Specific park of St. Petersburg: a cozy corner in a modernized city

Quiet, calm, friendly and a bit mysterious. Specific park. St. Petersburg once abounded with such places, which, alas, every year becomes less. These green areas not only give residents the opportunity to remain alone with themselves, but also allow all visitors to feel the charm of the good old Peter.

The territory on which the Specific Park is located now has acquired a certain fame long before the first avenues appeared here. The thing is that Peter the Great was preoccupied with planting around the newly formed town groves with mighty ship pines, for he realized that from the old vegetation very quickly there would be no trace. One of these places was the future park. According to a very common legend, which the inhabitants still support, one of these pines was planted by the Russian emperor himself.

In 1832, the Specific Park became the location of a specialized agricultural school in which future foresters were trained, as well as caretakers of noble estates. Interestingly, most of the students belonged to serfs, whom the landlords sent here to acquire knowledge. The school existed here until the abolition of serfdom.

The revolution of 1917 swept across the country in a whirlwind, destroying in its path much of what was cherished and cherished by more than one generation of people. Specific park, fortunately, was on the sidelines of these destructive processes. The only thing he had to do was change the name: in the mid-1930s this recreation place was renamed in honor of the Chelyuskin heroes, whose feat was then admired by the whole country.

After experiencing a severe revolution, the Specific Park was able to preserve its face and the heavy hour of the Great Patriotic War. During the famous blockade, a defense line passed through its territory, so the alleys, trees, and structures suffered very badly. Restorative work began almost immediately after the expulsion of the fascists, but for quite objective reasons this process did not last for one year. Along with the greenery, a variety of playgrounds were built here, on which it was possible to dance and play sports, play and spend time with children.

Specific park, the map of which is striking today with its diversity, is divided almost centrally by a low hill into two relatively equal parts. In one of them, gay birches, aspens and bird cherry predominate, and the second is given to oaks, lindens, ash and larch. In addition, there is a small pond on the territory of the park, formerly fenced on one side by a dam, along which a picturesque waterfall streamed down.

For more than a decade, the Specific Park has been one of the most desirable places for rest of townspeople and visitors. Many of them like not only to ski and stroll along the alleys, but also to feed the living here squirrels and birds. At the same time, in recent years, residents have been anxiously watching the symbols in the park disappearing from childhood, as they increasingly lose their coziness and identity, turning into one of many.