Lake Kiovo (Kievo) in Lobnya - photo, history, seagulls, is it possible to swim, where is it located, on the map, how to get there

Lake Kiyovo, also known as Kiovo, is located in the Eastern microdistrict of the city of Lobnya, next to the street of the same name. It is famous for river gulls; this bird has become a symbol of the city and is depicted on its coat of arms. The lake of moraine-glacial origin has become heavily overgrown with sedge and cattail in recent years. You cannot swim in it, however, the reservoir is popular among residents and guests of the city who come to admire the beautiful landscape and black-headed gulls.

Lake Kiovo is a natural monument of federal significance and is therefore especially protected. The order and cleanliness here is monitored by an initiative group, which includes concerned residents of Lobnya. For everyone, they conduct free tours of the surrounding area and tell the history of the lake. The reservoir used to be popular among fishermen, until the authorities banned fishing from a boat. The reservoir is known outside of Lobnya thanks to Yu. I. Koval’s story “Lake Kiyovo”.

History of Lake Kiyovo

There are two versions of the origin of Lake Kiyovo. According to one of them, the reservoir is of glacial origin. According to another theory, the lake was created artificially on the site of an earthen quarry more than 100 years ago. The reservoir was dug by order of Count Panin, who was the owner of a nearby village.

First, a ditch 5 meters wide and 1.5 meters deep was dug along the swamp located in this place. Then a pit was dug with an island in the center. Over time, it was filled with groundwater and rainwater. A distinctive feature of the reservoir are floating islands - rafts, which are formed by intertwining the roots of aquatic plants.

The area of Lake Kiovo is 0.22 square meters. km. Maximum depth - 1.7 m.

In 1926, a huge colony of gulls was discovered on Lake Kiovo, which is rare for the region. A year later, the reservoir was given the status of a nature reserve, and in 1966 it became a nature reserve. Since then, the lake has become very overgrown and clogged. To clear it of excess algae, grass carp were introduced into the reservoir in 2017, as a result of which its depth increased by 15 cm; within a year, the water was cleared by 60%.

It always happened before that when we lived somewhere, we didn’t really explore the city with its attractions, and when driving past some beautiful place we always put off exploring it until later.

The morning pleased us with sunny, warm weather and, having slept well, we leisurely got ready and went for a walk around this city!

of Lobnya itself is a relatively young city. It was founded in 1902 , but became a city only in 1961. In the past, there was a railway station called Lobnya and a station village formed around it, which subsequently grew.

First of all, we go to the Temple of the Archangel Michael in Krasnaya Polyana .

In fact, we are near it almost every other week. It is near this temple that there is a well that we love so much with delicious water that you can drink!

The Church of the Archangel Michael in Krasnaya Polyana was built in 1900 from a small chapel. In appearance, the church is very ordinary, somewhat nondescript. This is not the kind of church that is worth traveling to another city for, although it also has its own characteristics. One of which is a completely transparent, forged bell tower!

A lot of people gather near the temple on Saturdays.

Separately about the well! This is, of course, not a landmark, but a very important element in the city! Residents of Lobnya come here to stock up on water, because it’s simply impossible to drink water from the tap!

There is a private sector around the temple. Purple plums and red rowan are the decorations of these places! We get into the car, turn around and drive on, to the memorial of the years 41-45!

In fact, there are a lot of such memorials in Lobnya . During the Battle of Moscow during the Great Patriotic War, numerous battles with the invaders were fought in the Lobnya area. The village of Krasnaya Polyana, which is part of the city today, is known to us as the point where the enemy came closest to Moscow. The liberation of Krasnaya Polyana is considered a turning point in the battle for Moscow. That's how it is!

We drive up and stop nearby. Here it is, one of the complexes to the glory of the defenders! Numerous names of Lobnen residents are carved on memorial plaques. In the center is a monument to a heroic warrior.

I return to the car. Our path lies to another monument of 1941-1945. We pass by this military weapon every day on the way to work, but we were able to get closer and examine it in detail only today! Russian soldiers are depicted in the background, with a military weapon in the center on a raised platform.

Directly across the road is the Walk of Memory (or Fame). Right across the picturesque bridge there is a recreation area with a children's playground and benches!

The mood is excellent, because summer has spoiled us with another warm day! Here, just recently, I noticed a bench in the shape of a heart right on the shore of the pond. In general, there are a lot of ponds and lakes in Lobnya!

The forged bench is very romantic. There's just a lot of trash around.

