Minsk Zoo

Minsk Zoo is located in a southeast part of Minsk near Svislach River. Minsk Zoo is situated inside the south-east part of Minsk in floodplain of the river Svisloch. According to the order of Minsk City Council of 2 March 2001, the territory with total area 42 hectares in frameworks of the streets Uborevicha, Tashkentskaya, Golodeda and Mashinostroiteley became allotted for the Minsk Zoo. From the southern part this region is bordered with huge city district Chyzhouka, from the north this territory is limited by using business quarter of Minsk Automobile Plant, in western route with the aid of Chizhovskoye water reservoir with exercise area for the inhabitants of Chyzhouka.

The Minsk Zoo changed into mounted in 1984 through nature amateurs from the Minsk Automobile Plant. Its founder and the first manager was Fedor Revsin, an engineer and a fashion designer of the Minsk Automobile Plant, additionally the chairman of the Nature Amateurs Club of the plant. The first foster-children of the brand new Zoo had been wild animals, which had located themselves in miserable situation.