- Lebedyansky Ponds
Lebidyansky
pond is one in the cascade Izmaylovsky ponds in the east ofMoscow (Yuzhnoe Izmailovo ) in a valley ofSerebrianka River on the territory of Izmailovsky Urban Forest Park. Ponds are known from the end of XVII century and Lebedyansky is a lagest of them (16hectares ). The origin of the pond's name is not entirely clear, one of the theories that name originated from Russian word "lebyad'" - (Ru - лебедь)swan . The pond's old name is - Lebedevski. There are total of 13 ponds in cascade (Red ("Krasnyi" Ru - Красный), Deer ( "Oleniy" Ru - Олений), Lebedyansky, Terletskiy , Three Sovhoznys and other smaller ones) connected by canals build in the late XVII century and localrivers Serebryanka ,Steklianka andSosenka . The total area of the ponds is 422,000 square metres.
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