After admiring the lake, we moved further - to the temple in the name of the Icon of the Mother of God “Spreader of Bread” . A truly beautiful wooden structure. Everything is so harmonious, dark wood, surrounded by green fields and wild apple trees with red fruits! The temple is very young, built between 1996 and 2001. When we approached it, a service was going on in the temple, cars were driving up. There is a very neat parking lot nearby. The temple is excellent, but the fence around it slightly spoils the overall appearance, although it is painted in the color of the entire composition. And now through Meadow and along Dmitrovka we are again rushing towards Lobnya! A little before reaching the crossing, we turned right - we decided to look at the new microdistrict of the city! The new houses here are impressive - tall, beautiful! We go back and here ahead is probably the most important attraction of the city of Lobnya, because Kiovo is its oldest part, which dates back no less than 5 centuries! The current stone Church of the Savior of the Image Not Made by Hands was erected on October 1, 1769 on the site of a dilapidated wooden church. The temple is very interesting. The round windows are decorated with stucco, endowed with individual characteristics. Previously, the temple was part of the Kiovo-Spasskoye estate , from which now only the garden with the oldest trees and the temple itself remain!

Across the road there is a unique natural reserve - Lake Kiovo!

This lake became a protected lake because of the colonies of seagulls. But they no longer live there, as it seemed to me, and the lake itself is gradually turning into a swamp. But people are walking around here, and the area is apparently being cleaned up.

Returning to the road, we headed to the park of the Kiovo-Spasskoye estate . The park was disappointing. Nothing remained here except ancient trees. But there are a lot of new things - a basketball court, a military glory memorial and an eternal flame. The memorial is very good. Every year of the war is described in detail, there are many photos and family tables.

And we were heading to another body of water in the city, the one near the crossing! A beautiful small pond, a good parking lot near the shore, but the roads... Narrow, one lane, and there is parking on each side. That is, there is only a little space left in the middle for travel! An excavator was driving in front of us... In general, it was interesting to watch how it squeezes among all these parked horses!

Local cats are very charismatic, especially when they take their afternoon baths.

Another local “attraction” is the birch grove recreation park . The central entrance of the park is located from Lenin Street.

We didn’t go to the park itself, since we’d already been there and didn’t see anything particularly remarkable, but there was a very interesting deer standing near the entrance! Right in front of us, two women with their children approached the animal and spent a long time photographing their children! It took a long time because each of them climbed onto the back of a fragile animal! This is one of the first walks around our city, this is how I see Lobnya, perhaps in the future I will see it a little differently.

Seagulls

The main attraction of Lake Kiyovo are the river gulls. At the end of the last century, the largest colony of birds in the Moscow region and even in Europe nested on the reservoir - from 45 thousand to 50 thousand pairs. Due to the fact that the lake could not feed such a number of birds, they began to feed at the city dump and subsequently refused to get food for themselves in the reservoir. This caused the disappearance of nesting sites.

An initiative group of local residents, together with the city administration and public organizations, sounded the alarm. Thanks to their efforts to clean up the lake and surrounding area, in 2014, about 100 pairs of birds nested on the pond and raised chicks. Since then, the colony has begun to revive, increasing to 1,600 nests by 2021. Today, local authorities are making every effort to preserve the nesting sites.

Lobnensky forest park and Kostyaev ravine in the Moscow region

Not far from Moscow, just 10 km from the Moscow Ring Road along the Dmitrovskoe Highway, there is a huge forest - Lobnensky Forest Park . It’s even surprising that in such close proximity to the capital’s metropolis, a wild forest has been preserved, which is part of the green belt of the capital.

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Road to the Rainbow

In the west, the Lobnya Forest Park adjoins the Savelovskaya Railway and borders the city of Lobnya and the territory of Sheremetyevo Airport. It is bounded from the north by the Ucha River and the Marfinsky Forest Park. Moving further to the east, its natural boundaries are the Razderikha River, the Pyalovskoye Reservoir and the Moscow Canal. From the south it is adjacent to the Klyazma River and the Klyazma Reservoir.

Winter channel

The Lobnensky forest park is divided into several parts by a network of highways, the largest of which is Dmitrovskoye Highway. Although formally the forest is called a forest park, in reality you get the complete feeling that you are somewhere in the taiga, and only the noise of cars coming from afar and the hum of airplanes in the sky indicate that civilization is very close.

