The renewed park “Krylya Sovetov” was opened in Kazan

(KZN.RU, September 16). The park “Krylya Sovetov” was opened after reconstruction in Kazan. Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of Tatarstan, Farid Mukhametshin, the chairman of Tatarstan State Council, Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, Airat Sibagatullin, the Minister of Culture, Natalia Fishman, the assistant to the President of RT, Vadim Ligai, the general director of the PAO “Kazan Helicopter Plant”, and others participated in a solemn ceremony.

At the opening ceremony, Rustam Minnikhanov congratulated Kazan citizens with a long-awaited event: the opening of the park. In addition, the head of the republic has shared the plans to update the HC named after Lenin. “The creative team has set a task for us: to bring the House of Culture in order. We took this work, I hope, we will please the residents next year, and put the palace in order as well”, the portal of Government of the RT cites the words of the President.

The park “Krylya Sovetov” in the Aviastroitelny district was being reconstructed for two years in the framework of the national program “Parks and squares”. The main project investor – PAO “Kazan Helicopter Plant” – has invested 85 million rubles, and about 63 million rubles were allocated from the city budget, the remaining members of the Board of Trustees have listed 42 million rubles. 220 million rubles in total were needed for reconstruction of one of the largest parks in the city.

The Kazan enterprise “Giproniiaviaprom” fulfilled all the design work, worth about 12 million rubles. The infrastructure for a comfortable rest of the townspeople with the division into functional zones was established in the park. Playground with themed slot aviation equipment, modern playground for various sports with workout equipment, a zone of quiet recreation, athletic track, which allows to engage in summer cycling, riding on roller skates and skateboards, and skiing in the winter, were installed.

According to Natalia Fishman, the main idea of the improvement was to maintain the characteristics and elements of the Soviet era, when the park was established and very popular, so even the benches, urns and lanterns have been recreated as they were at that time.

Entrance groups restored, central arched entrance, the north entrance from the Palace of Culture named after Lenin, eastern entrance at the intersection of streets Oleg Koshevoy and Dementiev were updated, and a new entrance on the Dementieva Street appeared in the park, which area is 20 hectares. Hexagonal paving stones, specific of the Soviet era parks, were used on the main avenue of the park. The coating of concrete slabs in historical form recreated, busts of Mikhail Lomonosov, pilots Peter Nesterov and Valery Chkalov updated on the square in front of Palace of Culture named after Lenin to preserve the spirit of those years. In addition, this year the park “Krylya Sovetov” was presented with 10 park sofas by PAO “KHP”. Also new light and music fountain, which has already become a landmark of Aviastroitelny district, is renewed, and summer scene in the style of the Soviet era is recreated.

As Natalia Fishman noted, some work will continue next year, for example, it is planned to build a playground for teenagers in the spring.

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The park “Krylya Sovetov” in the neighborhood “Sotsgorod” was founded in 1939; it is the second park in Kazan on the area, the number of trees and shrubs after the central Gorky Park.