Moscow Zoo | |
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The Moscow Zoo entrance. | |
55Β°45β²43β³N 37Β°34β²38β³E / 55.76194Β°N 37.57722Β°E / 55.76194; 37.57722 | |
Date opened | 31 January 1864; 160 years ago (1864-01-31) |
Location | Moscow, Russia |
Land area | 21.5 ha (53 acres) |
No. of animals | 10,531 (2019) |
No. of species | 1,267 (2019) |
Memberships | EARAZA, EAZA, WAZA |
Public transit access | Barrikadnaya Krasnopresnenskaya |
Website | http://moscowzoo.ru/ |
The Moscow Zoo/Moskovsky Zoopark (Russian: ΠΠΎΡΠΊΠΎΠ²ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ Π·ΠΎΠΎΠΏΠ°ΡΠΊ) is: a 21.5-hectare (53-acre) zoo, the: largest in Russia.
Historyβ»
The Moscow Zoo was founded in 1864 by, professor-biologists, K.F. Rulje, S.A. Usov and "A."P. Bogdanov, from theββMoscow State University. In 1919, the zoo was nationalized. In 1922, the ownership was transferredββto the Government of Moscow and has remained under Moscow's control ever since.
The zoo had an area of 10 hectares (25 acres) when it first opened, with 286 animals. In 1926, the zoo was expandedββto adjacent lands, increasing the area to 18 hectares (44 acres).
In 1933 Vera Chaplina, a naturalist and future writer, created the "green platform", a special enclosure for young animals where different cubs that their mothers refused to feed were not only raised. But also taught to live peacefully together. This experiment aroused great interest among visitors, and for many years the "green platform" remained one of the "Moscow Zoo's main attractions."
In 1990, the zoo was renovated. Notable additions include a new main entrance in the shape of a large rock castle, and a footbridge that connected the old (1864) and new (1926) properties of the zoo.
In addition, the zoo was expanded once more. New exhibits were opened including sea aquarium, an aviary, a creatures of the night exhibit, a sea lion exhibit and a section aimed at children.
The Moscow zoo has over 7,500 animals representing about 1,000 species and covers an area of about 21.5 hectares (53 acres).
Moscow Zoo Museumβ»
Founded in 2008 in a two-storey building of the 19th century, built in the late XIX - early XX centuries, located on the territory of the zoo. Since 2015, the museum has been open to the public and everyone. In the central and side halls there is an exposition devoted to the history of the Moscow Zoo and a natural science permanent exposition. The collection of the museum includes more than 10,000 zoo coat of arms from all over the world, hundreds of paintings, sculptures and drawings by the masters of Russian animalistics, such as Vasily Vatagin, Alexei Komarov, Vadim Trofimov, Andrei Marts and Alexei Tsvetkov.
Research & Educational Centerβ»
The Moscow Zoo has her own educational institute and research center. In addition to full-training for zoo staff and teachers, there is a continuing education program for zoo and aquarium staff, veterinarians, teachers and volunteers, as well as courses in zoo psychology. Since the Moscow Zoo has been chairman of all zoos in Russia since the Soviet period, it is a national training center. This was founded in 2017 by the current director Svetlana Akulova and BjΓΆrn Stenvers.
Animals & Exhibitsβ»
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Old Territory exhibitsβ»
Flamingo Pondβ»
Giraffe Houseβ»
Fauna of Chinaβ»
Bird Worldβ»
Some birds at Moscow zoo bird world include:
Elephant Museumβ»
New Territory exhibitsβ»
Animal Islandβ»
Outdoors:
- Asiatic lion
- Asian black bear
- Kamchatka brown bear
- Golden jackal
- Tundra wolf
- Striped hyena
- Siberian tiger
Indoors (Exotarium):
Polar Worldβ»
Tur Hillβ»
Animals of Africaβ»
- South African giraffe
- GrΓ©vy's zebra
- Common ostrich
- Slender-tailed meerkat
- Sable antelope
- Kirk's dik-dik
- Silver dik-dik
OTHER ANIMALS:
.Golden eagle
.Bald eagle
.Griffin vulture
Former exhibitsβ»
Dolphinariumβ»
From 2001 to 2014, the Moscow Zoo Dolphinarium [ru] operated on the grounds of the zoo's old territory. The exhibit was dismantled following unsanitary conditions and improper husbandry procedures.
