Quiet, friendly, welcoming and a little mysterious Specific Park. St. Petersburg once abounded with such places, which, alas, are becoming less and less every year. These green areas not only give residents the opportunity to be alone with themselves, but also allow everyone to feel the charm of the good old Peter.
The territory in which Udelny Park is now located has gained some fame long before the first alleys appeared here. The thing is that Peter the Great was concerned about planting groves with mighty ship pines around the newly formed city , for he understood that there would be no trace of the old vegetation very quickly. One of these places was the future park. According to a very common legend, which residents still support, the Russian emperor himself planted one of these pines .
In 1832, Specific Park became the location of a specialized agricultural school, which trained future foresters, as well as caretakers of noble estates. Interestingly, most of the students belonged to serfs, whom landowners sent here to acquire knowledge. The school existed here until the abolition of serfdom.
The revolution of 1917 swept through the country in a whirlwind, destroying on its way much of what cherished and cherished more than one generation of people. Specific park, fortunately, was aloof from these destructive processes. The only thing he had to go on was to change his name: in the mid-1930s, this resting place was renamed in honor of the Chelyuskin heroes, whose feat was then admired by the whole country.
Having survived the harsh revolution, Specific Park was able to save its face and the difficult year of the Great Patriotic War. During the famous blockade, a defense line passed through its territory, therefore, alleys, trees, and buildings suffered very much. Restoration work began almost immediately after the expulsion of the Nazis, however, for quite objective reasons, this process lasted more than one year. Along with green spaces, various playgrounds were built here, where you could dance and play sports, play and spend time with children.
The specific park, the map of which even today amazes with its diversity, is practically divided in the center by a low hill into two relatively equal parts. In one of them cheerful birch trees, aspen and bird cherry prevail, and the second is given over to oaks, linden, ash and larch. In addition, there is a small pond on the territory of the park, formerly fenced off on one side by a dam, along the descent of which a picturesque waterfall flowed.
For more than a dozen years, Specific Park has been one of the most coveted vacation spots for citizens and visitors. Many of them love not only skiing and walking along the alleys, but also feed the squirrels and birds living here. At the same time, in recent years, residents have been anxiously watching how symbols familiar from childhood disappear in the park, how it is increasingly losing its cosiness and originality, turning into one of many.