuzminki park they plan to construct a rock-climbing wall and a skating-ring covered with manufactured ice in the area of 968 sq. m. for all-year operation, to organize rollers and bikes rental stations, to replace eight old amusement rides with new ones, to make a current repair of the multifunctional field, asphalt and large sett paving. In winter time in the part it is possible to bobsleigh, to rent ski, skates, and tubing. It is planned to install snow coasts, and to lay three ski routes: Address: Kuzminki-Zarechye Street, # 1, building 2 Phone #: (499) 175-33-69 How to get: metro station «Kuzminki» Business Hours: from 8:00 a.m.to 12:00 p.m. during summer time The N. E. Bauman Culture and Leisure Garden The average park attendance is 150 thousand people annually. In 2011 about 19 million rubles was allocated to the N.E. Bauman Culture and Leisure Garden. The sum was assigned to develop and increase quality level of the service rendered to visitors. These funds will be used for the renovation of facades of two buildings of the garden and the central entrance, works have been executed towards the site landscaping, the minor repairs of the fencing and metal galleries, the sanitary cleaning of green planting, flower bed design, tree sanitation pruning, planting shrubs along the lawns and Virginia creeper along the decorative fencing. In the garden they plan to build a loggia to conduct dancing parties, sports grounds for playing volleyball and tennis, exercise machines, and children’s amusement rides. In the plans for winter period 2011-2012 there is an alley of ice sculpture after the motives of the Russian folk fairy tales, an ice-run, a now town-fortress, and an ice skating-rink. Address: Staraya Basmannaya Street, # 15 Phone/Fax #: (499) 261-58-83; (499) 265-11-05 How to get: metro stations «Krasnye Vorota», «Baumanskaya» (entrance from New Basmannaya Street) Business Hours: from 8:00 a.m.to 12:00 p.m. during summer time The Hermitage Garden The total garden area is 4.94 ha The Hermitage garden is the garden art monument, which is located in the central part of the Moscow city, in the Karetny Ryad Street area. For visit the garden was opened for the first time in 1894. 3 theatres are located in the garden territory ( «The New Opera», «Sphere», and «Hermitage», which is the cultural legacy monument), the garden summer variety stage, «The Shchukinskaya stage», newly doscivered object of cultural legacy «The First electrical torch» (1880), a children’s playground, arbors, monuments to Dante, Hugo, the Monument to All Those Enamoured, and other architectural forms. Provided Services: In 2011 they play to open a summer athenaeum and a sport pavilion. Those who wish will be able to perform a wedding ceremony in the garden territory. Address: Karetny Ryad, # 3, building 7 Phone #: (495) 699-08-49 How to get: metro stations «Chekhovskaya», «Pushkinskaya» Business Hours: from 8:00 a.m.to 12:00 p.m. during summer time Web site: www.mosgorsad.ru The Convenience Parks These parks provide an opportunity for everyday leisure of Muscovites at the walking distance from the housing. The following service set is rendered to the residents, such as following: children’s and sports grounds, mini-amusement rides, recreation areas, catering objects, and points of sales. In total there are 94 convenience parks in the city. There are own parks, squares, and urban forests in each district. THE MAJOR CONVENIENCE PARKS (ha): In 2011 they will accomplish the improvements of 19 convenience parks and squares with the area of 427.8 ha, sports grounds, tennis courts and bike tracks will be equipped, variety stages will function. In the parks they will build sports grounds and children’s playgrounds, bikeways and ski pistes will be organized and equipped, the lighting system and the illumination system will be fixed, elements of barrier-free environment will be created for physically challenged people, amusement ride sites will be prepared, work on police control, rental stations, and car parking lots will be organized. The total amount of financing of the convenience parks for 2011-2016 is more than 25 billion rubles. The 850th anniversary of Moscow Park The total park area is 71.6 ha Children’s and sports grounds, amusement rides, automatic shooting gallery, carting, a free-of-charge rollerdrome, bike tracks (a long asphalt track alongside the Moskva-river) are equipped, horse-riding is organized. In winter time skating-rinks with rent-skates service operate with comfortable locker rooms operate. For children the following has been installed in the park: a 12-meter