A little train, ponds and a playground in Victory Park

⏱ 1 h🚶 1.5 km🍽 1📍 4 stops

🐢 A little — under 3 km

Carousels and the little train of the kids' town, ponds with ducks and a playground by the exit to Chernyshevsky Square, and across the square — lunch with a kids' menu.

👶 With kids🌳 Parks and nature🏘 Off the centre⏱ An hour or so

👶 under 3, 3–6 years · ✓ stroller-friendly

Park Pobedy metro has no lift: it's easier to reach the park by bus or trolleybus along Moskovsky Prospekt, or by taxi. The paths are asphalt, with no stairs.

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✨ Gagarin Park Amusement Park
Кузнецовская ул., 25 (Московский парк Победы)
🎟 partly ticketed · entry is free, rides by ticket
An open-air amusement park in Moscow Victory Park: the children's area has carousels, a little train and small slides.
Carousels and the little train in the kids' town. The park is seasonal: in October some rides may be closed, so check by phone.
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- Moscow Victory Park was laid out on the site of the quarries of Brick and Pumice Plant No. 1, opened in 1931.
- The pre-war park design was made in 1939–1940 by the architect Tatyana Dubyago.
- During the Siege the brickworks' kilns were used to cremate the dead — the Alley of Memory recalls this.
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🌳 Moscow Victory Park
A big park with ponds, islands and avenues, laid out in 1945 in honour of Victory.
Walk along the ponds toward Moskovsky Prospekt: there are lots of ducks, they don't need bread — oatmeal is better. Boats run until the cold; in October rentals are usually closed.
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© Екатерина Борисова · CC BY-SA 4.0
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© Екатерина Борисова · CC BY-SA 4.0
- The park was first begun in 1939–1941 as a park of culture and rest, designed by Tatyana Dubyago.
- During the siege the bodies of the dead were burned at a brick factory on the park's site — by some accounts up to 110,000 Leningraders.
- The Admiralty Pond is a former factory pit into which the ashes of those cremated during the siege were dumped.
- Victory Park was founded on 7 October 1945 and opened on 7 July 1946.
- The “Glasses” pond is marked on pre-revolutionary maps — one of the park's oldest elements.
- The propylaea of the main entrance appeared in 1957.
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🌳 Playground near Chernyshevsky Square (Moscow Victory Park)
Московский парк Победы, у Московского пр.
A playground in Victory Park with swings, slides and exercise equipment under the trees.
A playground by the exit to Chernyshevsky Square: a good way to end the walk before lunch. The Vodokanal restrooms are in the park, closer to Moskovsky Prospekt.
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- Victory Park was laid down on 7 October 1945 on the Syzran field, a former frontline strip; thousands of Leningraders planted the trees at volunteer workdays.
- At the crossing of the Alley of Heroes with the central alley a monument to Stalin first stood; now there is a monument to Zhukov in its place.
- The fountains "Wreath of Glory" and "Boy with a Fish" in the park are monuments of federal significance.
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🍽 Italy Restaurant on Moskovsky · 🧸 play area
пл. Чернышевского, 11 (гостиница «Россия»)
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Lunch across the square: a kids' menu; whether there's currently a kids' room with a nanny — there's no fresh confirmation, ask when you book. Check the hotel entrance ahead — you may need help with a stroller.
🍴 An Italian restaurant by Park Pobedy metro, with a children's menu. What to order: pasta, pizza and Italian ice cream with syrups; for kids, a small Margherita, chicken nuggets or a warm ham-and-cheese sandwich.