Serebryano-Vinogradny pond, reservoir in Russia

The Serebryano-Vinogradny pond is a body of water in Moscow's Izmaylovo district, set within a park of old oak and linden trees. Paved paths run around the entire shore, lined with benches that face the water and offer views of the waterbirds that live on and around it.

The pond dates from the early 1660s, when Tsar Alexis Mikhailovich turned his Izmaylovo estate into a model farm with orchards, greenhouses and hunting grounds. Dams were built on the Serebryanka River, creating several ponds with watermills and water pipes; the Vinogradny pond was named for the grapes and southern fruits grown in the estate's gardens. The Vyslaya dam joined it to the Serebryany pond, forming a water ring around Izmaylovsky Island, where the tsar built a residence linked by a white-stone bridge.

The name joins two references: the nearby Serebryanka River and a former orchard where grapes and fruit trees once grew on the estate grounds. Today, locals come here to walk along the shore or sit under old linden and oak trees, making it a regular part of neighborhood life.

The pond sits within Izmaylovo Park, which is well connected by metro, and the paths around the shore stay open all year. In winter, the frozen surface sometimes draws skaters, while the warmer months make the walking paths easier to enjoy at a relaxed pace.

The young Peter I made his first boat trip on this pond in a small botik, a scaled-down warship. To make the voyage possible, another dam, the Prosyanskaya, was built on the Serebryanka. The source records the trip itself and the dam, not Peter's later reflections on it.