Gorky Park, Kazan. Parks of Kazan

"Gorky Park, Kazan" - this is how the name of the TsPKiO named after them is. AM Gorky in order to make it clear - it is about Kazan's attractions, in contrast to the world-famous Moscow. After all, Gorky Park in Moscow, like the Luxembourg Park in Paris, and Hyde Park in London, is a kind of visiting card of the capital.

Analog capital

But Kazan had the right to call its green massifs that way, because Alexey Peshkov, who came here at the age of 16 with a dream of entering Kazan University, lived here for 4 years - from 1884 to 1888. Naturally, he spent a lot of time in the city squares separated by the Arsky field and bearing the names of Russian and German Switzerland. The field, located in ancient times near the Kazan Kremlin, received its name in honor of the tract running along it from the Tatar town of Arsk to Kazan.

The battlefield that went down in history

It is known not only that now the forest plantations surrounding it are almost connected and bear the common name - Gorky Park. Kazan is famous for its opposition to the Moscow princes. It was here, in the Arskoye field, that a battle took place between the inhabitants of the city - the Kazanians - and the troops of Ivan the Terrible in 1552, which ended with the capture of Kazan. Here, in the Arskoye field, the troops of Emelian Pugachev were also grouped, as a result of which in July (10-11), in 1774, Krasnoufimskaya fortress was taken and victory was won under Kangur. Therefore, in 1833 A. Pushkin visited these places, writing his "History of the Pugachev Rebellion".

Resort area of the city

Already in the XVIII century, the city came close to the Ar field, there began building and "cultivation" of wild groves stretching on both sides of the field. In the same area, the Kazanka River flows. All this has conditioned the settlement here both in those times, and now, of the rich inhabitants of the city.

And once on this place there was, as the legends say, a very beautiful lime grove, and immediately after it the Arsky forest began, and in those days it was dense. In a word, the places are wonderful, not in vain called Switzerland. At that time, obviously, it was the best praise - on the Seversky Donets, naturally, Donetsk Switzerland, there were Russian and German. The latter was called so because several German teachers from the Kazan University settled in its territory, behind the Arsky field and the cemetery. And then, and after, it differed from the "far-out Russian" part of the park with a noble silence. The Germans, Dr. Vogel, found spring sources with clear and transparent water here - goodness and peace, poured into the air, attracted people here who wanted to rest from the noise and fuss.

Pre-revolutionary festivities and fun

And already at that time the neighboring groves turned into the parks of Kazan with all the signs of the city's folk festivals - circus "Shapito" (mobile) with fashionable then "gutta-percha" acrobats (in the image of "Gutta-percha boy", in which DV Grigorovich described the fate Wandering actors of that time) and wrestlers. There were booths and swings, mechanical theaters and dog concerts, cockroach runs and other joys of the great folk places of festivals of pre-revolutionary Russia. Especially a lot of people gathered in the Trinity week - the Kazan hotels were packed with visitors, prosperous "catering".

Shrovetide week, perfectly shown by N. Mikhalkov in "The Barber of Siberia", was not inferior in popularity and attendance of parks with ice slides to his summer sister. So it was until 1917, and then the park for a long time was in desolation and quietly wild.

Socialist park period

The Soviet government in the 30 years paid attention to the rest of the townspeople, and in every regional center, the CPC & O began to be built. In 1932 Neskuchny Garden in Moscow was reconstructed and named in honor of the famous proletarian writer Maxim Gorky. The central green urban massif of the future capital of the Republic of Tatarstan was also given the surname of Alexei Maksimovich, and it became known as Gorky Park. Kazan in 1936 completely rebuilt it in the spirit of happy pre-war Soviet times. Carousels with horses and "girls with a paddle," laughter rooms and a giant swing, an attraction "Immelman" (older people still remember it) for fans, as they say, adrenaline.

Not bad were the parks

Any place of summer recreation of the townspeople necessarily had a dance floor and an open stage. Gorky Park (Kazan) in this sense is no exception. The summer stage had an orchestra shell with very good acoustics, and it existed until the 90s of the last century. Wooden cinemas, which began work only with the onset of darkness, were also an integral part of parks built throughout the country, in fact, one type, so that no one was offended. This was also Gorky Park.

Kazan went bankrupt, even on a small cable car. And here again people rushed. The park has become the city's favorite vacation spot - all the interesting events happened right here. Concerts of pop stars in the open air, the demonstration of new Soviet feature films, which in themselves were events. Here you could meet absolutely all the inhabitants of the city.

Location of the park

As a holiday, every evening the youth of cities in the parks of the country aspired, and, of course, Gorky Park (Kazan). How to get there, or rather to get there, knew everything - Vakhitovsky district, where the park is located, is the historical center and the main city territorial-administrative unit of Kazan. Here everything is close, in walking distance from the Kazan Kremlin.

Ershova Street limits the southern part of the park, Vishnevsky - eastern, Podluzhnaya - northern, and the western edge of the park is limited to the Suvorov School. Since the formation of the Republic of Tatarstan in its capital and other cities, a construction boom has begun.

New Times - New Entertainments

The central park could not help but change . In addition to the appearance of new corners and objects corresponding to the time, great changes have occurred with the attractions. And it's not just their appearance - in connection with the construction of the Millennium Bridge across the Kazanka river, a significant territory, including an amusement park, was torn away from the park. They were not just taken out, they were thrown out, some lay for a long time in the surrounding ravines. But time passed, and Kazan changed a lot in connection with the action "Millennium City" (in 2005 it turned 1000 years old) and holding the "Universiade-2013" here. The work was done tremendously, and before the eyes of many thousands of fans appeared a new beauty-Kazan. And in 2013 it was decided to recreate and reconstruct the park. Residents of Kazan are very respected and honored by the chief architect of the city TG Prokofiev, under whose leadership, together with NP "Preservation of city parks and squares," and works were carried out. That is why one of the new green squares of the center of the capital is named in her honor - Tatiana's corner.

Old attractions will return

I want to believe that soon it will be possible to see the new and restored old Gorky Park (Kazan). How to get there, know all the residents of the city - any transport going to the center, will bring you to this pearl. Already, the object can boast of many achievements of park culture, which are not inferior to technical innovations and service maintenance of the parks of Western capitals. Now all the cities of Russia, not to mention the capitals of the subjects of the Federation, are doing everything to improve the level of urban recreation - the parks are being reconstructed and filled with new attractions, running and bicycle paths appear, and corners are created for skateboarders.

Kazan is not far behind its colleagues in this, Gorky Park. Renting bicycles, velomobiles, strollers with bicycles, tandems and everything-related "bicycles", exists here in large numbers. The range of services is very diverse - inventory can be taken on a daily basis or for a certain period. Transformers TAGA, bicycles Navigator, children's bicycles, scooters and rollers - everything is in excellent condition. In addition, the advertisements of the park details the cost of rent, benefits and fines.

The best tooltip

Modern Kazan is a visited tourist site. Naturally, to buy a guide to the city and the republic is not a problem. In each of them one of the main sights of the capital is described in detail, its pride is Gorky Park. Kazan, the map of which is present in the article, will show and tell you where the objects of interest are, including the famous park zone. From other parts of the capital of Tatarstan , the park comes to the cable-stayed bridge "Millennium", which itself is a city landmark so much that it is depicted on smart cards. Now Kazan - this once provincial city - is one of the most beautiful and most equipped in Russia. The pearl of the renewed capital is the green massif (located at Ershov Square, 1), which is rightfully proud of Kazan - Gorky Park. Photos give a complete picture of the beauty and identity of this object, despite the standard entertainment attractions inherent in all parks in the world.