bouncy-castle with slides, a playing tramp, playing grounds, a children’s rumpus room with slides, rocking chairs, and a dry pool. Every day near the Maryinsky Park wharf motor ships circulate along the route the Kolomenskoye wharf – the Brateevo wharf – the Maryino wharf – the Kolomenskoye wharf. In 2011-2014 in the park territory new lawns and paths will appear, trees and bushes will be planted, special pet relief areas are organized. Besides, in the park project area they place to place new amusement rides and sport objects, including football fields, a bike track (2 km), a ski piste with the length of 3 km for a winter period, as ice skating-rinks, coasts, and ice-hockey rinks as well. The park will be fully adapted for the physically challenged citizens. In 2014 in the park are they plan to open an ornithological reserve. Address: Porechnaya Street Phone #: (495) 743-56-48 How to get: metro stations «Maryino», «Bratislavskaya» Business Hours: Round-the-clock Web site: www.park850.ru The Borisovskiye Ponds Park The park with 86 ha of the total area is situated on the western and eastern sides of the Kashirskoye highway. In 2011 in the park territory they equip: They will plant 3470 trees (conifers and broadleaved trees) and 43 680 bushes, flower parterres in the area of more than 4080 sq. m and a rose garden with planting 12,170 roses will be laid out. Address: The Borisovskiye Ponds Street, # 2a, Phone #: (495) 324-01-11, (495) 324-01-11 How to get: metro station «Kashirskaya», then take bus ## 738, 740, 742 till the School stop Business Hours: Round-the-clock At the Dzhamgarovsky Pond Convenience Park The park is situated along the Startovaya Street and the Dzhamgarovsky pond. It’s total area is 14.8 ha. The park is assigned for active sport and family recreation time. In the territory of the part in 2011 they equip as follows: Also they plan to clean up the Dzhamgarovsky pond, to wall its banks, and to build up a boat station. When all construction works are over, the pond will be suited for swimming. More than 300 trees both coniferous as broad-leaved as well have been planted. The lane-and-path network has been remodeled. NATURAL AREAS OF PREFERENTIAL PROTECTION (NAPPs) 118 NAPPs of regional significance with the total area of more than 16 thousand ha are situated within the Moscow city limits. NAPPs of regional significance of the Moscow city are landscape protected areas, unique natural and natural and historical parks, within the limits of which objects of special environment-oriented, scientific, cultural, aesthetical, recreational, and health-improving meaning, are located. Here you can see uncommon species of flora and fauna, unique natural landscapes, gathered into one integrated whole. This is the Moskva river valley, meadows, and bogs of the Strogino bottomland, the Shchukinsky peninsula with banks cut up by numerous armlets, the Kirovskaya bottomland, the cusp of Stroginom the Serebryanka river with numerous ponds, scattered around the territory, and others. THE MAJOR NATURAL PARKS, AREA (ha): The NAPP financing for 2011-2016 is more than 2 billion rubles. The Losiny Ostrov National Park The Losiny Ostrov national park is a natural area of preferential protection of federal significance with 3 thousand ha of total area within the administrative limits of the Moscow city with organized conditions for the recreation and ecological tourism. The entire municipal part of the park is opened for public access. The park infrastructure consists of a recreational area, specially assigned for rest (the lane-and-path network, benches, velariums, hands, information name plates). In the park territory there are also a mini-hotel for family rest, 3 visit-centers, and 3 stable-yards. For those, having a rest, picnic areas, 3 children’s playgrounds and a sport ground, and 3 water reservoirs of recreational significance are equipped. In 2011-2012 they plan to upgrade the park, accomplishing the following: Installing spotlight, arranging children’s playgrounds, installing wooden sculptures and the pond reconstruction. In 2012-2016 the plan to organize the water ecological route down the Yauza river, establishing an aviary complex, and building 3 sports and recreation centers. Address: Poperechny Prosek Street, # 1g, Phone #: (499) 268-60-45 (receiving office) How to get: metro stations «Sokolniki», «VDNKh», «Podbelskogo Ulits (Street)», «Shchelkovskaya» Business Hours: from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Web site: www.elkisland.ru The Bitsevsky Les Natural and Historical Park The Bitsevsky Les Natural and Historical Park is