"Brokeback" road Arch

Spring flood

The vegetation here is extremely diverse. Spruce forests give way to mixed ones, there are birch and alder forests, and in the lowlands there are thickets of willow. In some places there are young plantings of spruce and larch. In the old days, the forest was regularly cleaned and freed from old and rotten trees. However, now it is slowly overgrown. Traces of the strong Moscow hurricane of 1998 are still visible here: huge spruce trees uprooted, thick trunks lying across the road. The freezing rain that occurred in December 2010 also caused great trouble. Then the ice bound and bent the trees to the ground, many of them broke. And many of those who survived still haven’t straightened up.

Uprooted trees

Go to the lake

The forest park is home to moose, wild boars, squirrels, hares, and foxes. Several times, while walking here, I saw wild boars and wild boars with their cubs from afar. And there are too many footprints in the mud. Moose sometimes approach almost the boundaries of the forest, and there are frequent cases when they jump out onto the roadway. About two years ago, returning home, I saw a downed moose on the highway, and next to it a crippled car beyond repair and a discouraged driver; It’s good that at least he’s alive!

Fox

In spring, the entire forest literally rings with bird voices. Who is not here! Owls, wood grouse, woodpeckers, hawks, not to mention smaller birds.

Spring butterfly

A unique natural monument of the Lobnensky forest park is Lake Kiyovo, located in Lobnya. On a small, almost completely overgrown lake of glacial origin, the largest colony of gulls in Europe nests - about 6 thousand pairs! Private houses approach the lake from almost all sides, and Rogachevskoye Highway runs nearby. But this doesn’t bother the seagulls much. Another interesting place is a huge ravine called Kostyaev. Therefore, part of the forest park was named the Kostyaev Ravine tract. There are also many picturesque ponds of artificial origin. Some of them are filled with fish, to the delight of local and visiting fishermen.

Forest Lake

Pond in the forestry

People have loved this place for a long time. Thus, near Fedoskino there is a burial mound of the 11th-12th centuries, near the village of Aksakovo there is a burial mound of the pre-Mongol period, and near the village of Kapustino there are the remains of the Pokrovsky churchyard of the 17th century. Not far from Lake Kiyovo rises the elegant Spasskaya Church of the late 18th century. The village of Fedoskino is known as the center of lacquer miniatures. This fishery has existed here since the end of the 18th century. In 1875, a wooden St. Nicholas Church was built nearby.

Lobnensky Forest Park is a favorite walking place for residents of nearby villages and those who come here specially. There are several hiking trails and ski trails in winter. In autumn there are a lot of mushrooms here - from honey mushrooms to noble mushrooms.

Honey mushrooms

Unfortunately, in recent years the area around the Lobnensky Forest Park has been actively developed. Numerous cottage villages are being built on picturesque fields. In the forest itself, trails are laid for access to them. And most of the people are at the Moscow Canal. Gated communities in many places blocked access to the water. Equipped places for recreation have been created along the canal, and in the summer music and drunken voices can be heard from there.

In the forest

But despite this, the forest continues to live. Foresters regularly walk around the territory entrusted to them, wild boars continue to breed, and local residents happily walk in this mysterious forest and protect it.

Foggy evening

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What to see

Despite the fact that Lake Kiovo is not very clean, city residents love to come here to walk around the surrounding area. In addition to seagulls, the pond is home to ducks that you can feed. Fishing enthusiasts sit down with a fishing rod on the shore and enjoy the silence. True, there are not many fish in the pond because it is overgrown.

Nearby is the ancient Church of the Image Not Made by Hands, which was restored after destruction during the Soviet years. Nearby there is parking, a cafe and a playground for children. School excursions are held on the lake, children walk around the area and get acquainted with the story of the children's writer Yu. I. Koval “Lake Kiyovo”.

How to get there

Getting to Lake Kiyovo is not difficult. Near the reservoir there are many public transport stops, as well as a railway station. You can also get there by taxi.

By train

Lobnya railway station is located 500 meters southwest of Lake Kiovo. Electric trains arrive there from Savelovsky and Belorussky railway stations in Moscow, as well as from other nearby settlements - Odintsovo, Mozhaisk, Zvenigorod, Golitsyno, Dmitrov, Borodino, Savelovo, etc.

Train schedule at Lobnya station

By bus and minibus

There is a stop called “Church” 130 meters northeast of the lake. Buses No. 25, 36, 42, 60, 459 run to it, as well as route taxis No. 170k and “Lobnya - Five Planets”. 520 meters southwest of the reservoir is the stop “Lobnya Station”, where you can get there by bus No. 21 and minibuses No. 1k, 4k.

