Leninist Komsomol park
LocationKyivskyi District, Donetsk, Ukraine
Established1956
Named forKomsomol

The Leninist Komsomol park (Ukrainian: Парк культури і відпочинку ім. Ленінського комсомолу, romanized: Park kultury i vidpochynku im. Leninskoho komsomolu, lit. 'Lenin Komsomol culture and recreation park') is a popular recreation area in Donetsk.[1] It was considered back in 1952, when Central Scherbakov Park of Culture and Leisure could no more fully address the city needs because "Shakhtar" stadium was built on its territory. The park was laid out only in 1956 due to numerous modifications of design; the same year the 20th anniversary of Maxim Gorky death was commemorated, so the park was first named after M. Gorky. In 1958 the 40th Anniversary of Leninist Komsomol alley was established, and the park was subsequently renamed to Lenin Komsomol Park (official renaming in 1972).[2]

Places of interest

  • 1972 :сhildren's railway named after V. Priklonsky, ex-head of Donetsk railway
  • 1975: Youth and Sports Palace "Yunost" (Eng. – "Youth"), opened at the entry to the park
  • Monument "To your Liberators, Donbas", open on 8 May 1984, the biggest monument in South-Eastern Ukraine and the city's and region's main war history monument
  • Monument to the Peacekeeping Soldiers (veterans of Soviet–Afghan War). The monument was opened on 7 May 1996[3]
  • Fairy Tale Meadow, an amusement place for children in the forest, where sculptures of fairy-tale characters are built
  • Donbass Arena Stadium

References

  1. ↑ "Presentation of new FC Shakhtar stadium project.: 03.09.04". Archived from the original on 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
  2. ↑ "Интернет Донбасс Донецкий Регион Парк им. Ленинского комсомола". internet.dn.ua.
  3. ↑ "Памятник воинам-афганцам, памятник солдатам войны в Афганистане, Архитектура, памятники, Донецк, Украина, ОТДЫХ ИНФО". www.otdihinfo.ru.

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