Green Grove (park)

Before the revolution, the territory within the borders of today's Bolshakov - Sheinkman - Narodnaya Volya streets was owned by the Novo-Tikhvin Nunnery . The territory of the Green Grove (then it was called the Monastery) was placed at the disposal of the monastery by the Emperor Alexander I. On the territory of the grove, in particular, a monastery cemetery was located, however, a significant part of it was used for the recreation of citizens. Through the efforts of the monks, the green spaces were maintained in an exemplary manner. After the revolution, the monastery was liquidated, and the grove remained ownerless. In 1926 they wanted to give the territory for development, but the head. the land planning department of the Gorkomkhoz engineer N. Boyno-Radzevich managed in those years to protect the Monastery Grove ^[1] . Later, they decided to build the Sverdlovsk Zoo ^[1] . The construction also affected that part of the grove where the cemetery was located. In 1929, as the newspapers wrote at the monastery cemetery, “there were no traces of heavy marble monuments, the mounds of the graves were torn down and an office was built” ^[1] . However, later the zoo was located on modern territory, and the grove was again left alone. Another part of the grove was more fortunate: next to the site allocated for the Sverdlovsk Zoo was the estate of Lespromfak UPI , which included the Botanical Garden with 600 species of plants, an arboretum nursery, an experimental pond farm and a representative fox nursery. Over time, the botanical garden was transferred to a new location (transferred to the disposal of the Ural State University ), new construction sites gradually reduced the territory of the grove, a pond was filled up, but the main array of plantings was preserved. And in 1949, a new institution appeared nearby: The regional station for young people . Blue spruce , Siberian cedars , larches , ornamental shrubs, and much more were planted on the station site. For sixty years, children and teachers landscaped their garden, kept what their predecessors planted in the postwar years, and created new plant collections. Thousands of schoolchildren have passed through the circles of the Yunnat station during this time. The grove itself has always remained one of the favorite vacation spots of citizens. Through the efforts of the same schoolchildren and students of nearby universities, order was maintained, and cleaning was carried out regularly. After the return of the monastery complex of the Orthodox Church, there were plans to transfer the grove to the monastery, but the city administration did not make such a decision. Since 2002, construction of a number of residential complexes and other facilities is underway in part of the grove and in the section of the Yunnat station. Nevertheless, the remaining part of the territory remains recreational and in 2008 the grove was declared a specially protected natural area of ​​local importance.

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  Green Grove in August 2010.

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  View of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral . To the right is an unfinished TV tower.

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  Squirrel in the Green Grove, 2010.

• Decree of the head of Yekaterinburg No. 2391 dated 06/20/2008 “On approval of the List of parks and squares of the municipal entity“ city of Yekaterinburg ”for the organization of specially protected natural territories of local importance.

• Strategic project "Green City". Approved by the Decision of the Program Council for Strategic Development of Yekaterinburg No. 6/2 of 08/18/2004

• Gallery of photos of parks in Yekaterinburg