the second from the size point of view natural area of preferential protection in Moscow (2233.4 ha) with numerous creeks, rivers, and ravines, and a big variety of forest types. The Pharmaceutic Kitchen Garden, the exposition of the rare Moscow species of plants, aviaries with squirrels and pheasants are situated in the park territory. In the park they plan to create 14 recreational centers of the 136 ha territory. The lane-and-path network will be renovated, 5 km of pistes will be upgraded, a path for visually impaired (1.9 km) will be equipped. Multifunctional recreation complexes, picnic areas, and golf courses will be constructed. Natural and Historical Park «Moskvoretsky» Moskvoretsky is a unique natural park, the total area of which is 3332 ha, where the Moskva-river valley has got several natural territories combined into one integrated whole. These are meadows and bogs of the Strogino bottomland, the Shchukinsky peninsula with banks, carved by numerous bays, the biggest out if which is called Chisty (the Clean), the Kirovvskaya bottomland, and the Stroginsky cusp. Pikes live in the reservoirs, as lake-lawyer, asp, and tench, which are in the endangered-species list of the Red Data Book. The Shchukinsky peninsula nature is amazingly diversified. In 2012-2016 they plan to open a tropical butterfly garden, a universal multifunctional complex for public recreation with a football field, tennis courts, and a ground to firing model aeroplanes, and to equip a beach zone. Address: Osennyaya Street, # 18 Phone #: (499) 199-01-10 How to get: metro station «Molodezhnaya», then take bus ## 73, 229, 691 metro station «Arbatskaya», then take trolleybus # 2; metro station «Shchukinskaya», then take tramway # 10, 15 metro station «Sokol», then take tram # 15; in 15 minutes walking distance from metro stations «Krylatskoye», «Kuntsevskaya», «Pionerskaya», «The Fili park» Business Hours: from 8:00 a.m.to 8:00 p.m. Landscape protected area «Troparevsky» It is a a natural area of preferential protection, the total area if which is 331.6 ha. The wildlife reserve is situated in the Western Administrative Okrug (District) of Moscow, between Leninsky Prospect, MKAD (which is an abbreviation for the Moscow Circle Automobile Road), Academician Anokhin and Troparevskaya streets, the Ochakovka river valley and Vostryakovskoe cemetery. There are plants in the reserve, which are listed in the Red Data Book. In 2012-2016 they plan to provide public amenities in the wildlife reserve «Troparevsky» and a mini-zoo, in the beach zone, and developing the tot-lot area made of inflatable tanks for children’s aqua amusement rides. Address: Academician Anokhin Street Phone #: (499) 726-15-84 How to get: metro station «Yugo-Zapadnaya», then take bus ## 720, 144, 700, 611 Bus stop «Recreational Island» Business Hours: from 8:00 a.m.to 8:00 p.m. Natural Landmark «The Silver Pinery» «The Silver Pinery» is an artificial island, which area is 328.0 ha There is an ecological path, which is based on the only in Moscow reed swamp. Free-of-charge picnic stations are there located in the park territory, and the Children’s park and the Veteran park operate. There are volley-ball and football grounds, recreational areas for children, arbors, cafes, restaurants, rent-a-boat- stations, bird aviaries are there. For the natural landmark visitor transportation by electric carts along the picturesque paths, through park green lands is organized. Electric carts dodge along the treaded routes (except of the rainy weather). There are beaches operated in the territory of the Silver Pinery, which are «The Liver Linery – 2» and «The Silver Pinery – 3», where swimming is permitted. There are an ambulance room, a life station, composting toilettes, shower cabins and cabanas, sport and beach inventory rental stations, sports and children’s grounds, summer cafes and restaurants in the beaches. In 2011-2012 they upgrade the park, and organize a path network (5.5 km), trees have been planted, 2 volleyball grounds have been maintained, a safety control tower has been built, and a medical station has been organized, benches and litterbins have been mounted. In 2012-2016 they plan to recreate and preserve ecosystems and landscape differentiation, flora and fauna abundance; to accomplish a complex of measures towards the developing recreation objects within the NAPP. Address: Tamanskaya Street, 2a, Building 1 Phone #: (499) 199-01-10 How to get: metro station «Polezhaevskaya», then take trolleybus ## 20, 65, 86 until it terminates at the Silver Pinery stop. Business Hours: from 8:00 a.m.to 8:00 p.m. Web site: