ðə nˈuː sˈɪɾi ɐdmˌɪnɪstɹˈeɪʃən pɹɪfˈɜːd tə kˈiːp ðɪ ˈoʊpən ˈɛɹiə ænd ɪnstˈɔːld ðə mˈɑːnjuːmənt tə tˈɪmɚɹɪˌeɪzəv ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti θɹˈiː, wˌɪtʃ ɪz wˈʌn ʌvðɪ ˈoʊldɪst ɛkstˈænt mˈɑːnjuːmənts ʌvðə sˈoʊviət ˈeɪdʒ.
The new city administration preferred to keep the open area and installed the monument to Timiryazev in 1923, which is one of the oldest extant monuments of the Soviet age.