Serebryany Bor (park)

Summary

Serebryany Bor (Russian: Серебряный Бор, literally "Silver Pinewood") is a large forest park in north-west Moscow. The park is a natural monument of regional significance and a protected area of the city of Moscow. It poses an artificial island that was formed during the creation of the Khoroshevskoye spryamlenie canal ("Khoroshevsky cutoff" canal).[2] Serebryany Bor covers an area of 328.6 hectares.[1]

Serebryany Bor
Серебряный Бор
Serebryany Bor with a view of the Zhivopisny Bridge, 2008
Map
Location in Moscow
LocationMoscow, Russia
Coordinates55°46′50″N 37°24′58″E / 55.78056°N 37.41611°E / 55.78056; 37.41611
Area328.6 hectares[1]
CreatedOctober 17, 1991 (1991-10-17)
Public transit access#7 Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line Polezhayevskaya
#7 Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line Oktyabrskoye Polye
#7 Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line Shchukinskaya
#11 Bolshaya Koltsevaya line Khoroshyovskaya
#14 Moscow Central Circle Khoroshyovo
#14 Moscow Central Circle Zorge
#3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line Krylatskoye
#3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line Strogino
#3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line Molodyozhnaya

It is also a concentration of luxury real estate owned by wealthy businessmen and government officials.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Серебряный бор". oopt.aari.ru (in Russian). n.d. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  2. ^ "Памятник природы "Серебряный Бор"". Проект «Московские Парки: фотосайт-путеводитель» (in Russian). March 4, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  3. ^ "Russia Accidentally Reveals Addresses of Putin's Secret Service". Newsweek.