🌳 Khodynskoye Pole Park

A large modern park on a former airfield with lawns, paths and a view of Aviapark.

The park's central alley follows the runway of the former airfield.
Khodynka Meadow is mentioned as early as Dmitry Donskoy's will of 1389; it takes its name from the Khodynka River.
In 1775 Catherine II celebrated peace with the Ottoman Empire here; the pavilions were built by Vasily Bazhenov.
In 1896, during the celebrations for the coronation of Nicholas II, more than 1,300 people died here in a crush.
On 3 May 1922 Russia's first international flights began from the Frunze Central Airfield.
The park appeared after residents protested against development: in 2013 they united in the "For the Park" movement.

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