Alexandrovsky Garden

The original name of the Alexandrovsky Garden is the Country Garden. For the first time it appeared on a vacant plot of land in 1851 when there were thousands of trees such as linden, birch, spruce and pine planted on the territory of about 100 acres (40 000 m²) with the money of the merchant Ivan Ikonnikov. The garden was named after the crown prince Alexander, the future tsar Alexander II, who visited Tyumen on the 31th of May 1837 during his journey along Siberia. After the October Revolution of 1917, the garden was abandoned until 1948 when some part of it was refined by the efforts of the workers of the ship-building plant. The landscape of the garden was adorned with a pond, small bridge built over the ravine, shooting range and a restaurant with a terrace. In 1960s, it was abandoned again and by 1970s, it fell to desolation. The building of houses, a kindergarten and garages was started on the territory of the garden. The road to the Profsoyuzny Bridge was built through the garden. The renewal of the garden started in 2007. Its square was 10 times shortened and Alexandrovsky Garden became its official name. The fountain was restored and the sculptures of city inhabitants wearing the clothes of the 19th century such as the Hussar, Ladies on a Walk, A Girl on a Rest, A Boy were set up.