Editing Moscow (section)

===Parks and landmarks===
{{See also|List of Moscow tourist attractions}}
{{wide image|Panorama 360 Red Square edit.jpg|1500px|align-cap=center|[[Red Square]] is a [[World Heritage Site]].}}

There are 96 parks and 18 gardens in Moscow, including four [[botanical garden]]s. There are {{convert|450|km2|sqmi}} of green zones besides {{convert|100|km2|sqmi}} of forests.<ref name="mosru-stats">{{cite web |url=http://www.mos.ru/wps/portal/!ut/p/c0/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9SP0o83hXN1e3QHMPIwMDl1BLAyM_y5AAEy8zQwMnI_3InNT0xORK_Qj9KDMkdaauxiB1JkD1fkYG_ob6BTmuigB2wqj-?nID=6_EFEFQ7H2005E302N94DU9N20O1&cID=6_EFEFQ7H2005E302N94DU9N20O1&rubricId=1716&documentId=42215 |script-title=ru:СТОЛИЦА РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ В ЗЕРКАЛЕ ЦИФР, ФАКТОВ И СОБЫТИЙ |publisher=Moscow government |access-date=28 April 2010 |language=ru}} {{dead link|date=March 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic }}</ref> Moscow is a very green city, if compared to other cities of comparable size in Western Europe and North America; this is partly due to a history of having green "yards" with trees and grass, between residential buildings. There are on average {{convert|27|m2|sp=us}} of parks per person in Moscow compared with 6 for [[Paris]], 7.5 in [[London]] and 8.6 in New York.<ref name="greendress">{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.screen.ru/moscow/zelen.htm Green dress of Moscow] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727132007/http://www.screen.ru/moscow/zelen.htm |date=27 July 2013 }}</ref>
[[File:Moscow Gorky Park main portal 08-2016 img1.jpg|thumb|[[Gorky Park (Moscow)|Gorky Park]]|alt=]]
[[Gorky Park (Moscow)|Gorky Park]] (officially the [[Gorky Park (Moscow)|Central Park of Culture and Rest]] named after [[Maxim Gorky]]), was founded in 1928. The main part ({{convert|689,000|m2|acre|disp=or|abbr=off}})<ref name="greendress"/> along the Moskva river contains [[Architectural glossary#Estrade|estrades]], children's attractions (including the ''Observation Wheel'' water ponds with boats and water bicycles), dancing, tennis courts and other sports facilities. It borders the [[Neskuchny Garden]] ({{convert|408,000|m2|acre|disp=or|abbr=off}}), the oldest park in Moscow and a former imperial residence, created as a result of the integration of three estates in the 18th century. The Garden features the Green Theater, one of the largest open amphitheaters in Europe, able to hold up to 15 thousand people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mosday.ru/photos/?neskuchniy |title=Neskuchniy Garden |publisher=Mosday.ru |access-date=10 June 2012 |archive-date=24 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424133353/http://mosday.ru/photos/?neskuchniy |url-status=live }}</ref> Several parks include a section known as a "Park of Culture and Rest", sometimes alongside a much wilder area (this includes parks such as Izmaylovsky, Fili and Sokolniki). Some parks are designated as Forest Parks (lesopark).

[[File:Island of Dreams2.jpg|thumb|[[Dream Island (amusement park)|Dream Island]], the largest indoor theme park in Europe]]
[[Izmaylovsky Park]], created in 1931, is one of the largest urban parks in the world along with [[Richmond Park]] in London. Its area of {{convert|15.34|km2|sqmi}} is six times greater than that of [[Central Park]] in New York.<ref name="greendress"/>

[[Bauman Garden (Moscow)|Bauman Garden]], officially founded in 1920 and renamed in 1922 after the [[bolsheviks|bolshevik]] [[Nikolay Bauman]], is one of the oldest parks in Moscow. It is standing on the site of the former [[House of Golitsyn|Golitsyn]] estate and eighteenth-century public garden.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vostryshev |first1=M.I. |last2=Shokarev |first2=S.Y. |date=2011 |script-title=ru:Вся Москва от А до Я. Энциклопедия |trans-title=Moscow from A to Z. Encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ontKDwAAQBAJ |language=ru |location= |publisher=Алгоритм |isbn=978-5-4320-0001-9 |pages=57–58 |access-date=21 June 2022 |archive-date=13 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213053142/https://books.google.com/books?id=ontKDwAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Novodevichy Convent Night.jpg|thumb|[[Novodevichy Convent]] is a [[World Heritage Site]].|alt=]] [[Sokolniki Park]], named after the [[falcon]] hunting that occurred there in the past, is one of the oldest parks in Moscow and has an area of {{convert|6|km2|sqmi}}. A central circle with a large fountain is surrounded by birch, maple, and elm tree alleys. A labyrinth composed of green paths lies beyond the park's ponds.

