Ul'yanovskiy Lesopark, Protected forest park in Moscow, Russia
Ul'yanovskiy Lesopark is a protected forest park in the Novomoskovsky district with the Likova and Zimenka rivers forming its western and eastern boundaries. The area features pine and spruce forests crossed by dedicated paths for recreation.
The forest park was founded in 1935 as part of Moscow's protective forest-park belt. On 22 August 2012 it was transferred from the forest fund to Moscow's green fund as a specially protected green area. Its administration sat in the village of Rasskazovka until 2012, when it was disbanded.
The forest park's name comes from the nearby settlement of Ulyanovsky Lesopark, and its grounds hold the former village of Peredeltsy. The dacha settlement of Peredelkino with its sanatorium lies in the north-western part. A horse farm and the landscaped Chayka pond, covering 8 hectares, are used by visitors today.
The nearest metro station is Novoperedelkino, and the park lies between the Kievskoye and Borovskoye highways, south and east of Vnukovo Airport. The 8-hectare Chayka pond sits in quarter 30 beside the settlement of Ulyanovsky Lesopark, and a network of walking paths links the grounds. Some quarters are boggy and thickets of white dogwood between Moskovsky and Kartmazovo are hard to push through.
The pond called Chayka in quarter 30, near the Ulyanovsky Lesopark settlement, covers 8 hectares and is maintained for recreation; a horse farm also operates within the forest. The Zimenka's clogged bed created a new pond in a forest ravine in 2007, and about a hundred flooded trees died before the water was colonised by plants and animals.
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