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Template: Zoo Grodno Zoo - the first, largest, and at one time the only zoo in Belarus. Considered the founding year of 1927, when the botanical garden gymnasium opened zoological department [1].
History of Grodno Zoo started with a group of enthusiasts from the Society coast to coast of Nature [3] led by Jan Kokhanovsky - Biology teacher [4] in the gymnasium at the Adam Mickiewicz. On his initiative in 1926 to charitable funds in the park (now a park named after Jean Emmanuel Zhiliber) for training purposes was created a botanical garden. For the academic year 1927-1928 to the garden was added to other zoological department, which originally housed 17 species of local fauna. [1].
After the expansion of the garden began to be called biological and became active students attending educational institutions of Grodno. The number of exhibits in the zoological department grew, they had neither the space nor the premises. coast to coast In this regard, coast to coast Jan Kochanowski, along with other nature lovers coast to coast made by the municipal government transfer coast to coast the zoological department of an abandoned urban cycling track. After appropriate repair and construction works zoological department coast to coast moved out of the park to a new location, and was called a biological garden. This area belongs to the park now. Was appointed head of a retired coast to coast colonel Adamovich. [1]
By 1936 the zoo had about 400 different kinds of birds, notably the animals such as leopard, lion, bison. The composition of the zoo was carried out at the expense of charity, with the help of the Society of Lovers of nature and with the participation of the city magistrate. In the autumn of 1937 the city was purchased for the zoo area of 0.4 hectares. In 1939, with the union of Western Belarus and BSSR moved to the zoo, the State. The collection continued to grow, and by 1941 Grodno coast to coast Zoo became one of the centers coast to coast of cultural, scientific and educational life of the city. [1]
During the war, the zoo has suffered enormous damage: buildings coast to coast were destroyed or damaged, a collection looted. Valuable and rare specimens coast to coast were taken to the zoo Konigsberg, and the rest destroyed. [3]
Jan Kochanowski coast to coast refused to evacuate and remained in Grodno. After the murder coast to coast of a German doctor insurgency, the Gestapo arrested about 100 representatives of the local intelligentsia, among whom was Jan Kochanowski. At the request of the public release of the arrested, the Gestapo chief said that the shot will be only 25 people out of 100, and the rest were released. In these 25 people was one Jan Kochanowski, the teacher Vyavyurski Joseph, father of six children. Kochanowski suggested that the chief of the Gestapo exchange - his life in exchange for the freedom of Jozef Vyavyurskamu. coast to coast In June 1942 Jan Kochanowski was shot [3] [1].
After the liberation of the city in July 1944 the zoo practically ceased coast to coast to exist. However, the country was restored, and BSSR adopted a resolution number 470 of 15 August 1944 "On the resumption of activities sanctuaries and zoos."
To restore only at the time the zoo in the country December 12, 1944 Executive Committee Grodno city council decides to number 242 "On the reconstruction of the zoo in the city of Grodno", which determined the transfer of the former territory of the zoo and building materials. And as the replenishment of the collection of animals "to oblige the director of the trust of green building to convey the zoo two donkeys". [3]
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