The collection fund includes 17,000 taxa.

Scientific library fund - 130,000 items.

Director - Doctor biological sciences Demidov Alexander Sergeevich.

The garden is open to visitors
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp from 10 to 16 hours in winter.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp from 10 to 20 hours in summer.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp except Monday and Thursday.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp in April and October The garden is closed for planting and other works.

Greenhouse works
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbspfrom 10 am to 4 pm, except Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbspvisit only as part of the excursion (15 people), the duration of which is 1-1.5 hours.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp excursions are conducted by prior arrangement by calling 219-53-68.

Japanese garden
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& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp on Saturday, Sunday and holidays- from 12 to 20 hours.
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Phone inquiries:
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp travel agency 219-53-68.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp Office 977-91-45.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp You can get to the Garden by buses 24, 85, 803; trolleybuses 9, 36, 73; metro station Vladykino.

Garden realizes
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& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp Phones: 219-53-58, 218-06-49.

On the territory of the Garden it is allowed:
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp Only use asphalt and unpaved roads.
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& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbspPhotograph plants at exhibitions and collections in agreement with the administration.

It is not allowed on the territory of the Garden:
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbspDamage, dig up, pluck and collect any plants, flowers, fruits, berries and mushrooms.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp Play and sunbathe on the lawns of the Garden.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp Catch fish, swim in water and walk pets.
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& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbspLight fires, leave trash, pollute waterways and lawns.
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A bit of history (data from 1995)
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp Botanical Garden Academy of Sciences of the USSR and start building it.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbspThe Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences adopted on April 14, 1945 a detailed program for the construction of a botanical garden, giving it the title - Main Botanical Garden of the USSR Academy of Sciences (Bul. Chief Botanical Garden. 1948. Issue 1). This day is considered the date of the foundation of the Garden.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp By the decision of the Moscow City Executive Committee on May 16, 1945 for the construction of the Main Botanical Garden (GBS), the territory of the Ostankino forest-park massif with an area of ​​361.35 hectares was transferred, adjacent to the territory of the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition and the Park of Culture and Recreation. F.E. Dzerzhinsky.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbspConstruction of the Garden, its development and formation as a leading institution of experimental botany are inextricably linked with the name of the outstanding scientist Academician Nikolai Vasilyevich Tsitsin, who was its director from the day of its foundation for 35 years.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbspIn connection with the founding of the Main Botanical Garden by the Decree of the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences on April 14, 1945, the Moscow Botanical Garden of the USSR Academy of Sciences on Vorobyovy Gory (MBS) was liquidated, which was organized in 1936 and was originally called the All-Union Botanical Garden.
Collections of living plants and scientific equipment were handed over from the Moscow Botanical Gardens of GBS.
77 MBS employees were transferred to the Main Botanical Garden.
By a decree of the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences, laboratories for evolutionary ecology (Academician BA Keller), for wood diseases (Professor RF Falk) and soil biology (Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences VI Bushinsky) were allocated from MBS.
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1) development theoretical foundations and methods of developing plant resources Soviet Union and foreign countries for the needs of the national economy and cultural development;
2) development of scientific foundations and practical ways greening of cities, new buildings, collective farms, state farms, communication lines, special structures, buildings and premises, as well as the development of ornamental gardening and floriculture.
In addition to these tasks, the Garden was also supposed to organize cultural and educational events in the field of disseminating botanical knowledge and promoting methods practical use plants in national economy and cultural construction [Lapin, 1958].
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp In the summer of 1945, employees of the GBS developed a plan for the construction of the Garden. The planning project was developed by the architect I.M. Petrov under the leadership of Academician N.V. Tsitsin and academician A.V. Shchusev.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbspThe first original structure of the Garden was developed and approved in August 1945.
It included
3 laboratories:
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbspforming of plants,
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp plant development,
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbspphysiology and biochemistry of plants;
12 departments:
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp plant evolution,
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp flora and vegetation of the USSR,
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp land flora,
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsptropical flora,
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp plant resources,
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp aquatic flora,
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsptechnical and medicinal plants,
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp fruit and berry plants,
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp vegetable plants,
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbspfield plants,
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbspdecorative gardening,
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp greening.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbspBy 1953, the Main Botanical Garden grew into a major research, cultural and educational institution.
The garden has become the national methodological center of the botanical gardens of the USSR.
By the decision of the All-Union meeting of representatives of botanical gardens in 1952, the Council of Botanical Gardens of the USSR was organized at the GBS.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbspIn 1953, the Garden began to create permanent exhibitions.
The expositions of the flora department were opened.
By the opening of the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition (1954), the construction of the exhibitions "Garden of Continuous Blossoming", "Garden of Coastal Plants" and a collection area of ​​roses were basically completed.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbspSince 1955, the Main Botanical Garden began to conduct an international exchange of seeds.
In the first years, the exchange was carried out with 131 botanical gardens from 30 countries of the world.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbspDuring 1955, the organizational design of the Snegiri scientific and experimental farm took place as an experimental base of the Main Botanical Garden and the institutes of the Biological Sciences Division of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbspIn 1958, the construction of the laboratory building was completed ahead of schedule, and on July 28, 1959, after the completion of the first stage, the Garden was opened to the public and hundreds of thousands of Muscovites and residents of other cities and settlements got the opportunity to get acquainted with the richest collections of plants and landscape and architectural design of the territory of the Main Botanical Garden [Tsitsin, 1960].
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbspOn June 27, 1989, on the basis of the Botanical Garden of the Communal Services of the Cheboksary City Executive Committee, the Branch of the Main Botanical Garden in Cheboksary was organized as a structural unit.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp By the decree of the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences on December 2, 1991, the Main Botanical Garden of the USSR Academy of Sciences was named after Academician N.V. Tsitsina.

