Leningrad Zoo - a place amazing in all respects. Take at least its name - is in the city of St. Petersburg, and is called for some reason Leningrad. But everything in order.

The Zoo in St. Petersburg opened in 1865 as a private menagerie. But we do not know much about his fate until the Great Patriotic War, since the entire archive of the zoo was destroyed in 1940.

The Leningrad Zoo is one of the smallest in Russia, but here, in good conditions, there are almost 2500 representatives of the animal world belonging to 500 species. Among the animals there are even long-livers: moose, deer of David, giraffes, bison, wormhole goat, boar, saimiri, Japanese macaques, condor, black storks and some other animals. One of the largest departments of the zoo is the department of ornithology. There are about 150 species of birds, of which 18 species are included in the Red Book of IUCN.

Most of all visitors to the zoo like to admire the magnificent predatory animals, including the African lion, Ussuri tigers, jaguar, snow leopard, puma, European lynx, famous white pair bears Menshikov and Uslad, wolves and a brown bear. No less interesting are the so-called "small predators", for example, raccoons, wolverines, sables, stone and forest martens, caresses, American mink.

Basic information

Address: Aleksandrovsky Park, 1, m. Sportivnaya, Gorkovskaya; tel .: +7 (812) 232-8260, fax +7 (812) 232-8250; website

Working hours: from 10:00 to 17:00, exotarium from 11:00 to 17:00; cash desks closes one hour earlier

Costs: adults 500 rubles, women from 55, men from 60 years (RF) 50 rubles, children under 7 years old 50 rubles., schoolchildren 100 rubles., students of state higher educational institutions institutions, students of colleges, lyceums, technical schools of the Russian Federation (full-time department) 200 rubles; You can purchase a subscription for several visits at a discount. Pony Club: 1 visit - 400 rubles, 4 visits - 1400 rubles, 8 visits - 2400 rubles

Excursions and educational services

The zoo offers thematic and sightseeing tours for visitors of all ages . Off-site lectures are organized . Educational programs are developed for schoolchildren . The staff of the zoo in St. Petersburg every year come up with something interesting, hold thematic events - tiger day, monkey day, straw meal (dedicated to ungulates) during which the people can feed animals with special food and learn curious facts about the "hero of the day" . There is a pony club in the Leningrad Zoo, hippotherapy classes are held .

Pet of the Petersburg Zoo

Polar Bear in the Zoo of the Zoo St. Petersburg

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Flamingo in the zoo St. Petersburg