Moscow Botanical Garden of Academy of Sciences

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Main Moscow Botanical Garden main building
Main Moscow Botanical Garden main building
"Japanese garden" excibition was opened with assistance of Japanese government in 1987
"Japanese garden" excibition was opened with assistance of Japanese government in 1987

Tsytsin Main Moscow Botanical Garden of Academy of Sciences, founded in April 1945, is the largest in Europe [1]. It covers territory of 3.61 kmĀ² bordering the All-Russian Exhibition Center and contains a live exhibition of more than 20 thousand of different species of plants from different parts of the world as well as scientific research laboratory. It also contains a rosarium with 20 thousand rose bushes, dendrarium and an oak forest with average age of trees exceeding 100 years as well as a greenhouse on more than 5000 square meters.

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  1. ^ (Russian) The Official Site of the Main Moscow Botanical Garden. Retrieved on 2006-07-18.