The Tsytsin Main Moscow Botanical Garden of Academy of Sciences was founded in April 1945, and claims itself to be the largest botanical garden in Europe.[1] It covers a territory of approximately 3.61 km², bordering the VDNKH Exhibition Center, and contains a live exhibition of more than twenty thousand different species of plants coming from various parts of the world. The garden also has a scientific research laboratory and contains a rosarium with twenty thousand rose bushes, a dendrarium (arboretum), an oak forest with the average age of the trees exceeding 100 years, a Japanese garden and a greenhouse of more than 5000 square meters.
Gallery
- Moscow Botanical Garden of Academy of Sciences
Main botanical garden, main building
Garden fence
Greenhouse
Garden
Main Botanical Garden of the Academy of Sciences of Russia (Exhibition "Japanese Garden)
Main Botanical Garden of the Academy of Sciences of Russia (Exhibition "Japanese Garden)
Main Botanical Garden of the Academy of Sciences of Russia
Main Botanical Garden of Russian Academy of Sciences
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References
- ^ (in Russian) The Official Site of the Main Moscow Botanical Garden Archived 2012-06-24 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2006-07-18.
Additional sources
- Washington, Tom (August 11, 2011). "Tramp camp at the Botanical Gardens". The Moscow News. Archived from the original on November 28, 2011. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
- "Europe's largest botanical garden hides in Moscow's concrete jungle". RT TV. 28 July 2011. Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
External links
- Photo of the "Japanese garden" (1024×768)
- The Official Site of Russia Museums (in Russian)
- The Site in the Landscape of Gardening Guidebook (in Russian)