Moscow Zoo

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Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Moscow Zoo

Parallel form(s) of name

  • Moskovskii Zoologicheskii Park
  • Moskovsky Zoopark

Description area

Dates of existence

1864-

History

The Moscow Zoo was founded in 1864 by professor-biologists, K F Rulje, S A Usov and A P Bogdanov, from the Moscow State University. In 1919 the zoo was nationalized. In 1922, the ownership was transferred to the Government of Moscow and has remainedread more

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