Andrei Sakharov park, Urban park in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Andrei Sakharov Park is a green space in Saint Petersburg with mature trees, walking paths, and open areas for relaxation. A bronze monument from 2003 commemorates the figure after whom the park is named.
The park was formed from the southern part of Pionersky Park and received its current name in 1996, for the 75th anniversary of academician Andrei Sakharov's birth. In the tsarist era the grounds of this park and Pionersky Park held the summer estate of Prince Abamelik. A "Bell of Peace" was installed in 1988, and a monument to victims of radiation accidents and catastrophes opened on 8 August 2003.
The park was named in 1996 for the 75th anniversary of Andrei Sakharov's birth; it was originally the southern part of Pionersky Park. In the tsarist era the grounds of this park and Pionersky Park held the summer estate of Prince Abamelik. A "Bell of the World" installed in 1988 recalls the victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
The park lies in the Kalininsky district, bounded by Piskaryovsky Prospekt, Marshal Blyukher Prospekt, Bestuzhevskaya Street and the buildings of Zamshina Street. The nearest metro is Ploshchad Muzhestva, not Vasileostrovskaya. The ground is a low-lying area with many springs, so paths flood after rain and snowmelt; drainage and new lighting were added from the late 2010s.
The park's Peace Bell, installed on 9 August 1988, is a copy of the Nagasaki memorial by Japanese sculptor Kunichi Matsuoka, given by Nagasaki in return for Mikhail Anikushin's "Peace" sculpture in that city's Peace Park. In the park's southeast corner stands a 2003 monument to victims of radiation accidents and disasters.
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