www.oopy-szao.ru Nature reserve «The Setun River Valley» It is a natural area of preferential protection, total area of which is 696 ha. There are Troekurovsky and Mosfilmovsky ponds in the Setun river valley, within the city limits the Troekurovsky creek, Natoshenks, Ramenka, and Kipyatka watercourses empty into it. On the valley slopes a birch-tree, linden, oak, spruce, and pine grow, while grey alder tree and willow tousle grow along the river banks. Here variety of birds (a thrush, a chanter, a featherbed) affect, broad-leaved forest grass grows. In the NAPP meadows weasels, polecats, and ermines inhabit. In the park territory sport sections on ecological biathlon and sport ornithology operate. Summer ecological camps, action «Feed Birds in Winter», and many others are held. Studios, such as «Phyto-toxicology», «Ecological ABC», «Ecojournalism», «Nature in Focus», «Ecotheatre“Spring», «Gossamer», «The Biosphere Club», «Ornithological Studio», «Ecology for Pre-schoolers». The voluntary work is carried out in the park. In 2012-2016 they plan to perform the Setun river ecological rehabilitation, the rehabilitation of the part of the Kipyatka watercourse valey and the part of the Volynsky forest, 2 ponds rehabilitation, upgrading the Natoshenka watercourse valley, equipment of 2 ecological paths and cycle lanes. Address: Ozernaya Street, 8 Phone #: (499) 726-15-85 How to get: metro station «Universitet (University)», then take bus ## 103, 130, 187, 260; metro station «Yugo-Zapadnaya (South-West)», then take bus # 630; metro station «Kuntsevskaya», then take bus # 11. Business Hours: from 8:00 a.m.to 8:00 p.m. Web site: www.uooptzao.ru Children’s Parks Children’s parks are the greenspace with significant opportunities, designated for games, entertainment, physical culture exercises, and cultural and enlightenment work with schoolchildren in their free time. The total area of children’s parks is more than 91 ha. The children’s parks total scope of finance in 2011-2016 is 537 million rubles. The following is related to children’s parks: The Miuss Park of Children and Youth Creative Work Palace The total park area is 3.7 ha The park is an essential part of the territory, historically being a part of the town homestead of the Streshnevy-Ostermanns. The territory possesses the status of the city natural complex and a valuable urban landscape. At present the park is a enclosed upgraded landscaped territory, which serves as a walking and recreation place for the dwellers of residential blocks nearby. On weekends and public holidays sport games and competitions are organized. The nearest schools are provided with an opportunity to conduct different cultural and sport events directed by instructors from the Creative Work Palace using the facilities on hand. Besides, tourist group classes are given all the year round. During the academic year children’s creative associations focused on military and patriotic sphere as biological one as well, and decorative and applied creative work, operate. Pedagogs of the Miuss Creative Work Palace have been participants and prize winners of contests «Pedagog of post-curriculum activities» and «The teacher of the Year» since 1992. Leisure Time Types and Objects: Address: Aleksandra Nevskogo Street, 4 How to get: metro station «Belorusskaya» Phone #: (495) 250-53-96, (495) 251-90-21 Business Hours: from 8:00 a.m.to 9:00 p.m. The Fili Children’s Park After the reconstruction of 2003 the park became one of the best in Moscow places for leisure with children of pre-school age. There are horse barns with the jockeyship school, a roller-skating ground, a sport ground adjusted for physically challenged children, a mini-zoo, bicycle lanes, etc. in its territory. The park is an ideal place for Sunday walks and classes with children in different developing groups. Children’s holidays are organized frequently on weekends. Children’s playgrounds in the park are equipped the way they are interested both for the little as for older children as well. There is a leisure ground for parents as well. Studios depended on interests operate in the park, such as following: Address: Bolshaya (Big) Filevskaya Street, 2a, dominium 9 How to get: metro stations «Fili», «Bagrationovskaya». Phone #: (499) 145-82-73 Business Hours: from 9:00 a.m.to 9:00 p.m. Museums-Country Estates and Open Air Museums For its uniqueness Moscow to the great extent is beholden to carefully preserved and being restored museums-country estates and open air museums, which are the Moscow «collar of pearls». Up to the present time 64 architectural and park ensembles