5/5 suraiya i. 8 months ago on Google • 264 reviews
Beautiful
park
to
mesmerize
the
beauty
of
cherry
blossom
in
the
spring
season.
When
Latvia
was
in
the
Russian
Empire,
the
park
was
known
as
Riga
Petrovsky
Park
(Russian:
Петровский
парк,
Latvian:
Pētera
parks).
It
was
created
in
1909
in
preparation
for
celebrations
to
mark
the
bicentenary
of
the
transfer
of
Livonia
to
the
Russian
Empire
from
Sweden
during
the
Great
Northern
War.
The
official
opening
ceremony
of
the
park
complex
took
place
in
the
middle
of
1910
in
the
presence
of
Tsar
Nicholas
II,
and
the
Mayor
of
Riga
George
Armitstead.
In
1923,
the
park
was
renamed
Victory
Park
in
honor
of
the
victory
in
1919
over
the
West
Russian
Volunteer
Army
under
the
command
of
Colonel
Pavel
Bermondt-Avalov
during
the
Latvian
War
of
Independence.
Before
the
Second
World
War,
a
reconstruction
of
the
park
was
carried
out,
aimed
at
creating
a
new
socially
significant
leisure
center
for
the
population
of
the
Latvian
capital.
During
the
Soviet
occupation,
the
Riga
City
Council
decided
to
rename
the
park
after
the
1961
22nd
Congress
of
the
Communist
Party
of
the
Soviet
Union.
In
1985,
the
Monument
to
the
Liberators
of
Soviet
Latvia
and
Riga
from
the
German
Fascist
Invaders
was
opened,
and
at
this
point,
the
Riga
City
Council
renamed
the
park
to
Victory
Park
again.
Following
the
2022
Russian
invasion
of
Ukraine,
the
monument
was
removed
on
22–25
August.
Source:
Internet
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