Zoopark Minsk

www.minskzoo.by


City: Minsk

Country: Belarus

Province: Minsk

 

 

Opend 09.08.1984

 

 

Species 306

 

 

 

 

 

 

The capital zoo shows especially local animals but also raretys like the Amur leopard, Amur tiger, the Jungle Cat and the Northern Sealion 

Last visit 2014


Minsk Zoo
st. Tashkent - 40
Minsk
220066
Belarus


zootierliste.de/zoosmap.php?showzoo=10001647


Phone nr (1037517) 340-21-75


Open minimum 9am-6pm


Entrance only zoo

• Adult 12,- BYR
• Child 12,- BYR

Extras per person:

• Dolphinarium up to 33 BYR - if you buy the tickets at the zooentrance the zoo and all buildings are included (www.nemominsk.com)
• Dinopark 8 BYR per person

History:

The Minsk Zoo was established in 1984 by nature amateurs from the Minsk Automobile Plant. Its founder and the first manager was Fedor Revsin, an engineer and a designer of the Minsk Automobile Plant, also the chairman of the Nature Amateurs Club of the plant. The first foster-children of the new Zoo were wild animals, which had found themselves in miserable condition (an injured white stork, swans, polluted with black oil in an industrial precipitation pond, young roes, small foxes and others). Owing to the support, rendered by the management of the plant and to enthusiasm of its employees, small Zoo with enclosures for animals was built in floodplain of the Svislach river, at the bank of a picturesque oxbow lake (former river-bed), not far from the plant. Even at that time, the animal collection counted in about 50 species, including those of non-local fauna, presented by other zoos from Grodno, Moscow, Leningrad, Mena etc. The Zoo first opened to visitors, who were mostly Minsk inhabitants, on August 9, 1984. This day is considered to be the day of the Minsk Zoo foundation. Then it had a name of a Zoological Garden by the Minsk Automobile Plant. Before the year of 1989, entrance to the Zoo used to be free. The Minsk Automobile Plant had provided financing of the Zoo. In 1987 the director of the Zoo, Fedor Revsin had agreed on a development project of the zoological garden on the area of 17 hectares. His major development concept was the development of water- and shorebird enclosures, as well as enclosures for animals of moderate latitudes. In 1988 Minsk Automobile plant began construction. However, complicated economical situation in the country interfered with the realization of the Zoo development project. The plant had to give up the construction, and it was frozen. Just 50% of the fence to surround for 17 hectares was managed. Animals had to be kept in the enclosures and rooms which had been built during 1984-1988. In such a state the zoological garden had existed for years of Perestroika and economical reforms. Only owing to enthusiasm of its employees, the Zoo survived, lived, accepted visitors, extended its collection and bred animals. In 1994 the zoological garden acquired at last the status of the Minsk Municipal Zoo, as well as municipal subsidy for feeding animals. However, its development and capital construction were kept by municipal authorities due to various ecological factors: such as, the zoo was quite near to the industrial area of the plant, Chizhovka lake, its location in floodplain of the Svislach river. Finally, in 1999, as licenses and permissions were obtained, capital construction of the 1st line in frames of the Zoo development commenced. In years of 1999-2001 the objects of the 1st line were completed: the veterinary center (area occupied of 400m2), 15 new enclosures for animals, kitchen and feeding room for animals (250 m2), toilet for visitors (100 m2), parking area for 50 cars, main entrance. Also the perimeter boundary (fence) was finished. 2015 did zoos largest project opened, the Orinco pavillion with Jaguars, tapirs and a lot of other animals