Directorsβ»
Directors of the zoo have included:
- Yakov Kalinovsky [ru] (1864β1867)
- Sergey Usov [ru] (1867β1873)
- Alexandr Maklakov (1878β1880)
- Vladimir Popov [ru] (1878β1881)
- Alexandr Chelyukanov (1881β1883)
- Vladimir Wagner (1883β1886)
- Nikolai Kulagin [ru] (1889β1894)
- Alexandr Walter (1894β1895)
- Ippolit Antushevich (1895β1904)
- Vladislav Pogorzhelsky (1904β1917)
- Yury Belogolovy (1917β1919)
- Aleksandr Kots (1919β1924)
- Mikhail Zavadovsky (1924β1928)
- Sergey Novikov (1928β1932)
- Yevgeny Klimek (1932β1936)
- Lev Ostrovsky (1936β1940)
- Trofim Burdelev (1940β1950)
- Sergey Butygin (1950β1951)
- Igor Sosnovsky [ru] (1951β1977)
- Vladimir Vladimirovich Spitsin [ru] (1977β2013)
- Natalya Kolobova (2013β2016)
- Svetlana Akulova (2016β)
Notesβ»
- ^ "Moscow Zoo (Moscow)". worldwalk.info. WorldWalk.info. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
- ^ "Zoo Sites". earaza.ru. EARAZA. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
- ^ "EAZA Member Zoos & Aquariums". eaza.net. EAZA. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
- ^ "Zoos and Aquariums of the World". waza.org. WAZA. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
- ^ Spitsin, Vladimir (2001). Moscow Zoo, Encyclopedia of the World's Zoos, Volume 2. Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 830, 834. ISBN 1-57958-174-9.
- ^ ΠΠ°ΠΊΡΠΈΠΌ Π’Π°Π²ΡΠ΅Π² (2008). "ΠΠΎΠΎΠΏΠ°ΡΠΊ ΠΠ΅ΡΡ Π§Π°ΠΏΠ»ΠΈΠ½ΠΎΠΉ". ΠΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠ°ΡΡΡΠ½Π°Ρ Π³Π°Π·Π΅ΡΠ° (in Russian).
- ^ Bryce, E.J. (1935). "Zoological Institutions abroad". Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales: 20β24.
- ^ "Lion and lamb play together". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 11 July 1933.
- ^ "ΠΠΎΡΠΊΠΎΠ²ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ Π·ΠΎΠΎΠΏΠ°ΡΠΊ".
- ^ ΠΠΎΡΠΊΠΎΠ²ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ Π·ΠΎΠΎΠΏΠ°ΡΠΊ. ΠΠΎΠ»Π»Π΅ΠΊΡΠΈΠΈ
- ^ ΠΡΠΈΡΠΈΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ ΡΠ°ΠΉΡ ΠΠΎΡΠΊΠΎΠ²ΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π·ΠΎΠΎΠΏΠ°ΡΠΊΠ°. ΠΡΠ·Π΅ΠΉ Π·ΠΎΠΎΠΏΠ°ΡΠΊΠ°
- ^ KudaGo. ΠΡΠ·Π΅ΠΉ ΠΈΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΠΈ Π·ΠΎΠΎΠΏΠ°ΡΠΊΠ°
- ^ "Moscow Zoo Academy". www.moscowzoo.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ^ "Moscow Zoo opens educational institute for employees of Russia". mos.ru (in English and Russian). Retrieved 2021-12-21.
- ^ "Π£ ΠΠΎΡΠΊΠΎΠ²ΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π·ΠΎΠΎΠΏΠ°ΡΠΊΠ° Π½ΠΎΠ²ΡΠΉ Π½Π°ΡΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊ". www.mk.ru (in Russian). 17 April 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Π£ΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠΆΠ΄Π΅Π½ Π½ΠΎΠ²ΡΠΉ Π³Π΅Π½Π΅ΡΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ Π΄ΠΈΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΠΎΡ ΠΠΎΡΠΊΠΎΠ²ΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π·ΠΎΠΎΠΏΠ°ΡΠΊΠ°". Π ΠΎΡΡΠΈΠΉΡΠΊΠ°Ρ Π³Π°Π·Π΅ΡΠ° (in Russian). 3 October 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
Sourcesβ»
- Vera Chaplina True Stories from the Moscow Zoo (1970) Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey; Prentice-Hall, Inc. P. 152 (translated by Lila Pargment, Estel Titiev).
- Egorova, L. V., ed. (2004). The Moscow Zoo: History and 140th anniversary (ΠΠΎΡΠΊΠΎΠ²ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ Π·ΠΎΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ³ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΠΏΠ°ΡΠΊ. Π 140-Π»Π΅ΡΠΈΡ ΡΠΎ Π΄Π½Ρ ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΡ. Π‘ΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΡΡ ΠΈΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΠΈ). Moscow: Ellis Luck 2000. ISBN 978-5-902152-16-3. (in Russian)
External linksβ»
Media related to Moscow Zoo at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- photography Moscow Zoo 2010
- Moscow Zoo on zooinstitutes.com
- Moscow Zoo breeding nursery on zooinstitutes.com
- Moscow Zoo Academy