Academician Nikolai Vasilievich Tsitsin - founder and first director of the Main Botanical Garden (1898 - 1980)
He has been the director of the Garden since its founding for 35 years.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp N.V. Tsitsina of the Russian Academy of Sciences is the largest botanical garden in Europe.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbspOver fifty years of its existence, the Garden has grown into a leading institute of experimental botany and a major center of educational activities, demonstrating the richness and diversity of the flora of various regions Globe and modern techniques of landscape architecture.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbspThe Main Botanical Garden is the keeper of the richest gene pool of the most diverse plants of the world and domestic flora.
In its collections there are about 21 thousand taxa (10 810 species, varieties and forms and 10 085 varieties).
Collections are continuously replenished as a result of exchanges with domestic and foreign botanical institutions, as well as due to receipts from botanical expeditions.
About 130 expeditions to different botanical and geographical regions of the CIS ( middle Asia, Caucasus, Far East, Siberia, the European part of the Russian Federation) and foreign countries (Cuba, India, Ghana, Mongolia, Vietnam, the USA and the countries of the Indian Ocean basin).
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbspThe territory of the Garden is a kind of landscape ensemble.
It is decorated in the traditions of Russian park architecture using the best examples of foreign park design: with coastal design of cascades of ponds, demonstration parterres, a garden of continuous flowering, a rose garden, a rockery, the only Japanese garden in the country, made according to the project and with the participation of Japanese architects, and other original objects.

