Malinovka Park, park in Rzhevka-Porokhovye, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Malinovka Park is a public green space in Saint Petersburg with many paths leading through wooded zones and connecting different activity areas. The grounds offer open spaces for games and walks as well as rest areas for relaxation.
The park was laid out in 1990–91 to a design by LenNIIProekt workshop No. 9, on the site of a vacant lot and construction-waste dump. The plan covered 20.9 hectares with two ponds in the bed of the filled-in Malinovka River. In 2003–2008 sections were cut out for the Iyun mall, a fast-food outlet and a tennis court, and in 2010 an alley was planted for the 65th anniversary of the Victory.
The park's name comes from the Malinovka river, recorded from 1743 and buried in the 1970s; its ponds lie in the former riverbed. A larch alley, planted in 2010 for the 65th anniversary of Victory, is the park's main axis. Residents fought the planned cathedral here, gathering over 30,000 signatures.
The park is bounded by Kosygina Avenue, Peredovikov Street, Entuziastov Avenue and Industrial Avenue, and connects across Peredovikov Street to Ladoga Park. The main ponds lie in the centre, with the larch alley and sports and children's areas around them. The Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos, a tennis club and the June shopping centre stand on land cut from the park.
The park's main avenue is an alley of larches, planted when the park was laid out in 1990–91. When plans for a 65-metre cathedral on 2.13 hectares of the park surfaced in 2013, residents collected over 30,000 signatures against the construction, and the land stayed parkland.
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