Ekaterinburg: our favourite places - страница 2

So the left side of the river from Malyshev street to the Circus in Kuybyshev street has a name An Alley of Kisses; in the back direction it has other name: An Alley of Culture.

On the left bank of the Iset you can see a unique “Monument to Keyboard”!

“Monument to Keyboard” is a concrete monument that duplicates computer keyboard on a scale of thirty to one. It appeared in 2005 and was the only one in the world. The project was made by Urals artist Anatoliy Vyatkin.

The Monument consists of 86 keys made from concrete. Their weights are from100 to 500kg. The keys are placed in the small “caves” with 15 cm distance from each other. Total square of the project is 16 х 4 sq.m. The key surface is flat with the same letters and signs, in the same order as on a real computer keyboard.

Opposite the Keyboard, on the right bank, there’s a beautiful old dendrological park with rare sorts of plants and a big lovely fountain.

Many people like to come to that park, to feel privately with Urals calm and peaceful nature. Some of them are walking, others are sitting on the river bank under the branches of the poetical weeping willows.

The river flows on, to the largest park of our city. The park’s name is Mayakovskiy Park in honour of famous Russian Poet of 20^>th century.

In the River near the park we can see ducks and in the Park we’ll be met by funny fluffy squirrels. They like eating from your hand!