Yesenin Park, Literary park in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Yesenin Park is a green space in Saint Petersburg with tree-lined paths, open lawns, and different areas for rest and recreation. The grounds feature several entrances, numerous benches, children's play areas, and good connections to nearby transit.
In the early 1980s the forest tract on the bank of the Okkervil River, between Dybenko and Podvoyskogo streets, was remade into a park; the central woodland was kept, and a dam turned part of an unnamed tributary into a pond. No official act named it, but the form Yesenin Park appears in Saint Petersburg law No. 430-85 of 19 September 2007. In the 2000s it lost 3.6 hectares to the O'Key hypermarket and 1.7 hectares near the Ulitsa Dybenko metro for the Nevsky mall.
The name Yesenin Park has no official naming act; it appears in Saint Petersburg law No. 430-85 of 19 September 2007 on public green spaces. On 6 October 2013, the poet's 118th birthday, a monument to Sergey Yesenin was unveiled and an Alley of Writers (аллея Литераторов) was laid out.
Yesenin Park is bounded by Prospekt Bolshevikov, Dybenko Street, Podvoysky Street and Tovarishchesky Prospekt, with the Okkervil River and a small pond inside. The Dybenko Street metro vestibule and the Nevsky shopping complex stand at the park's edge. The left bank of the Okkervil in the centre is eroding, exposing tree roots, and drainage reconstruction is planned.
The Yesenin monument was unveiled on 6 October 2013, on the poet's 118th birthday. At the same time a Literary Alley (аллея Литераторов) was planted in the park. The park itself has no official naming act; the name appears in Saint Petersburg law No. 430-85 of 19 September 2007 on public green spaces.
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