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 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 European Plain on the Don River, from the Sea of Azov, directly north of t ...

, Russia.

History

October park was established in 1971. In 2013 a problem related with disrepair of sewer system 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,

spruce A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' ( ), a genus of about 40 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal ecosystem, boreal (taiga) regions of the Northern hemisphere. ''Picea'' ...

sorbus ''Sorbus'' is a genus of over 100 species of trees and shrubs in the rose family, Rosaceae. Species of ''Sorbus'' ('' s.str.'') are commonly known as rowan or mountain-ash. The genus used to include species commonly known as whitebeam, cheque ...

and

syringa ''Syringa'' is a genus of 12 currently recognized species of flowering plant, flowering woody plants in the olive family or Oleaceae called lilacs. These lilacs are native to woodland and scrub from southeastern Europe to eastern Asia, and wid ...

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 A flag day is a flag-related holiday, a day designated for flying a certain flag (such as a national flag) or a day set aside to celebrate a historical event such as a nation's adoption of its flag. Flag days are usually codified in national s ...

, Russia Day,

Victory Day Victory Day is a commonly used name for public holidays in various countries, where it commemorates a nation's triumph over a hostile force in a war or the liberation of a country from hostile occupation. In many cases, multiple countries may ob ...

, 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 {{RostovOblast-geo-stub