Biography Shilo Rostislav

His eyes were called the "king of animals", and he was reverent in front of the animals. In Novosibirsk, this man became a legend during his lifetime. After all, not only every tiger, a camel and a bear knew him, but also most of the townspeople. Rostislav Aleksandrovich Shilo is an honorary resident of Novosibirsk. Marina Averina, August 12 Gogol address, 15 today is well known to lovers of fashionable shopping.

Now imagine that a quarter of a century ago tigers and lions growled here. The fact is that during the war on the territory of the first city car depot, animals were placed, which were evacuated from the country's circuses and zoos in Novosibirsk with people. So the city has its own zoological park. But it could be called a park with difficulty. Wooden enclosures, very close and uncomfortable, city noise, exhaust gases and hordes of rats living in the garbage dumps of the central market - the zoo was located just opposite it.

Rostislav Shilo headed this organization in July, a summer specialist, having worked by that time by the Vetfeldsher and the head of the mammals section. But, even having become a director, any work has never been disdained. He did not sleep at night, personally nursed animals. And the formidable predators climbed him like kittens. He was a workaholic. Without his energy, it is unlikely that the Yunnates station would have turned so quickly into one of the best zoological parks in the world.

Shilo succeeded the impossible. In the most difficult for the country, he knocked out money, convinced the officials that the new zoo - comfortable and with spacious enclosures - was needed by the city. Rostislav Aleksandrovich made a luxurious zoological park from the little menagerie, where the whole family comes for the whole day, where 11 thousand animals live, where the most difficult species in breeding give offspring.

Shilo was not only a director, but also scientists. On his account nine scientific discoveries. Rostislav Aleksandrovich even had to master the profession of a landscape designer. According to his drawings, in just two months it was possible to ennoble the former territory of the Botsada. On the eastern side of Lake Lebyazhye, a monument-Besedka Rostislav Shilo was erected.

He worked for the benefit of not only the zoo, but also the whole of Novosibirsk. For more than 15 years he was a deputy of the city council. On the enthusiasm of this man, the “seventh miracle of Russia” was held - the finalist of the competition with the same name Zoo became in the year. Rostislav Shilo managed to collect like -minded people around him who continued the work of his life.

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