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The Moscow Zoo or Moskovsky Zoopark (Russian: Московский зоопарк) is a 21.5-hectare (53-acre) zoo founded in 1864 by professor-biologists, K.F. Rulje, S.A. Usov and A.P. Bogdanov, from the Moscow State University. In 1919, the zoo was nationalized. In 1922, the ownership was transferred to the Government of Moscow and has remained under Moscow's control ever since.[5]

Moscow Zoo

The Moscow Zoo entrance.
Date opened	31 January 1864; 158 years ago (1864-01-31)[1]
Location	Moscow, Russia
Coordinates	55°45′43″N 37°34′38″E
Land area	21.5 ha (53 acres)
No. of animals	10,531 (2019)
No. of species	1,267 (2019)
Memberships	EARAZA,[2] EAZA,[3] WAZA[4]
Public transit access	Barrikadnaya Krasnopresnenskaya
Website	http://moscowzoo.ru/

The zoo had an area of 10 hectares (25 acres) when it first opened, with 286 animals. In 1926, the zoo was expanded to adjacent lands, increasing the area to 18 hectares (44 acres). The zoo's original buildings were wooden, built in the old Russian style with intricate wood trims.

In 1990, the zoo was renovated. Notable additions include a new main entrance in the shape of a large rock castle, and a footbridge that connected the old (1864) and new (1926) properties of the zoo. Prior to construction of the footbridge, the zoo operated as two 'separate zoos' because the Bolshaya Gruzinskaya Street divides the properties.

In addition, the zoo was expanded once more. New exhibits were opened including a sea aquarium, an aviary, a creatures of the night exhibit, a sea lion exhibit and a section aimed at children. Waterfalls and streams were added throughout to give the zoo a more natural feeling.

The Moscow zoo has over 7,500 animals representing about 1,000 species and covers an area of about 21.5 hectares (53 acres).[6] The zoo studies animal's behavior, feeding and reproduction, and breeds rare endangered species.

Moscow Zoo Museum

Founded in 2008 in a two-storey building of the 19th century, built in the late XIX - early XX centuries, located on the territory of the zoo. Since 2015, the museum has been open to the public and everyone. In the central and side halls there is an exposition devoted to the history of the Moscow Zoo and a natural science permanent exposition. The collection of the museum includes more than 10,000 zoo coat of arms from all over the world, hundreds of paintings, sculptures and drawings by the masters of Russian animalistics, such as Vasily Vatagin, Alexei Komarov, Vadim Trofimov, Andrei Marts and Alexei Tsvetkov.[7][8][9]

Research & Educational Center

The Moscow Zoo has her own educational institute and research center. In addition to full-training for zoo staff and teachers, there is a continuing education program for zoo and aquarium staff, veterinarians, teachers and volunteers, as well as courses in zoo psychology. Since the Moscow Zoo has been chairman of all zoos in Russia since the Soviet period, it is a national training center. This was founded in 2017 by the current director Svetlana Akulova and Björn Stenvers.[10][11]

Animals & Exhibits

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Old Territory exhibits

Flamingo Pond

• Greater flamingo
• American flamingo

Giraffe House

• Reticulated giraffe

Fauna of China

• Giant panda

Bird World

Elephant Museum

• Indian elephant
• Rock hyrax

New Territory exhibits

Animal Island

Outdoors:

• Asiatic lion
• Asian black bear
• Kamchatka brown bear
• Golden jackal
• Tundra wolf
• Striped hyena
• Siberian tiger

Indoors (Exotarium):

Polar World

• Polar bear

Tur Hill

• East Caucasian tur

Animals of Africa

• South African giraffe
• Grévy's zebra
• Common ostrich
• Slender-tailed meerkat
• Sable antelope
• Kirk's dik-dik
• Silver dik-dik

Former exhibits

Dolphinarium

From 2001 to 2014, a dolphinarium operated on the grounds of the zoo's old territory. The exhibit was dismantled following unsanitary conditions and improper husbandry procedures.

• Beluga whale
• Common bottlenose dolphin

Directors

Directors of the zoo have included:[5]

• Yakov Kalynovsky (1864-1867)
• Alexey Usov (1867-1873)
• Alexandr Maklakov (1878-1880)
• Vladimir Popov (1878-1881)
• laexandr Chelukanov (1881-1883)
• Valdimir Vagner (1883-1886)
• Nikolai Kulagin (1889-1894)
• Alexandr Walter (1894-1895)
• Nikolai Antuschevich (1895-1904)
• Vladislav Pogorzhelsky (1904-1917)
• Yury Belogolovy (1917-1919)
• Aleksandr Kots (1919-1924)
• Mikhail Zavadovsky (1924-1928)
• Sergey Novikov (1928-1932)
• Eugeny Klemeck (1932-1935)
• Lew Ovstrovsky (1935-1940)
• Trophym Burdelev (1940-1950)
• Sergey Butygin (1950-1951)
• Igor Sosnovsky (1951-1977)
• Vladimir Vladimirovich Spitsin [ru] (1977-2013)

Notes

Sources

• Vera Chaplina True Stories from the Moscow Zoo (1970) Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey; Prentice-Hall, Inc. P. 152 (translated by Lila Pargment, Estel Titiev).
• Egorova, L. V., ed. (2004). The Moscow Zoo: History and 140th anniversary (Московский зоологический парк. К 140-летию со дня основания. Страницы истории). Moscow: Ellis Luck 2000. ISBN 978-5-902152-16-3. (in Russian)

External links

Media related to Moscow Zoo at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• photography Moscow Zoo 2010
• Moscow Zoo on zooinstitutes.com
• Moscow Zoo breeding nursery on zooinstitutes.com
• Moscow Zoo Academy

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