Victory Park is located across Oyar Vatsietis Street from Arkadia Park. The park has an area of 36.7 hectares. The park was founded in 1909. Works on the creation of the park continued for a year, and in 1910 it was opened. At that time it was called Petrovsky. Five years after the opening, in 1915, a linden avenue was planted in Uzvaras Park.
Petrovsky was renamed into Victory Park in 1923, as military parades were held here. In 1938 the 9th Song Festival was held in this park, especially for which a bandstand was built according to the project of architect A. Birzniek. Later it was planned to build a stadium and a square for this festival, but these plans were interrupted by the Second World War.
In 1961, the park was renamed Congress Park, and in 1963 it was renamed XXII Congress of the CPSU. At the same time, the remodelling of the park began. The architects of the project were V. Dorofeev, E. Vogel and dendrologist K. Barons. As a result of the park's reorganisation, the Marupite River bed was changed, a pond was dug, and lawns were sown. Subsequently, new trees were planted in the park in honour of important events in Latvia.
A new monument was opened in the park in 1985, it was dedicated to "Soldiers of the Soviet Army - liberators of Riga from the Nazi invaders". In the centre of the composition is a 79-metre high stele, flanked by sculptural images of Motherland and the liberators. In section, the stele is a five-pointed star with five rays symbolising 5 years of struggle against the German occupation. In 1985, the park was renamed Victory Park again.
In 2006, a ski course with artificial snow started in Victory Park. In addition, cycling competitions are held here, and there is a minigolf course with 9 holes. The current area of the park is 36.7 hectares. The trees planted in the park include lindens, oaks, birches, maples. There are also 23 species of native plants and approximately 75 forms of introduced woody plants (such as Ledeburgh larch and balsam fir).
