Парк имени Парижской коммуны, Public park on Kaiskaya Hill in Irkutsk, Russia
Paris Commune Park is a rectangular green space on Kaiskaya Hill in the Glazkovskoe suburb of Irkutsk, bounded by Botkin Street to the north, 2nd Railway Street to the west, Mayakovsky Street to the south and Sports Lane to the east. The Lokomotiv stadium, renamed Baikal in 2015, stands on the site of the former small sports ground.
The park was founded in 1920 on the site of a cycling track that operated before the 1917 October Revolution. The transformation of this space reflects the political changes that reshaped the Soviet city.
The park takes its name from the Paris Commune, honoring an important moment in European history through its Soviet-era naming tradition. This choice reflects the values that shaped the city during the 20th century.
The park is a near-perfect rectangle bounded by Botkin Street to the north, 2nd Railway Street to the west, Mayakovsky Street to the south and Sportivny Lane to the east. The 2020 improvement works renewed the pedestrian alleys and added five metal arches with glowing spheres, plus benches, some of them lit.
The park stands on the Glazkovsky Necropolis, a Neolithic burial ground estimated at 6,000–7,000 years old. In 1928, student Mikhail Gerasimov, working under Bernhard Petri, excavated five burials here; the finds went to laboratories and museums in Irkutsk and beyond, including the Hermitage.
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