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      Avenue of Arches, the rose garden and the play town

      ⏱ 1 h 5 min🚶 800 m🍽 0📍 4 stops
      🐢 A little — under 3 km

      Under the arches of Luchevoy Prosek to the rose garden with gazebos and to a big play town — a calm hour in Sokolniki with children.

      👶 With kids🌳 Parks and nature⏱ An hour or so
      👶 under 3, 3–6, 7–12 years · ✓ stroller-friendly

      The avenues and the central part of the park are paved — a stroller goes everywhere; near the Putyayevo Ponds the paths are packed earth in places, muddy after rain.

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        🌳 Arch Alley in Sokolniki
        4-й Лучевой просек, парк «Сокольники»
        🚪 main entrance from Sokolnicheskaya Square
        An alley under metal arches wrapped in plants, the most photogenic spot between Fountain Square and the rose garden.
        Along the 4th Luchevoy Prosek from Fountain Square — under the arches; the best shots are on a sunny day
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        Arch Alley in Sokolniki
        © Gennady Grachev from Moscow, Russia · CC BY 2.0
        Arch Alley in Sokolniki
        © Ulaisaeva · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The 4th Luchevoy Avenue was cut during the war of 1812 as the shortest road to Losiny Ostrov.
        • In the late 19th century each avenue was planted with its own tree species; the 4th with maples.
        • The avenue leads to Festival Square, where the 1959 American exhibition with Khrushchev and Nixon's "kitchen debate" opened.
        • The Great Rose Garden opened in 1957 for the 6th World Festival of Youth.
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        🌳 Rose Garden in Sokolniki
        A rose garden from 1957 with thousands of rose bushes, themed gardens, fountains and benches in the middle of a forest park.
        The big rose garden is open Tuesday to Sunday; in October the roses are fading, but the garden with gazebos is beautiful in autumn too
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        Rose Garden in Sokolniki
        © Lesless · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The rose garden opened in 1957 for the 6th World Festival of Youth and Students; its author was the theatre designer Anna Shukshina.
        • Shukshina conceived it as a "garden of continuous bloom".
        • In 1957 more than 100 varieties of roses grew here, among them Gloria and Iceberg.
        • After the decline of the 1990s the rose garden was restored and reopened in 2006.
        • In the 2019 reconstruction 36 new varieties were planted, including the tea roses Vivaldi and Queen Elizabeth.
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        ✨ PandaPark rope park in Sokolniki
        1-й Лучевой просек (парк «Сокольники»)
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        A rope town among the trees with suspension bridges, zip lines and courses of different heights.
        The rope courses are optional: another hour or so. The children's ones are for toddlers, courses are chosen by height, and it's open daily 10–21
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        • Sokolniki is named after the tsars' falconers, trainers of hunting falcons: Ivan the Terrible and Alexey Mikhailovich hunted here.
        • The layout, with clearings fanning out from the Sokolnichesky Circle, was completed in the 1840s and survives to this day.
        • In the late 19th century each clearing was planted with its own tree species: the 1st Luchevoy with birches, the 2nd and 6th with elms, the 3rd with poplars, the 4th with maples, the 5th with ashes.
        • The 4th Luchevoy clearing was cut in 1812 as the shortest way to Losiny Ostrov.
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        🌳 Children's Play Town in Sokolniki
        парк «Сокольники», у 1-го Лучевого просека
        A big playground deep in the park: slides, swings and climbing frames for different ages.
        A big play town with slides and swings — the finish of the walk, where the little ones run off their energy
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        Children's Play Town in Sokolniki
        © Максим Улитин · CC BY 3.0
        • The 1st Luchevoy Avenue was planted with birches in the late 19th century.
        • Eight avenues fan out from Sokolniki Circle, giving the park a radial-ring layout.
        • In 2019 a commemorative sign was placed at the main entrance for Mayor Sergey Tretyakov, thanks to whom Sokolniki became a city park.

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