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      Komendantsky Aerodrome: Two U-2s and Lake Dolgoe

      ⏱ 1 h 15 min🚶 2.6 km🍽 1📍 5 stops
      🐢 A little — under 3 km

      A walk across a former airfield: Sikorsky Square with the “Boy and Geese”, a lake with playgrounds and biplanes on a pedestal — kids will love it.

      👶 With kids🏛 History and architecture🌳 Parks and nature🏘 Off the centre⏱ An hour or so
      👶 3–6, 7–12 years · ✓ stroller-friendly

      Komendantsky Prospekt has an escalator, no lift. The park by the lake has even paths, and the curbs at crossings are low.

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        🏛 Sikorsky Square and the “Fairy Tales of Childhood” Fountain
        пр. Королёва / ул. Уточкина
        A triangular square named for the aircraft designer Sikorsky, with the bronze fountain “Boy and Geese”.
        From Komendantsky Prospekt, 10 minutes along Korolyova Prospekt. The fountain has been off since October, but you can see the bronze boy and geese even in the empty bowl.
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        Sikorsky Square and the “Fairy Tales of Childhood” Fountain
        © Екатерина Борисова · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The square was named in 2010: in 1913 Sikorsky's aircraft “Russky Vityaz” took off for the first time from the Komendantsky Aerodrome.
        • The “Russky Vityaz” was the world's first four-engine aircraft.
        • The “Fairy Tales of Childhood” fountain was installed in 1989, by the sculptor E. M. Agayan.
        • The surrounding streets are named after pilots and aircraft designers: Utochkin, Ilyushin, Korolev.
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        🌳 Lake Dolgoye Park
        Долгоозёрная ул. / Ильюшина ул.
        🚪 entrance from Marshala Novikova Street
        A walking park around a lake among the Komendantsky Airfield blocks.
        Walk around the lake on the embankment: along the water are lamps, benches and a playground — you can linger.
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        Lake Dolgoye Park
        © Александровы АГ · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • In Finnish the lake was called Pitkäjärvi — "long lake"; the Russian translation has been in use since the 18th century.
        • When a residential district was built around it in the 1980s, the lake became much shallower and shrank.
        • The lake was cleared in 2012–2013, and from late 2014 the shore was landscaped: paths, lamps, a playground.
        • The historic district, Dolgoozyornaya Street and the municipal district are all named after the lake.
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        🏛 “To Russia's First Pilots” Monument
        Ольховая ул., 18 (сквер Генерала Селезнёва)
        A composition of two U-2 biplanes taking off — a memorial to the Komendantsky Aerodrome, the cradle of Russian aviation.
        A park on Olkhovaya Street: two U-2 biplanes seem to be taking off — ask the kids how many wings a plane has.
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        “To Russia's First Pilots” Monument
        © Bestalex · CC0
        • The full name is “To Russia's First Pilots, the Heroic Aviators of the Komendantsky Aerodrome”.
        • The U-2 (Po-2) is Nikolai Polikarpov's training biplane, on which generations of pilots learned to fly.
        • In spring 1910 Russia's first aviation week was held at the Komendantsky Field.
        • The surrounding blocks are built right on the site of the airfield.
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        🏛 Church of Archangel Michael on Dolgoozyornaya
        Долгоозёрная ул., 17
        A small parish church of Archangel Michael by the park with the monument to pilots; next to it is the foundation cross of a future cathedral.
        Across the road from the park, on Dolgoozernaya, is a small church; next to it stands the foundation cross of a future cathedral.
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        • The full dedication is “Archistrategos of God Michael and the other Heavenly Bodiless Powers”.
        • The foundation cross nearby marks the place where the parish plans to build a big cathedral.
        • Dolgoozyornaya Street is named after Lake Dolgoye, five minutes from here.
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        ☕️ Gorodskie Konditerskie No. 1 on Komendantsky
        Комендантский пр., 25, корп. 1
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        On the way to the metro — pastries and cocoa on Komendantsky Prospekt.
        🍴 A patisserie-coffee shop of the Petersburg chain on the way to the metro. What to order: an éclair or a slice of cake and hot chocolate for the kids.
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        • Opens at half past eight in the morning.
        • Cakes and pastries can be taken away.
        • It's about 8 minutes to Komendantsky Prospekt metro.

      ↩️ Getting back: To Komendantsky Prospekt — about 8 minutes along Komendantsky Prospekt.

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