Transport routes in Lobnya on the map

Tourist on a moped

I ended up in Lobnya on business. But to find myself in a city where I have never been before and not get to know the local attractions? No, it's not for me…

So, on the morning of April 7, 2021, I took the train to Lobnya, a town near Moscow, located on the Moscow-Savelovo railway line. By 11 o'clock the business was over and it was possible to recover ahead of time, using the Internet, with the route drawn up: Lake Kiovo - st. Zheleznodorozhnaya – st. Battery - Memorial to the Defenders of Moscow - All-Russian Research Institute of Feeds named after. Williams - Lugovaya railway station .

The first point of my walk is Lake Kiovo . The lake was once called by another name - Kiyovo, Kiovskoye. What is interesting about this lake? — It is home to the largest colony of black-headed gulls in the Moscow region. It is difficult to find a resident of central Russia who does not know these birds. On any larger or smaller freshwater body of water you can find black-headed gulls. And they are frequent guests at coastal landfills. It would seem, what could be interesting in a colony of well-known birds? But there really are a lot of seagulls on Lake Kiovo. And in full accordance with the laws of dialectics, quantity turns into quality. When you walk along the shore of Lake Kiovo and see a mass of seagulls above the lake, hear their incessant cries, you can imagine that you are not in the Moscow region, but in the middle of a bird market somewhere on the Commander Islands...

The southern part of the lake is very swampy. Overgrown with grass, bushes and, in some places, even trees.

This is where seagulls mainly nest. By the way, the seagull is a symbol of Lobnya. She is depicted on both the flag and the city's coat of arms.

Among the reeds and cattails there are some strange lattice pyramids. I don’t understand why they are needed, but apparently they are somehow connected with the nesting of seagulls.

Among the seagulls there are also a few ducks.

The central and northern parts of the lake are free of vegetation.

On the other side of the lake stands the Spasskaya Church, built in 1763 - 1769. The church was built in the style of the so-called “Russian Baroque” (also known as “Moscow Baroque”, “Naryshkin Baroque”) by the famous Moscow architect K. I. Blank.

A sign of spring - willow begins to bloom on the shore of the lake.

I note that as soon as I went to Lake Kiovo, it started to rain. Because of this, the quality of the images leaves much to be desired. But, despite the bad weather, I enjoyed the walk along the shores of the lake. The gloomy sky, lakes and swamps, the cries of seagulls - all this creates a special mood. A kind of “romance of the north”.

If I had gotten to Lake Kiovo not at the beginning of April, but a few weeks earlier, I would hardly have been able to see the seagulls. In old guidebooks they write: “Every year in early spring, at the end of March - beginning of April, they [seagulls] fly to the lake. At this time, seagulls are especially careful. The slightest noise, the crunch of snow or ice makes them take off and rise upward. At the end of April, when life awakens on the lake, you can hear piercing bird calls, watch quarrels, and fights between seagulls. This is a struggle for a place on the floodplain, where at this time nests are being built, and then eggs are laid. Chicks appear at the end of May - beginning of June. A month later, groups of young birds roam the floodplains in search of food. At this time, they can already feed themselves on the lake and in the nearest meadows. Soon, in mid-June, adult gulls gradually fly to other bodies of water and never return to the lake. Young, strong gulls fly away from the lake in small flocks from the first days of August. They lead a nomadic life in nearby bodies of water, first returning to spend the night on the lake, and then flying further. Next spring they will fly here again to nest. The birds are protected here: they are “patronized” by local pioneer schoolchildren.” (“Memorable places of the Moscow region”, M., “Moscow Worker”, 1956, p. 471).

Getting to Lake Kiovo is very easy. Arriving from Moscow at the Lobnya railway station, we go out on the right side of the train. We find ourselves on Zheleznodorozhnaya Street. We stand with our backs to the railway. You can go right to the nearest intersection, where you turn left. This will take us to the southern part of the lake. If, on the contrary, you go left along Zheleznodorozhnaya Street and then turn right at the intersection, you can get to the central part of the lake. The walk doesn't take long - it's less than a kilometer from the station to the lake.

After examining the lake, he returned to Zheleznodorozhnaya Street. From there I turned left onto Batareinaya Street. I crossed a railway crossing and, soon, on the left side of the road I saw the Memorial to the Defenders of Moscow in 1941 . Fascist tanks were stopped here. The enemy did not get further.

