Central Park, Public park in Kurgan, Russia
Central Park in Kurgan is a public recreational area featuring green spaces, walking paths, and multiple activity zones throughout its grounds. The park includes designated areas for children and spaces designed for community events.
The park's plan was approved by the Kurgan regional executive committee on 18 May 1963, and the first trees were planted in October 1964 by students of the Kurgan State Pedagogical Institute. The full park complex officially opened in 1972. Since 18 August 1979 it has hosted the city's annual City Day celebrations.
Since 18 August 1979 the park has hosted Kurgan's annual City Day, with sections sponsored by local factories such as Kurganpribor and the Kurgan Wheel Tractor Plant. The alley "HAPPY" opened in August 2010, and a monument to Viktor Tsoi was installed on 26 November 2022.
The park occupies an island formed by the Bitëvka oxbow of the Tobol, with entrances at the north and south; the children's railway runs through the grounds. The 2019–2020 works renewed the entrance group, main stage and paths and reinforced the oxbow banks. The beach "Bab'i peski" opened on the Tobol shore in 1969.
The children's railway that crosses the park opened its first 600 metres on 16 August 1986, during the City Day celebrations, and carried its first passengers on 12 August 1989; the track and rolling stock were renewed in 2011.
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