STRUCTURE
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbspWith the development of the Main Botanical Garden, clarification of the research topics, the structure of the Garden was improved.
By 1963, it basically had already taken shape and fully corresponded to the fulfillment of the tasks facing the GBS team.
In subsequent years, there were minor changes in the number and name of structural divisions.
Currently, the Main Botanical Garden has 16 scientific structural divisions (9 departments, four independent laboratories, three laboratories as part of a department and a branch).
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp Flora department organized in August 1945;
the heads of the department were Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor M.V. Kultiasov, candidate of biological sciences P.B. Vipper, Doctor of Biological Sciences V.N. Voroshilov, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor A.K. Skvortsov, since 1988 - Doctor of Biological Sciences N.V. Trulevich.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp Dendrology Department organized in November 1948;
headed the department until 1986, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences P.I. Lapin, and since 1986 the department has been headed by L.S. Plotnikov.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp Department of tropical and subtropical plants created in November 1948;
Head of the department worked Candidate of Biological Sciences G.V. Mikeshin, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor K.T. Sukhorukov, B.K. Chaplygin, Doctor of Biological Sciences S.E. Korovin, since 1984 - Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor B.N. Golovkin.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp Department ornamental plants organized in June 1946;
the department was headed by S.I. Nazarevsky, Corresponding Member of the All-Union Agricultural Academy V.N. Bylov, Doctor of Biological Sciences R.A. Karpisonov, and since 1991 the head of the department is Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor A.V. Anashchenko.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp Department cultivated plants created in August 1945;
the heads of the department were Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor M.A. Rozanova, Doctor of Biological Sciences N.N. Konstantinov, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor V.F. Verzilov, candidate of agricultural sciences A.I. Onuchak, candidate of biological sciences P.D. Bukharin, since 1989 - Doctor of Biological Sciences Yu.N. Gorbunov.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp Plant Protection Department organized in November 1959 (before the organization of the department, a plant protection bureau existed since 1945);
the department was headed by M.I. Ilyinskaya, Doctor of Veterinary Sciences E.S. Cherkassky, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor A.I. Vorontsov, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor Yu.V. Sinadsky, since 1991 the head of the department is Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor Yu.M. Plotnikov.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp Remote hybridization department created in 1970 on the basis of the laboratory of distant hybridization, which in December 1948 was separated from the structure of the Department of Biological Sciences of the USSR Academy of Sciences, transferred to the GBS and merged with the laboratory of plant shaping;
in 1973 the department was transferred from Moscow to the Snegiri Scientific and Experimental Farm (Istrinsky District of the Moscow Region) and the scientific department of the National Economic Academy was included in its structure;
the heads of the department were academician N.V. Tsitsin, Doctor of Biological Sciences M.A. Makhalin, Doctor of Biological Sciences V.F. Lyubimova, since 1986 - candidate of biological sciences V.I. Semyonov. There are three laboratories in the department - the laboratory of intermediate wheat-wheatgrass hybrids and cytogenetics (head - candidate of biological sciences V.I. Semenov), laboratory of wheat-wheatgrass hybrids (head - candidate of agricultural sciences V.D. - Candidate of Agricultural Sciences S.M. Gradskov).
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp Laboratory of Seed Science and Mobilization of Plant Resources created in July 1986 as a result of the reorganization of the department, the beginning of the creation of which should be considered the bureau for the collection and exchange of seeds and planting material, organized in August 1945 (transformed into a department in 1953);
the bureau, department and laboratory were headed by Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor A.I. Kuptsov, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor K.T. Sukhorukov, candidate of biological sciences G.V. Mikeshin, A.V. Astrov, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor V. I. Nekrasov, since 1990. the head of the laboratory is I.A. Smirnov.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry organized in August 1945;
The laboratory was headed by Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor A.V. Blagoveshchensky, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor V.F. Verzilov; in 1980, it was merged with the laboratory of physiology of plant immunity into the department of plant physiology and immunity, headed by L.N. Andreev, and since 1989 again became independent structural unit, Head of the Laboratory - Candidate of Biological Sciences Ye.B. Kirichenko.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp Laboratory of Physiology of Plant Immunity established in December 1973;
research on the physiology of immunity began at the GBS by Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor K.T. Sukhorukov, in 1966 a group was organized to carry out them, which was later transformed into a laboratory; led the group, and currently heads the laboratory, RAS Corresponding Member L.N. Andreev.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp Plant Biotechnology Laboratory organized in August 1986 on the basis of the sector created in the structure of the department of plant physiology and immunity in 1982, became an independent structural unit in 1989;
the head of the laboratory is the candidate of biological sciences A.G. Slyusarenko.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp Scientific Achievements Implementation Department created in April 1972,
the department was headed by the candidate of agricultural sciences P.B. Martemyanov, candidate of biological sciences A.D. Krestnikova, L.N. Zhivitsky, candidate of biological sciences E.V. Ganyushkin, and since 1994 - candidate of biological sciences. Sciences Z.I. Smirnov.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp Cheboksary branch organized on the basis of the Botanical Garden of Cheboksary in June 1989;
the branch was managed by the candidate of biological sciences E.A. Edranov, and since 1991 - Candidate of Agricultural Sciences Yu.A. Neophytes.

In addition to scientific departments and laboratories, the GBS has scientific and technical and scientific auxiliary structural units.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp Department of Scientific and Technical Information created in 1987;
the department is headed by the scientific secretary, candidate of agricultural sciences 3-E. Kuzmin.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp Altai stronghold , and varied production services , ensuring the implementation of research work and the maintenance of the Garden.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp scientific Library which is a department of the Library natural sciences RAS.
The library's funds contain more than 133 thousand copies of literature, including over 70 thousand foreign literature.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp Scientific experimental farm (NEC) "Snegiri" , located in the Istra district of the Moscow region (43 km from Moscow).
The farm was founded on the basis of the Snegiri state farm, which was transferred in 1953 to the USSR Academy of Sciences.
NEKh is an experimental production base of the GBS RAS with a total area of ​​1478 hectares of land, including arable land - about 1000 hectares.

SCIENTIFIC STAFF
& Nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp Tsitsin, Corresponding Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences P.A. Baranov, P.I. Lapin, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor F.Kh. Bakhteev, A.V. Blagoveshchensky, V.F. Verzilov, A.I. Vorontsov, M.V. Kultiasov, A.I. Kuptsov, V.A. Poddubnaya-Arnoldi, L.I. Prilipko, M.A. Rozanova, Yu.V. Sinadsky, K.T. Sukhorukov, Doctor of Biological Sciences V.N. Voroshilov, E.E. Gogin, N.I. Dubrovitskaya, N.N. Konstantinov, V.F. Lyubimova, Yu.N. Malygin, M.A. Makhalin, R.L. Perlova, A.V. Poptsov, N.V. Zinger and others.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp researchers, including one corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, one corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 16 doctors and 75 candidates of sciences.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp great job for the training of scientific personnel.
Since 1951, there has been a postgraduate course in the Garden.
During this time, 200 people studied in graduate school.
Many of those who have completed their postgraduate studies work in botanical gardens, research institutes, educational institutions and other institutions of the country and a number of foreign countries.
Admission to graduate school is carried out in the following specialties:
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& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp "Plant Physiology",
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp "Plant protection from pests and diseases",
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp "Selection and seed production".
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Academic Council The garden includes 24 councilors.
It includes leading GBS scientists.
At meetings of the Council, theoretical and practical issues of plant introduction and distant hybridization are periodically considered, actual problems modern biology and agricultural science.
The botanical garden has a dissertation council for the defense of doctoral dissertations (15 members of the council).
The Council accepts dissertations in the specialty "Botany" for defense.

