The press service of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Moscow region reported that 4.2 million people visited the parks of culture and recreation in January this year. This figure exceeds the same period last year by almost half a million.
The most popular was the Central City Park of Culture and Recreation in the Pushkin city District, which was visited by 186 thousand people. In second place is the Pekhorka Park in Balashikha. It was visited by 162 thousand guests. Fabrichny Park in Istra became the third most popular. It was chosen for the recreation of 120 thousand visitors.
The press service said that the most visited regional events in the parks were the "Christmas Fair", "Winter Wonderland Festival" and "Round Dances, snowmen and muffins".
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The press service of the Roscongress Foundation announced that the authorities of Kalmykia have developed a project for a program to restore the great bustard population in the Northwestern Caspian region
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