the Izmailovsky Park of Culture and Leisure – a garden art monument. In the middle of the last century on the park territory an architectural ensemble of phenomenal beauty appeared, which was the square with fountains and a movie theatre, name for which back to those times was cinema-auditorium «Summer». Do you know, that the road called the Main Alley was cut through the woodland as early as in the 18^th century following the instruction of Empress Catherine the Great?! That road connected the Empress’s residence of Izmailovo with the village of Perovo, which was the earldom of her favorite Count Rasumovsky.

Today the Izmailovsky Park of Culture and Leisure is a well-developed and planned from the architectural standpoint part of the huge aesthetic forestry.

Address: metro station «Partizanskaya» (the North entrance)
Narodny Prospect, 17
Phone #: (499) 166-61-19

Park of Culture and Leisure «Fili» — park, one of the largest parks on the West of the city. It is situated along the bank of the Moscow river. As a part of its composition there are «City of masters» and the Lobanovs-Rostovskyis’ House-Museum.
On the park territory amusements operate, such as follows:
an observation wheel, area for children’s gaming machines

Amusement rides: «Orbit», «Ship-boy», «Autodrome», etc. A skating-rink, a shooting gallery, rent-roller-blades…

Address: Street Bolshaya Filyevskaya, 22
Phone #: 146-20-57; 146-05-31 (fax)

the Central Park of Culture and Leisure named after M. Gorky — a garden art monument, a large park in the center of Moscow.

Established in 1928, its territory is 100 hectares. Architect-avant-gardist K.S. Melnikov was the park (abbreviation for which is TsPKiO) architect-in-chief, who accomplished in the late 20s of the XX century the planning of the park parterre – from the entrance till the Neskuchny Sad (The Enjoyable Garden). In the center of the parterre Melnikov thought over a fountain, in which «an architecture was formed by water jets themselves»^[2]. The fountain upon the Melnikov’s project had never been built, but in the mid 1930s on the same place a different from its character standpoint fountain by architect A.V. Vlasov was constructed. The Park Central Entrance is engineered according to the project of architect V. A. Shchuko.

Address: Krymsky Val, 9     
Phone ##: 237-11-00; 237-07-13

Park of Culture and Leisure «Sokolniki“ — a garden art monument. “Sokolniki» is not only the name of the part of Moscow territory, which is the vast area in the east of the capital. For many Muscovites, Sokolniki is still the favorite leisure place. The territory of park «Sokolniki» is almost four times more than London Hyde-park.

In 1959 in the park pavilions of an international exhibition center, where the first ever American national exhibition was held, were built. Now it is a Cultural and exhibition Center, on the territory of which more than fifty Moscow, Russian, and international exhibitions are held every year.

Address: Sokolnichesky Val, 1
Phone/Fax #: 268-54-30, 268-5435

Garden Hermitage – a garden art monument. It reached its ultimate heyday during the époque, when belonging to the famous enterpriser, former actor of the Maly Theatre M. V. Lentovsky. K. S. Stanislavsky recollected the «Hermitage» garden of that time in the following way: «It was simply amazing – how many different things you could find in that garden: pond oaring and unbelievably reach and diversified water fireworks with battles of armor-plated ships and their sinking, rope walking across a pond, water fairy shows with gondolas, illuminated barks, nymphs, bathing in a pond, ballet ashore and afloat, processions of a military band, Gipsy choirs, and Russian songsters. Every Muscovite and foreign travelers have visited the famous garden».

The diversity of nowadays life of the park is taking shape in the kaleidoscope of bright events, which have place on the territory of the «Hermitage» garden. Traditions of holding spring exhibitions and fairs «In the world of flowers» are revived, festivals, such as those of jazz, ethnic music (ETHNA), Latin-American music, «Humor Cup», vine, beer, and others are held. In 1997 the Club of Tea Culture was opened.

Address: Karetny Ryad, 3, Building 7
Phone #: 699-08-49, 699-43-79