Okkerville, Urban park in Kudrovo, Russia.
Okkerville is a forest park in Kudrovo with woodlands, pathways, and the Okkerville River running through the grounds. Two paved circular trails of different lengths allow walking and cycling through forested areas, connected by bridges.
The landscaped riverside area of 10 hectares opened on 2 October 2010 as "Okkerville Park", laid out by the company Otdelstroy. It was later called "Okkerville Forest Park" together with an adjoining landscaped woodland of roughly the same size. In June 2014 the park hosted the historical reenactment festival "Parade of Eras: The Great Roman Empire".
The Church of the Icon of the Mother of God "Otrada" ("Consolation") was consecrated on 25 May 2014 and stands on the park grounds, where construction of a Cathedral of the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian has also begun. The parish collects humanitarian aid for people affected by the conflict in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, an initiative of the Zanevskoye rural settlement administration.
The park lies about 1 km west of Ulitsa Dybenko metro station, with the planned Kudrovo station to serve it later; the SPbKAZ ring road borders it on the east. Two asphalted loop paths of 1.1 km and 2.1 km are linked by three bridges over the Okkerville River.
In June 2014 the forest park hosted "Parade of Epochs: The Great Roman Empire", a historical reenactment festival. The grounds also hold a church consecrated on 25 May 2014 in honour of the Icon of the Mother of God "Otrada" ("Consolation"), and construction of a cathedral dedicated to the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian has begun there.
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