Majakovsky Park in Yekaterinburg, Recreation park in Oktyabrski district, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Majakovsky Park covers 94 hectares in the Oktyabrski district, 70 of them pine forest. A straight central axis runs between broad reddish paved walkways, with a long flowerbed of red, yellow and white plants down the middle and a light-coloured multi-arched gateway at its far end. A small pond once lay beside the central alley.
The park was established in May 1933 on the grounds of former merchant estates and named after poet Vladimir Mayakovsky to honor his visit to Sverdlovsk. During World War II, it served as a training ground for the Ural Volunteer Tank Corps before reopening to the public in 1943.
The park's name honours Vladimir Mayakovsky, who visited Sverdlovsk; his sculpture was placed here in 1957. Main festivities fall on New Year, Maslenitsa and City Day, when the open-air estrada theatre hosts concerts. A children's railway named after N. A. Ostrovsky has operated on the grounds since 1960.
The park lies in the Iset bend in Oktyabrski district, with the central alley running from the brick arch of the main entrance past the flowerbed. In winter the forest section holds a ski base with ski rental and one of the city's largest ice rinks, 4,500 square metres. The Malaya Sverdlovskaya children's railway also operates on the grounds.
On the Memorial Square stands a monument shaped like a motorcycle wheel, installed in 1995 and designed by architect G. A. Golubev, honouring the scouts of the Ural Volunteer Tank Corps battalion. It was included in a federal collection of military glory monuments. A stone stele to the same battalion stood for years in the park's far reaches, its surroundings left unkempt and overgrown with bushes.
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