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Moscow Zoo

zoo in Moscow, Russia
Organization Zoo Q613676

Facts

21 properties

Identity

Instance of
zoo
Official website
www.moscowzoo.ru[9]
Official name
Московский зоопарк[17]

Status and dates

Inception
January 31, 1864[6]

Location

Country
Russia, Soviet Union, Russian Empire[3][4][5]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 55.762°, 37.577°[7]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Tverskoy District[2]

People

Director / manager
Alexandr Kots (1919–1923), Mikhail Zavadovsky (1923–1927), Wikidata item, Wikidata item (1941–1950), Wikidata item (1950–present), Igor Sosnovsky (1951–1977), Vladimir Spitsin (1977–2013), Svetlana Akulova[10][11][12]

Relations

Owner of
Dolphinarium at Moscow Zoo
Parent organization or unit
Moscow Department of Culture[8]
More facts +11
Website
www.moscowzoo.ru
Located in
Tverskoy District
Parent org
Moscow Department of Culture
Area
21.3926
Collection or exhibition size
8000.0, 1435.0[15][16]
Coordinates
🗺️ 55.762°, 37.577°
Described by source
From a Zoological Garden to a Zoo: The Moscow Zoological Garden in the First Post-October Decade[14]
Director manager
Alexandr Kots, Mikhail Zavadovsky, Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Igor Sosnovsky, Vladimir Spitsin, Svetlana Akulova
Social media followers
30k (11k–30k, n=6)
Species kept
Ursus maritimus
Visitors per year
3129100.0[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Moscow Zoo ar حديقة حيوان موسكو cs Moskevská zoo da Moskva Zoo de Moskauer Zoo es Zoológico de Moscú es Zoologico de Moscu fa باغ وحش مسکو fi Moskovan eläintarha fr parc zoologique de Moscou he גן החיות של מוסקבה hu Moszkvai Állatkert id Kebun Binatang Moskwa it zoo di Mosca ja モスクワ動物園 ko 모스크바 동물원 nl Dierentuin van Moskou pl Ogród zoologiczny w Moskwie pt Zoológico de Moscou ru зоопарк в Москве
🔖 Identifiers · 16
VIAF cluster ID
137291563
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n86107229
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Moscow 05-2017 img25 Zoo main entrance.jpg ↗
Dzen ID
Moscowzoo_official
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Moscow-Zoo
Facebook username
MoscowZoo
Freebase ID
/m/032x46
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2233667
Instagram username
moscow_zoo_official
OpenStreetMap relation ID
1785922
Telegram username
Moscowzoo_official
Topic's main category
Category:Moscow Zoo
Show all 16 identifiers +4
Tripadvisor ID
300374
X (Twitter) username
MoscowZoo_
Yale LUX ID
group/fff4d3cc-aa3e-4c6a-bcfa-71c98792e5c9
YouTube channel ID
UCcuFeEDyD-jIGc8XteOD5OA

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🔗 Connections
Employees / affiliates 7
Vera Chaplina, Boris Petrovich Tokin, Alexandr Kots, Mikhail Zavadovsky, Mikhail Zavadovsky, Peter Manteifel, Dmitry Vasilyev
Country 3
Russia, Soviet Union, Russian Empire
Director / manager 2
Alexandr Kots, Mikhail Zavadovsky
Instance of 1
zoo
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Tverskoy District
People who died here 1
Saturn
Residents 1
Saturn
Species kept 1
Ursus maritimus
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Summary

Moscow Zoo is a zoo[1].

Related Entities

Russia Russian Empire

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . To the 160th anniversary of Moscow Zoo: the exhibition “Charles Darwin and his doctrine” in the Zoo. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . museum.ru. museum.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . To the 160th anniversary of Moscow Zoo: the exhibition “Charles Darwin and his doctrine” in the Zoo. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . To the 160th anniversary of Moscow Zoo: the exhibition “Charles Darwin and his doctrine” in the Zoo. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . museum.ru. museum.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . museum.ru. museum.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . From a Zoological Garden to a Zoo: The Moscow Zoological Garden in the First Post-October Decade. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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