Learn more about the battles that took place here. “At the end of 1941, the Nazis, at the cost of huge losses, managed to reach the Lobnya area. A serious threat loomed over Moscow, and fierce battles broke out at this line of defense of our troops. On December 1, a column of fascist tanks from the area of the village of Gorki launched an attack on Lobnya. They were met with fire from anti-aircraft gunners. In this battle, soldiers of the 13th battery of the 864th anti-aircraft artillery regiment of the 1st air defense corps distinguished themselves. Powerful anti-aircraft fire stopped the enemy. The Nazis retreated. A day later they repeated their attempt to attack. Enemy tanks began to descend into the ravine from the village of Nesterikhi, now within the city limits. The heroic anti-aircraft gunners fought steadfastly against the Nazis. One after another, enemy tanks failed, and the enemy retreated. Now a monument has been erected at the site of the battle - an anti-aircraft gun on a pedestal.” (V.I. Popadeikin, V.V. Strukov, A.M. Tarunov “Paths of the Moscow Region”, M., “Moscow Worker”, 1989, p. 46).

100 meters east of the anti-aircraft gun there is a preserved section of the anti-tank ditch and, next to it, a memorial sign.

The moat is a unique sight for such memorials. You can see guns and tanks on pedestals everywhere, but this was the first time I saw an anti-tank ditch as part of the memorial. True, since childhood I have seen enough of anti-tank ditches in the vicinity of my dacha, but for young people, I think it will be interesting to visit the memorial in Lobnya to see what an anti-tank ditch during the Great Patriotic War looked like.

Naturally, I wanted to take a picture of the ditch, but, after thinking about it, I decided not to do it. It’s a very unsightly sight – the banks of the ditch are very littered! The snow melted and exposed all the rubbish that the city residents had dumped here over the winter... But not only the anti-tank ditch is littered with rubbish. And in general, Lobnya, compared to Moscow, gives the impression of a poorly cleaned city. Garbage on the shore of Lake Kiovo, garbage in the backyards of the houses surrounding the lake... Of course, the city administration can refer to a lack of funds for improvement. So the complaints, first of all, are not against the city administration, but against the residents. Why spoil where you yourself live? Of course, not all Lobny residents litter everywhere. And someone is cleaning up their hometown. So, I came across an announcement about an upcoming cleanup day at Lake Kiovo. I couldn’t help but remember the joke that “on a cleanup day, those who never litter clean up after those who constantly do it.”

Anyway, enough about the trash. Let's get back to my walk. Having walked to the end of Batareinaya Street, I turned right, in the direction of the Williams All-Russian Research Institute of Feed . As before, in the light rain I walked along the side of the highway. A car in the same direction stopped nearby. The driver offered me a ride. Yes... You won’t find this in the capital, but in the provinces - please! But it was not far to the Feed Institute and, having sincerely thanked the driver, I continued on foot.

Soon the territory of the institute appeared.

Perhaps it’s time to explain to the reader why I needed the Feed Institute. The fact is that on the territory of the institute there is a unique structure - a steel openwork mesh water tower, built according to the design of engineer V.G. Shukhova. Yes, yes, the same Shukhov who designed the tower on Shabolovka in Moscow.

The Lobnenskaya Tower was built in 1918 specifically for the Institute of Meadow Growing (later the Institute of Forage). The water tower is currently not working. But it is included in the list of historical values and is one of seven surviving objects built under the leadership of an outstanding engineer.

I tried to capture the tower from different angles.

One of my friends said that this tower reminds him of the tower from the planet Saraksh, from the movie “Inhabited Island”. I remembered the battle towers with hyperboloids, on the island and the yacht, in the movie “Engineer Garin’s Hyperboloid”.

Those who go to see the tower, please note that the tower is not very high. Don't expect anything grand like the Shukhov Tower in Moscow.

But next to the water tower there is an An-2 plane.

These multi-purpose aircraft are widely used in agricultural aviation. Therefore, the An-2 monument aircraft is very appropriate at the Institute of Feed. The first An-2 flight took place back in 1947, but as of 2012, 2,271 An-2s were still in operation around the world, of which 1,683 were in Russia. Many aircraft have been flying for more than 40 years and some of them have flown more than 20 thousand hours. The An-2 was produced in the USSR, Poland, and China. By the way, it seems that this aircraft continues to be produced in China. At least in 2012 the Chinese were still making them.

So, all the planned sights have been explored, it’s time to return home. On the way to the Lugovaya railway station I observed a picture of the spring flood.

Station buildings. Probably since the 30s of the last century...

In Lobnya there are, of course, other attractions besides those that I visited. But you can’t visit everything in one day, you have to choose something. Perhaps someone will prefer the numerous museums of Lobnya, or, for example, theaters, of which there are even two in the city. In any case, I wish everyone interesting walks!

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