Rustam Minnikhanov visits Gorky Park in Moscow

On January 14, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov visited one of the biggest and most popular parks in Moscow and Russia - Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure.

During the two-hour excursion Director of the park Olga Zakharova told about its development and operation. She said that the main idea of Gorky Park is multifunctional cultural environment, where you can find everything you need and enjoy your stay.

There are different sports grounds, except for a golf course. Visitors can enjoy free entry to most of the grounds. The basic income is gained from advertisers and renters, who are interested in a large number of visitors.

According to Zakharova, 14 million people visited the park in 2014.

Rustam Minnikhanov visited the biggest in Europe skating rink, walked along Pushkin and Crimean embankments, Muzeon park, and “Green school” children’s educational center, where he saw the school of arts, woodworking, cookery, biology and gardening classes. It is planned to create a big children’s safe area in the park.

Rustam Minnikhanov suggested creating such an area in Kazan. He appreciated achievements of Gorky park and noted that this experience is important for realizing events within the framework of the Year of parks and squares in Tatarstan. Minnikhanov expressed his intentions to send Tatarstan specialists to Moscow to study work of one of the most popular parks in Russia.