Park kultury i otdykha, Recreation park in Salavat, Russia.
Park kultury i otdykha covers 252,600 square metres at the crossing of Klyuchevaya and Parkhomenko streets. Its centrepiece is a pond of 200 by 50 metres, about 1.5 metres deep, fed by groundwater and held at the level of the Belaya River. Paths for walking, running and cycling total almost 15 kilometres, and the children's playground has a soft rubber-crumb surface.
This space opened in 1965 as a youth-focused park and underwent significant modernization in the early 2010s. The renovation transformed it into a contemporary recreation destination for the city.
The park's name comes from its Soviet-era role as the city's main culture and leisure ground, founded in 1965 as a youth park. On 6 May 2015, Salavat veterans of the Great Patriotic War buried a time capsule here, to be opened by future generations in 30 years, and planted lindens on the park's Alley of Glory. Veterans also proposed renaming the park Park Pobedy (Victory Park).
The park lies at the crossing of Klyuchevaya and Parkhomenko streets, and its concrete fence was replaced by a cast-iron forged grille. Paths total about 15 km: running tracks are surfaced with brick chips, bike routes rarely cross and carry warning signs where they do. The pond is about 1.5 m deep, its banks held by stone-filled gabions.
The stela at the centre marked the 50th anniversary of the USSR; its author was Miroshnikov, chief engineer of the Ishimbayzhilstroy trust, who had earlier worked at Salavatstroy. On 6 May 2015, Salavat veterans of the Great Patriotic War buried a time capsule near it, to be opened 30 years later, and planted limes on the park's Alley of Glory.
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