[[Losiny Ostrov National Park]] ("Elk Island" National Park), with a total area of more than {{convert|116|km2|sqmi}}, borders Sokolniki Park and was Russia's first national park. It is quite wild, and is also known as the "city taiga" – elk can be seen there.
[[File:Церковь Вознесения Господня в Коломенском (19.08.2018).jpg|thumb|upright|The Church of Ascension in [[Kolomenskoye]] is a [[World Heritage Site]].]]
Tsytsin Main [[Moscow Botanical Garden of Academy of Sciences|Botanical Garden of Academy of Sciences]], founded in 1945 is the largest in Europe.<ref>{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.gbsad.ru/ The Official Site of the Main Moscow Botanical Garden] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624024714/http://www.gbsad.ru/ |date=24 June 2012 }}. Retrieved on 18 July 2006.</ref> It covers the territory of {{convert|3.61|km2|sqmi}} bordering the All-Russia Exhibition Center and contains a live exhibition of more than 20 thousand species of plants from around the world, as well as a lab for scientific research. It contains a rosarium with 20 thousand rose bushes, a dendrarium, and an oak forest, with the average age of trees exceeding 100 years. There is a greenhouse taking up more than {{convert|5,000|m2|0|abbr=off}} of land.<ref name="greendress"/>

The All-Russian Exhibition Center (Всероссийский выставочный центр), formerly known as the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition (VSKhV) and later [[VDNKh (Russia)|Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy]] (VDNKh), though officially named a "permanent trade show", is one of the most prominent examples of Stalinist-era monumental architecture. Among the large spans of a recreational park, areas are scores of elaborate pavilions, each representing either a branch of Soviet industry and science or a USSR republic. Even though during the 1990s it was, and for some part still is, misused as a gigantic shopping center (most of the pavilions are rented out for small businesses), it still retains the bulk of its architectural landmarks, including two monumental fountains (''[[The Stone Flower Fountain|Stone Flower]]'' and ''Friendship of Nations'') and a 360 degrees panoramic cinema. In 2014 the park returned to the name Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy, and in the same year, huge renovation works had been started.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vdnh.ru/en/about/ |title=About VDNH |work=vdnh.ru |access-date=25 June 2016 |archive-date=12 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151112200308/http://vdnh.ru/en/about/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

''Lilac Park'', founded in 1958, has a permanent sculpture display and a large rosarium. Moscow has always been a popular destination for tourists. Some of the more famous attractions include the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site, Moscow Kremlin and Red Square,<ref>UNESCO considers the Moscow Kremlin and Red Square to be part of a single World Heritage Site. See also [https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/545 UNESCO's profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906015318/http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/545 |date=6 September 2017 }} on this site.</ref> which was built between the 14th and 17th centuries.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/545 |title=Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow |access-date=15 July 2006 |publisher=UNESCO |work=World Heritage List |archive-date=6 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906015318/http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/545 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Kolomenskoye#The White Column of Kolomenskoye|Church of the Ascension]] at Kolomenskoye, which dates from 1532, is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site and another popular attraction.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/634 |title=Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye |access-date=15 July 2006 |publisher=UNESCO |work=World Heritage List |archive-date=12 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512044135/http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/634/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Near the [[Tretyakov Gallery|new Tretyakov Gallery]] there is a sculpture garden, Museon, often called "[[the graveyard of fallen monuments]]" that displays statues of the former Soviet Union that were removed from their place after its dissolution.

Other attractions include the [[Moscow Zoo]], a zoological garden in two sections (the valleys of two streams) linked by a bridge, with nearly a thousand species and more than 6,500 specimens.<ref name="moszoo">{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowzoo.ru/ |title=General Information |publisher=Moscow Zoo |access-date=15 July 2006 |archive-date=12 July 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060712103540/http://www.moscowzoo.ru/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Each year, the zoo attracts more than 1.2 million visitors.<ref name="moszoo"/> Many of Moscow's parks and landscaped gardens are protected natural environments.

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