Opening of the Moscow Zoo (1996)

The square in front of the entrance to the zoo.

A brass band is playing.

Spectators behind a fence.

Policemen.

A cameraman with a camera.

A view of the inner courtyard of the zoo.

City hall officials are greeting the assembled townspeople, among them: Yuri Luzhkov, Zurab Tsereteli, Galina Vishnevskaya, Yuri Nikulin.

Yuri Luzhkov is holding a symbolic key and delivering a speech, cutting the ribbon.

The townspeople are entering the zoo.

Black swans are swimming.

An ostrich.

A macaque.

Life-size puppets of a hare and a wolf.

Llamas.

Storks.

A pond with islands where there are houses for waterfowl.