Babushkinskij park, Public park in northern Moscow, Russia
Babushkinskij Park covers about 6.08 hectares in Moscow's Losinoostrovsky District. Its central alley holds a pale bust of pilot M.S. Babushkin on a pinkish polished stone pedestal with a dark plaque, set before a curved wooden slat bench and a street lamp among trees. A perpendicular writers' alley leads toward the site of a burned reading pavilion.
The park was founded in the late 1800s and grew from a modest green space in the Losinoostrovskij settlement into an important leisure destination. Over time it expanded and became a central public gathering place for the surrounding community, shaping how people used outdoor space in this part of the city.
The park takes its name from the former town of Babushkin, which was absorbed into Moscow in 1960. Its central alley holds a bust of the polar aviator Mikhail Babushkin, a Hero of the Soviet Union, and a perpendicular writers' alley lined with busts of Russian authors headed by Pushkin.
The main entrance is a 1,200-metre walk from Babushkinskaya metro station along Menzhinskogo Street, about 15 minutes, or buses 54M, 124, 238, 238k, S15, 601, 880 and 928 stop at the Babushkinsky Park stop. The paved central alley and the curving bench by the Babushkin bust make the core easy to cross on foot. The dry fountain is lit in colour in the evening until 22:00.
The dry fountain opened in 2013 as Moscow's first of its kind, lit in colour each evening until 22:00. The same year the Green Theatre was modernised, gaining a summer cinema with up-to-date equipment alongside its concert stage. The bust of pilot M.S. Babushkin on the central alley began as a white plaster piece kept in the Babushkin cinema foyer, moved into the park when that cinema closed; in 2016 it was restored and sculptor Oleg Slepow made a more detailed bronze version.
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