Lenin Street, 65/3, Tel. (347) 292-38-40 This is the most popular recreation park in Ufa. It is located in the historic part of city. Modern amusement park rides, a large lake with an embankment and a boat station, beautiful park greenery and shady alleys made it Ufa citizens’ favorite place of recreation. It is a park with welldeveloped infrastructure, cafes and restaurants and a bowlingclub. There is a tennis school on its territory with one of the best for quality and quantity courts in Russia.
One of the attractions of the Park is the Children’s railway that goes round its territory. All the services – the train, stations and railroad crossings are carried out by students under the supervision of instructors. The railway season is from the 1st of May to the 30th of September, the railroad works 5 days a week.
On weekends the park hosts various shows for children and adults. This is one of the main sites for the city, republican and federal activities.
History
The park was created in 1903 on the site of a military camp as a People’s Sobriety Guardianship Park. The initiator of its opening was the police chief. The Ufa council allocated a place in the city center and vice governor planted the first tree here. On weekends an orchestra played in the park, theatre performances, public book readings and lotteries were arranged.
All of this was done to distract the public from excessive drinking.
After the Revolution of 1905 the park was named «Park Yakutova» after the revolutionist, the first chairman of Ufa City Council of Workers’ Deputies, Ivan Yakutov (1868–1907). In the Soviet times, the park was expanded almost twice. In 1952 at the entrance the bust of Ivan Yakutov was installed (sculptor T.M. Nechaeva, architect. N. Ozernaya), now it’s located in the park. In the center of the park there is the Eternal Flame in honor of participants of the Civil War. The main entrance to the park was built in 1952 (architects V.I. Utkin, G.M. Garipov).
