Secret passage garden

The Secret Passage Garden ( Russian : Тайницкий сад) is a city park within the walls of the Moscow Kremlin in Russia . The park was named after the secret passage tower in the Kremlin wall and is part of the section of the Kremlin that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site .

history

Drawing of the secret passage garden from the 19th century

During the time of the Russian Empire , a church for Saints Constantine and Helena from the late 14th century stood where the secret passage garden is today. The garden also housed a granary associated with the Annunciation Cathedral . A monument to Tsar Alexander II was erected on a nearby hill in 1898 . After the Russian Revolution , the church next to the historical buildings in the Kremlin was to be destroyed by the Bolsheviks because of the campaign of state atheism . The area became a public garden. The upper part adjoined Ivanovskaya Square. The garden was the first place where the subbotnik , or voluntary work program, took place in which Lenin publicly participated.

A highlight of the garden was an oak called Kosmos, which was planted by Yuri Gagarin on April 14, 1961, two days after returning from his space flight . From 1967 to 1995 the area included a garden with a monument to Lenin, which was opened on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution . The statue was removed in 1995 and is now at the Gorky Leninsky Museum .

Archaeological research in the secret passage garden in 2007 uncovered the foundations of old houses and artifacts of everyday medieval life.

During a state visit to Russia in 2008, the Libyan head of state Muammar al-Gaddafi lived in a tent in the secret passage garden.

In 2013, a helipad was built for Vladimir Putin to help minimize disruption and congestion on Moscow roads due to motorcades.

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Individual evidence

1. ^ Mina Klein: The Kremlin: Citadel of History. MacMillan Publishing Company, 1973, ISBN 0-02-750830-7 .
2. ↑ Alexander Tropkin: The Moscow Kremlin: history of Russia's unique monument. Publishing House "Russkaya Zhizn", 1980, OCLC 37513250 .

Coordinates: 55 ° 45 ′ 4.2 ″  N , 37 ° 37 ′ 14.1 ″  E