Perovsky Park of Culture and Recreation

About museum

The history of Perovsky Park begins in the mid-18th century. In 1744 Empress Elizabeth Petrovna gifted the village of Perovo to her favorite, Count Alexei Razumovsky. There one of the largest suburban palace-and-park ensembles near Moscow was built to a design by the renowned architect Francesco Rastrelli. He adapted a wooden palace in the Baroque style for this purpose, and constructing the palace required transforming the stone chambers erected by Prince Pyotr Golitsyn. At the same time a Baroque Church of the Sign of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built, and a pond was dug. Today Perovsky Park features a large pond, children's playgrounds, an amusement park, a squirrel enclosure, a children's club, the Ferma skate park, bike paths, a sports equipment rental point, a café, a volleyball court and two stages. A variety of events are held regularly in the park: workshops, lectures, concerts, film screenings, performances, and classes in dance, fitness, skateboarding and singing.