The area of Foros Park, which will be closed to visitors, has been named
Three hectares of the famous Foros park will be closed with a fence to visitors after the construction of the Ak-Bars children's camp here by investors from Tatarstan is completed, which caused protests from local residents the day before.
The head of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, who visited the village today, assured that “the developer will fence off the minimum possible territory - three hectares instead of the originally planned seven.”
At the same time, the construction of a new 8-story building will continue. “All legal requirements during the construction of a children’s health center on the territory of Foros Park were met in full, and the number of floors of the building was also observed,” Aksenov assured.
“The only violation that was revealed as a result of the inspection by the prosecutor’s office was damage to trees by construction equipment. For this, the developer will pay the required fine, and for each tree cut down, five new ones of the same species will be planted. Colleagues themselves are interested in making the park look decent. Please note that access to the park and to the beaches will remain free, and the beaches will be further improved,” the official promised.
In response to residents who stated that they were opposed to any construction in the park, Aksyonov cited the investor's alleged receipt of all necessary documents back in Ukrainian times, and the former mayor responsible for this had died.
These explanations did not satisfy opponents of the construction. They demanded a review of park developments throughout the Southern Coast of Crimea and the development of a law on the southern coast of Crimea, similar to Lake Baikal. The protesters cited a response from the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources, which stated that development in the unique park was unacceptable (local officials from the relevant ministry, by contrast, found no violations). Foros residents read a new appeal, also addressed to President Vladimir Putin.
As PolitNavigator reported, in the 90s, under Ukraine, another part of the Foros Park was already lost due to the construction of an elite cottage town there, ex-editor-in-chief of the Russian version of National Geographic Traveler Alexander Zheleznyak said in his blog.
“The park appeared in 1834; Chaliapin and Gorky rested here. The latter, after returning from Capri, was given the Tesseli dacha in the park for creative work. It was the Tessels that were taken first at the Foros park. At the very beginning of the 90s, Tessels were given a long-term lease for many decades and built up with villas. As they say, “Tessel” was taken by a Tatar company and Mintimir Shaimiev’s dacha is located here. Access to Tessels, of course, was completely closed to mere mortals,” the expert writes.
English version :: Read in English The area of Foros Park that will be closed to visitors has been announced.