are preserved, including 37 out of them in a good condition and 27 partially preserved. State museums-country estates and open air museums operate in the country estate complexes. In 2012-2016 it is planned to: The Moscow City Government plans to expand access to cultural heritage objects. The number of days a year available for visit will be increased. Before 2016 they play to accomplish restoration works at 35 monuments of landscape architecture and garden art, which belong to the number of cultural heritage objects. Associated open air museum «Kolomenskoye» Kolomenskoye is one of the most ancient places of human habitation in the territory of modern Moscow. Archeological monuments, situated in its vicinity, speak for the Stone Age people staying here (V-III millennium BC). Since the XIVth century Kolomenskoye has been a summer country residence of the Great Princes and Russian Czars. In the XVI-XVII cc. a unique architectural ensemble of Kolomenskoye, which represents the great artistic and historical value, is formed. In 1923 on the basis of historically formed architectural ensemble of the country estate the state museum was founded, which eventually turned out to be a complex architectural and art open air museum of Kolomenskoye with more than 250 ha territory. The most valuable objects are as follows: the Church of the Ascension (1532) (included into the UNESCO world heritage list), the Dyakovo site of ancient settlement (the Ist millennium B.C. – the Ist millennium A.C., an archeological monument). There are popular public and folk holidays held, festivals (outdoor opera festival «The Opera Empire») organized since 2008, children’s amusement rides, concerts, riding by horse-drawn carriages, bout tours, an ice-skating rink with a figure-skating school (during winter time), cafes, restaurants, ski rental stations, donut tubing in the country estate territory. In 2011-2016 the country estate ensembles restoration and museumification and the development of the service sphere as the attraction of new visitors as well are planned. One of the priority directions of the museum work is the creating interactive exhibitions and expositions in the reconstructed farmer’s country estates of the big village of Kolomenskoye and conducting excursion and art programs, which include getting visitors acquainted with historical monuments and participating the calendar and family holidays. Address: Prospect Andropova, 39 Phone #: (499) 615-27-68, (499) 615-27-71 How to get: metro station «Kolomenskaya» Business Hours: from the 1st of April to the 31st of October from 7:00 a.m.to 12:00 p.m.; From the 1st of November to the 31st of March from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.. The museum expositions are opened every day from 10:00 a.m. till 6:00 p.m. Closed on Mondays. Web site: www.mgomz.ru The Country Estate of Tsaritsyno This is the state historical and architectural, art and landscape open-air museum, the territory of which park is 693.4 ha. Palace and park ensemble «The Country Estate of Tsaritsyno» of Empress Katherine the Great is a unique sample of the country czar residence of late XVIII-early XIX centuries, and the work of outstanding Russian sculptors V.I. Bazhenov and M.Th. Kazakov as European landscape architects Th. Reid and K.S. Ungebauer as well. The Tsaritsyno architectural style does not have any direct analogues in the world architecture, and is determined as «neo-gothic» or «eclectic». There are architectural monuments as follows: the Grand Palace, the Bread House, the Opera House, the Small Palace, the Cavalier blocks, the Grand, Figure, and Greenhouse Bridges, a historical landscape park with the objects of landscape architecture, the Ponds of Tsaritsyno, light and musical fountains, and the Palace interiors. The folk holidays and festivals, electric cart tours, rides by segway, boats, and catamarans, balloon accessions are held in the territory of the open air museum. There are children’s playgrounds and amusement rides, souvenir stands, cafes, and restaurants. The wedding ceremonies can be held. During winter time ice-skating rinks operate, ski- and skate- rental stations are available. Along the exposition rooms of the museums, palace territory, and landscape park excursion programs, audio-guided electric cart tours, interactive museum and educational programs for children and adults, costumed photo-sessions and excursion programs, concerts, and music festival are held, wedding ceremonies are performed. In 2011 the territory upgrading is held along with the restoration works and reconstruction of the engineering