Victory Park (Uzvaras parks) description and photos - Latvia: Riga (Topic)

Victory Park (Uzvaras parks) description and photo - Latvia: Riga. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Uzvaras parks.

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Victory Park is located across Ojara Vatsietis street from Arcadia Park. The park area is 36.7 hectares. The park was founded in 1909. Work on the creation of the park continued throughout the year, and in 1910 it was opened. Then he was called Petrovsky. 5 years after its opening, in 1915, a linden alley was planted in Uzvaras Park.

Petrovsky Park was renamed into Victory Park in 1923, as military parades were held here. In 1938, the 9th Song Festival was held in this park, especially for which a stage was built by the architect A. Birzniek. Later, it was planned to build a stadium and a square for this celebration, but these plans were interrupted by the Second World War.

In 1961, the park was renamed the Park of Congresses, and already in 1963 - in the park named after the XXII Congress of the CPSU. At the same time, the reconstruction of the park began. The architects of the project were V. Dorofeev, E. Vogel and dendrologist K. Barons. As a result of the reorganization of the park, the bed of the Marupite River was changed, a pond was dug, and lawns were sown. Later, in honor of important events in Latvia, new trees were planted in the park.

A new monument was opened in the park in 1985, it was dedicated to the "Soldiers of the Soviet Army - the liberators of Riga from the Nazi invaders." In the center of the composition there is a 79-meter stele, on the sides there are sculptural images of the Motherland and the soldiers-liberators. In section, the stele is a five-pointed star, five rays symbolize 5 years of struggle against the German occupation. In 1985, the park was renamed Victory Park again.

In 2006, a ski track with artificial snow began its work in Victory Park. It also hosts cycling competitions and has a 9-hole minigolf course. The current area of the park is 36.7 hectares. Linden, oak, birch, maple trees prevail among the trees planted in the park. It is also home to 23 native plant species and about 75 introduced woody plant species (such as Ledebour larch and balsam fir).

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