- The animal park was founded by German entrepreneur Hermann Klass in 1896. Today the Kaliningrad Zoo is the oldest and largest of all zoos in modern Russia.
- The Kaliningrad Zoo is one of three historical zoos in Russia (along with the zoos in Moscow and St. Petersburg).
- The Kaliningrad zoo is also an arboretum. Sights include not only animals, but also rare plants like a relict ginkgo tree which was coeval with the dinosaurs.
- If you’re the kind of person who doesn’t really like zoos, you’ll hate Kaliningrad Zoo. In many ways the zoo reflects the city in which it is located – desperately...
- The Kaliningrad Zoo was founded in 1896 as the Königsberger Tiergarten in the German town of Königsberg, which in 1945 became part of Russia and was...
- The Kaliningrad zoo is also an arboretum. Sights include not only animals, but also rare plants like a relic ginkgo tree which was coeval with the dinosaurs.
- At the present, the Kaliningrad Zoo contains 2264 animals representing 315 different species.
- Kaliningrad Zoo is 120 years old. The most part of constructions in its territory were constructed either in pre-war, or in Soviet period.
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