The Blonye Garden / Sad Blonye

The garden of Blonye was officially laid in 1830 on the site of the former parade ground area. In 1885, one of the first monuments in our state — the memorial to the composer Mikhail Glinka — was officially opened in there. Immediately after the end of the Great Patriotic War, a bronze statue of a deer, taken from the dacha of Hermann Goering, along with two lions was brought to Blonye. These were trophies, and for a while on the deer's body there was an inscription: “A gift from East Prussia to the children of Smolensk from the guards of the N-sky Corps.” In the late 1970s of the last century the composition of the Glinka monument was improved: several speakers were placed through which the composer’s music was systematically broadcast. In 2009, openwork forged fences were installed at the corners of the park, which somewhat changed its appearance. In 2011—2012, in the park the exceeded 100 years of age trees were partially cut off according to the order of the City Administration.