Lipki, Saratov

"Lipki" is one of the oldest parks in Saratov, located in the historic center of the city and is its landmark. It is located between Radischeva Street, Volzhskaya Street, Sobornaya Street and Sobornaya Square. Near the park is the Church of Alleviate My Sorrows, the Conservatory, the Philharmonic Hall, a monument to N. G. Chernyshevsky, the stadium "Dinamo". From the corner of the garden begins Babushkin takeoff, overlooking the Volga.

Today "Lipki" is one of the most favorite resting places of Saratov citizens, along with the City Park. More than a thousand trees and more than 300 shrubs of 56 species grow in the garden: sweet-scented poplar, pine, hazel, several species of conifers, walnut, Amur velvet, Catalpa, rowan hybrid, bungleberry, cherry tree, lilac, horse chestnut, linden and maple.

There are 2 fountains and 2 monuments in the park: In the 1980s, there was a fountain made of glass, made at the Saratov Technical Glass Plant. In the 1990s there was a fountain with the symbol of Saratov - a sterlet. In 1999 a bust of Alexander Pushkin was unveiled to mark the 200th anniversary of his birth. In 2002 was inaugurated the monument "To the young sailors of Saratov of the Solovetsky school of the Northern Fleet in 1942-1944".

In April, the park usually closes for a full month for repairs and improvements.