network, besides, increasing the number of visitors is planned. In 2012-2016 they plan to establish a museum and exhibition center of the world level, developing infrastructure of the cultural recreation and the family fair. Boats, catamarans, skis, and the new amusement ride «tubing track» will be bought, the wharf will be equipped. Information equipment delivery and assembling is planned. The total amount of financing for 2011-2016 is 604 billion rubles. Address: Dolskaya Street, # 1 Phone #: (495) 321-63-66, (495) 321-80-39 How to get: metro stations «Tsaritsyno», «Orekhovo» Business Hours: from 6:00 a.m.to 12:00 p.m. The museum: from 11:00 a.m. till 6:00 p.m., Night at the Museum action is on Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.. Closed on Mondays. Web site: www.tsaritsyno.net The State Museum of Ceramics and the XVIII Century Kuskovo Estate The Kuskovo Estate is a unique cultural monument of the XVIII century, one of the earliest examples of the summer country residences of Russia. The country estate, which was built following the order of Prince Sheremetev, was held in store for splendid receptions, performing populous theatricalized feasts and jamborees. More than 20 unique architectural monuments as the only in Moscow French regular park of the country estate with marble sculpture, ponds, and pavilions as well survive to nowadays. In 1919 the country estate became a museum, and since 1938, after the only in Russia Museum of Ceramics had been moved to Kuskovo, two museums were combined into the museum complex, which got the name of the State Museums of Ceramics and the XVIII Century Kuskovo Estate. The Museum today is one of the largest possessors of the ceramics and glass collection from different countries from antiquity to nowadays. The most valuable objects and collections are as follows: one of the major in Russia porcelain and glass collection, the «mock» collection (picturesque still life and edged figures), the XVIII century portrait gallery, the XVIII-XIX century sculpture collection, memorial interiors, and the palace furniture object complex. In the country estate territory you can find the following: boat rides, riding in horse-drawn carriages. They can perform a wedding ceremony, early music concerts, and holidays for you in Kuskovo. In 2011-2016 the restoration and museumification of the country estate ensemble, extending the visitor service sphere, and opening new expositions in the Hermitage, the Kitchen ap wing, and the Dutch Palace are planned. Address: Yunosty Street, # 2 Phone #: (495) 375-31-31, (495) 370-01-60 How to get: metro station «Ryazansky Prospect», then take bus # 133 and 208, stop «Museum „Kuskovo“ Business Hours: from the 15th of April to the 14th of October – from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (a box office – till 5:00 p.m.), from the 15th of October to the 14th of April – from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (a box office – till 3:00 pm.). The museum: from 11:00 a.m. till 6:00 p.m., Night at the Museum action is on Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.; on Sundays – from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.. Closed on Mondays. Web site: www.kuskovo.ru The Country Estate of Ostankino Ostankino is the unique architectural and artistic monument connected with the history of the Russian and European theatrical art. The country estate architectural complex had been formed during four centuries. Boyar’s ethel with a pond (XVIth c.), the Church of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity (XVII c.), a manor house, and an oak-grove became the series of palaces and gardens, the ceremonial summer residence of count N.P. Sheremetev. The compex scientific restoration is carried out in the museum. Sights: a palace-theatre, the Church of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity. The most valuable objects and collections: the pictorial art collection, the illumination tool collection, the hand fan collection, and the furniture collection. Leisure time: park walks and tours, holidays, wedding ceremonies, palace tours. In 2011-2016 the restoration and museumification of the country estate ensemble, the recreation of the horse-yard and greenhouses for organizing exhibition halls, and after-restoration introducing a year-round mode of the palace-theatre operation is planned. Address: the 1st Ostankinskaya Street, # 5 Phone #: (495) 683-46-45 How to get: metro station „VDNKh“, then take tram # 11, 17 until the tram terminates. Business Hours: from the 18th of May to the 30th of September – from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (the palace), from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (the park). Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. Web site: www.ostankino-museum.ru TO CHILDREN ABOUT ANIMALS Being established in 1864, the Moscow Zoo is the eldest in Russia. It occupies the 6th place in the world from the standpoint of the collection size, which consists of 1138 species of animals, more the 15% of which are related to the category of rare and petering out animal species. More than 3 million people visit the zoo every year. In development priorities for 2011-2016 there are preservation and increase of the number of inhabitant species, animal living comfort increase, building new pavilions „Greenhouse“, „The Children’s Zoo“, an additional entrance from metro station „Barrikadnaya“, and the pedestrian bridge between the old and new territories. The Moscow Zoo provides free admission for all preferential categories of population, such as follows: children, school students, full-time students, military men, families with many children, retired persons, and severely challenged persons. Address: Big Gruzinskaya Street, # 1 Phone #: (499) 252-35-80 (answering machine), (499) 255-53-75 (excursions), (499) 255-60-34 How to get: metro station „Barrikadnaya“, „Krasnopresnenskaya“ Business Hours: from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (summer time), from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (winter time). Closed on Mondays. THE CITY ON THE WATER The complex of the water objects of the Moscow city is the system, which consists of more than 140 rivers and brooks, 170 water reservoirs, which are situated on them, 4 lakes and more than 400 ponds of different origin. The Moscow water reservoirs are the favorite recreational places for city dwellers. Swimming zones are equipped with changing rooms, volleyball grounds, areas for recreation with children, boat rentals, arbors, and cafes. Within the framework of the rehabilitation program of small rivers and water reservoirs in the city territory in 2012-2016 the reconstruction, cleaning, and rehabilitation of water reservoirs will be carried. More than 16 billion rubles from the Moscow city budget is allocated for the water reservoir rehabilitation in 2012-2016. In 2011 swimming season 13 recreation areas with swimming worked, such as following: RIVER ROUTES It is possible to accomplish rides along the Moskva River and channels by 45 modern motor ships. In 2011 new ship «Stolichny» was set afloat. These ships are equipped with retractable glass roof, GPS-system, audio-guides in 5 languages. The ship little water draft and allow using it in water sections with small-scale depths and small bridge clearances. This opens opportunities of following new excursion route the Bolotnaya Square – the Peter the Great monument – The Christ the Savior (the Redeemer) Cathedral – the Variety Theatre – the Kremlin – the Ustyinsky (Fleet) Bridge – Novospassky Bridge – the Bolotnaya Square. THE RIVER TRANSPORT REGULAR LINES Along the Moskva-river: From the Northern river port (suburban directions): ECOLOGICAL ROUTES Ecological paths are special routes, along which the information about ecological systems, natural objects, processes, and phenomena are placed. An excursion along the ecological path combines cognition, relaxation, and enjoyment by beauty of nature, due to which the effect of information perception is intensified by powerful charge of positive emotions. The history of creation of such routes counts for about 100 years already. In natural parks of Moscow 13 ecological paths operate. The most interesting are those in the «Sparrow Hills» natural park and an ecological path the Silver Pinery. These routes are developed for visit with children and physically challenged people. In 2012-2014 they plan development of ecological paths and cycle lanes in the entire number of nature reserves, such as follows: Bitsevsky Les, landscape protected area «Tyeply Stan», Troparevsky Park and Troekurovsky Forest, the Skhodnya river valley and the Altufyevsky complex wildlife reserve, the Silver Pinery, natural and historical park Izmailovo, and the woodland park of Kuskovo. In 2012-2016 they plan to upgrade more than 10 ecological paths with more than 20 km of total length and 30 km of new cycle routes. Revive the Nature Long-run Objectives These objectives will be settled by 2016. See also information on the Moscow City Government activity directions in other brochures: Education; Traffic and Transport; Health Care; Housing and Utilities Infrastructure. |
