Those wings... I want them too.
АнглийскийAs a geek and a workaholic I'm not greatly fond of going for a walk. All the tests for knowledge of my homecity I usually fail with results like "Hmm, it seems that you are living in Moscow not so long...". Vova, however, is a different kind of person and he likes observing new and old places. So, when we started to live together I had begun to go out much more often. The places in Moscow that I like to visit the most are parks. We haven't seen all of them, but there are some I can tell about, in this post and the next one (a single entry would be too long and tedious). I also have some photos to share, but not so much, so I'll complement them with pictures from the web.
The first park that I've learned, however, I've learned without my dear, cause it was in the childhood. This park was Kuskovo with homestead of earls Sheremeteva (one of whose married his serf actress Praskovia Zhemchugova). Kuskovo was close to my family's flat in Veshnyaki, and even a church on its edge could be seen from our window:
When I was a child we mostly went there in the winter, to a small pond that was used as snow slope for sledding or skiing. There were also ice slopes sometimes. We didn't have tubes in my childhood, so we rolled down the ice slopes on tires of cars and trucks, pieces of carton or on our own warm trousers.
Little further there was a bigger pond with a wonderful view of Sheremetevs' homestead and some other buildings:
There is a museum in the main building, I was there, but do not remember exactly what was inside. Authentic interiors, furniture, some paintings, tea-sets, this kind of things, I recall.
We've been in Kuskovo recently, in the early spring. The view was much paler, but may be there's still something in it:
The bad thing about Kuskovo is that its part on the edge is being cut down due to North-Eastern chord road construction. I've heard there were centennial oaks removed, but the authorities deny that, and there is no possibility to check now. The road can also cause problems due to the cracks in the foundation of the church I've posted above, and the old underground sewerage nearby, and there are residential buildings next to the new road... That all is ignored. Moscow is getting more and more asphalted and flooded with personal cars nowadays, and I do not like that
Today we live a little bit further and the closest park to our flat is Kuzminsky forest park. It is quite huge and I'm not sure that we've seen it all. In the places where we walk or ride bycicles, there are parts that are more forest-like, with many trees and few people, as well as crowded areas, with walkways, benches, cafes, food kiosks and even children amusement park. There are several long ponds in Kuzminsky park, but not so much architectural buildings. From my own gallery, I can post only this two photos, taken on the Easter:
And this picture of the horse yard facade was taken from the web:
There are some other houses, bridges, grottoes etc., but they do not look impressive in my opinion.
Kuzminsky park also housed the Father Frost's Homestead with indoor ice rink. They look like this:
The Kuzminsky park is adjacent to another, smaller park, Lyublino. I can insert image of only one beatiful building from there, with rotonda:
We got there on bicycles, and when we wanted to look on the house closer, we saw the sign "No bicycling!"
Well, we've just got off them and rolled them alongside while observing. Either it was right interpretation, or no one really cared
Another park that we often pass on the bicycles is The Park of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow. I would not call it actually a park, rather a long square, as it is narrow and has not many trees. Internet photos of its interestings constructions look like this:
When we ride bicycles, we often go to the park of Borisovskie Ponds. I do not remember there any architectural sights there, but wikipedia says that there is The Church of the Life-Giving Trinity. However, personally, I like this park for convenient bike paths, hills, nice garden houses and peaceful view of water.
The furthest park, we got to on bicycles, is Kolomenskoye. It is famous Moscow park and a «historical-architectural and natural-landscape museum-reserve». Despite its beauty, I haven't my own photos of it. Some pictures from the web:
That's enough for now, I think. Other parks are to be left for the next time. That will be story about more popular Moscow parks, that are not so close to my home.
The first park that I've learned, however, I've learned without my dear, cause it was in the childhood. This park was Kuskovo with homestead of earls Sheremeteva (one of whose married his serf actress Praskovia Zhemchugova). Kuskovo was close to my family's flat in Veshnyaki, and even a church on its edge could be seen from our window:
When I was a child we mostly went there in the winter, to a small pond that was used as snow slope for sledding or skiing. There were also ice slopes sometimes. We didn't have tubes in my childhood, so we rolled down the ice slopes on tires of cars and trucks, pieces of carton or on our own warm trousers.
Little further there was a bigger pond with a wonderful view of Sheremetevs' homestead and some other buildings:
There is a museum in the main building, I was there, but do not remember exactly what was inside. Authentic interiors, furniture, some paintings, tea-sets, this kind of things, I recall.
We've been in Kuskovo recently, in the early spring. The view was much paler, but may be there's still something in it:
The bad thing about Kuskovo is that its part on the edge is being cut down due to North-Eastern chord road construction. I've heard there were centennial oaks removed, but the authorities deny that, and there is no possibility to check now. The road can also cause problems due to the cracks in the foundation of the church I've posted above, and the old underground sewerage nearby, and there are residential buildings next to the new road... That all is ignored. Moscow is getting more and more asphalted and flooded with personal cars nowadays, and I do not like that
Today we live a little bit further and the closest park to our flat is Kuzminsky forest park. It is quite huge and I'm not sure that we've seen it all. In the places where we walk or ride bycicles, there are parts that are more forest-like, with many trees and few people, as well as crowded areas, with walkways, benches, cafes, food kiosks and even children amusement park. There are several long ponds in Kuzminsky park, but not so much architectural buildings. From my own gallery, I can post only this two photos, taken on the Easter:
And this picture of the horse yard facade was taken from the web:
There are some other houses, bridges, grottoes etc., but they do not look impressive in my opinion.
Kuzminsky park also housed the Father Frost's Homestead with indoor ice rink. They look like this:
The Kuzminsky park is adjacent to another, smaller park, Lyublino. I can insert image of only one beatiful building from there, with rotonda:
We got there on bicycles, and when we wanted to look on the house closer, we saw the sign "No bicycling!"
Well, we've just got off them and rolled them alongside while observing. Either it was right interpretation, or no one really cared Another park that we often pass on the bicycles is The Park of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow. I would not call it actually a park, rather a long square, as it is narrow and has not many trees. Internet photos of its interestings constructions look like this:
When we ride bicycles, we often go to the park of Borisovskie Ponds. I do not remember there any architectural sights there, but wikipedia says that there is The Church of the Life-Giving Trinity. However, personally, I like this park for convenient bike paths, hills, nice garden houses and peaceful view of water.
The furthest park, we got to on bicycles, is Kolomenskoye. It is famous Moscow park and a «historical-architectural and natural-landscape museum-reserve». Despite its beauty, I haven't my own photos of it. Some pictures from the web:
That's enough for now, I think. Other parks are to be left for the next time. That will be story about more popular Moscow parks, that are not so close to my home.
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