October Park of Culture and Leisure (Russian: ''Парк Культуры и Отдыха имени Октября, ПКиО имени Октября'') is a cultural and educational place located in Oktyabrsky District of

Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East Eu ...

, Russia.

History

October park was established in 1971 in an area covering 7,2 hectares on the bank of the

Temernik The Temernik (russian: Темерник, also Temernichka russian: Темерничка) is a small river in Rostov Oblast of Russia. It is a right tributary of the Don, and is 33 km long, with a drainage basin A drainage basin is an ar ...

. In the territory of the park there are jogging paths, outdoor exercise machines,

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

playgrounds and a multi-sports court. In 2013 a problem related with disrepair of

sewer system Sewerage (or sewage system) is the infrastructure that conveys sewage or surface runoff ( stormwater, meltwater, rainwater) using sewers. It encompasses components such as receiving drains, manholes, pumping stations, storm overflows, and sc ...

of the park must have been solved. It caused appearance of unpleasant smells and sanitary pollution of the territory. Steps by the central entrance to the park were reconstructed in summer of the same year. During spring period around 40 tree species including

ash Ash or ashes are the solid remnants of fires. Specifically, ''ash'' refers to all non-aqueous, non- gaseous residues that remain after something burns. In analytical chemistry, to analyse the mineral and metal content of chemical samples, ash ...

spruce A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' (), a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth. ''Picea'' is the sole genus in the subfami ...

, sorbus and syringa were planted there. October park of Rostov-on-Don is a field where cultural and recreational events are periodically held. Among them there is Flag Day,

Russia Day Russia Day (russian: links=no, День России, ) called Day of adoption of the declaration of state sovereignty of RSFSR (russian: links=no, День принятия Декларации о государственном суверени ...

, Victory Day, Child Protection Day, etc.Историческая справка Октябрьского района
/ref> In winter period a lot of New Year children's celebrations take place here.

References

Tourist attractions in Rostov-on-Don Parks in Rostov-on-Don {{park-stub