PUBLISHING ACTIVITIES
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp scientific research, practical experience and various information between the botanical gardens of the USSR.
For this purpose, since 1948, the Bulletin of the Main Botanical Garden has been published as a periodical serial publication.
In total, 172 issues of the "GBS Bulletin" were published, in which materials are published on the results of plant introduction, on floristry and taxonomy, biomorphology, physiology and biochemistry, genetics and plant breeding, landscaping and ornamental gardening, protection flora, plant protection from pests and diseases, seed science, biotechnology.
In addition, the "Bulletin" informs readers about botanical congresses and meetings, the activities of the Council of Botanical Gardens and foreign relations of domestic scientists.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp Tsitsin, from 121st to 142nd - corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences P.I. Lapin.
The executive secretaries of the editorial board were A.I. Veksler, candidate of agricultural sciences G.S. Ogolevets, Doctor of Biological Sciences G.E. Kapinos.
At present, the editorial board of the Bulletin is headed by Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences L.N. Andreev, the executive secretary is V.G. Shaky.
& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbspIn addition to the GBS Bulletin, from 1949 to 1963, Proceedings of the Main Botanical Garden were published (nine volumes were published).

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Chairman - Corresponding Member of the RAS L.N. Andreev, scientific secretary - candidate of biological sciences L.P. Vavilov.
The Council includes leading scientists of the Russian Federation.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbsp Since 1976, cooperation with the United States has been carried out on the topic "Endangered Plants and the Introduction of Exotic Species".
It is carried out in terms of the implementation of the intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the field of protection environment, for which joint botanical expeditions are organized to various regions of the United States of America and the CIS countries.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp • & nbspThe Botanical Garden is a participant in many international flower exhibitions.
The GBS exhibits presented at these exhibitions were awarded 30 diplomas, 29 gold, 25 silver and 36 bronze medals.
The garden was awarded the Presidential Prize of the International Society of Lilac Breeders.

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Nikolai Vasilievich [b. 6 (18) .12.1898, Saratov], Soviet botanist, geneticist and breeder, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1939), VASKhNIL (1938; in 1938, 48 vice president), Hero of Socialist Labor (1968). Member of the CPSU since 1938. Graduated from Saratov ... ... Great Soviet Encyclopedia

Nikolai Vasilievich Tsitsin went down in history as a Soviet botanist, geneticist and breeder.
Nikolai Vasilievich Tsitsin was born on December 18, 1898 in the city of Saratov. He came from a poor peasant family, as a teenager he worked in a factory in Saratov. Having lost their father in the same year, the family moved to Saratov, where Kolya, due to the difficult financial situation, was sent to an orphanage. He was there until 1912 and received elementary education, and then, in order to earn a living, he mastered many professions.
In years Civil war Tsitsin joined the ranks of the Red Army and soon became a military commissar, and from 1920 he was the head of the cultural department and a member of the provincial communications committee in Saratov. Then he continued his education - first he studied at the workers' faculty, and then entered the agronomic faculty of the Saratov Institute of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, from which he graduated in 1927 and got a job at the Saratov Agricultural Experimental Station at the All-Union Institute of Grain Economy.
Communication with such outstanding breeders as N.G. Meister, A.P. Shekhurdin, P.N. Konstantinov determined the further direction of the young scientist's work. From the very beginning, he was interested in the problem of creating more productive varieties of the main food crop - wheat - on the basis of distant hybridization. Working as an agronomist of one of the branches of the Gigant grain farm of the Salsky district Rostov region, Tsitsin crossed wheat with wheatgrass and for the first time got a wheat-wheatgrass hybrid, which was the beginning of his work in this direction. He widely involved wild and cultivated plants in crossing, which had gone through independent evolutionary paths that determined their genetic isolation. The researches carried out by the scientist in this direction have made it possible to create new varieties of plants.
All landscape and construction works for the development of VSKhV-VDNKh and GBS. He initiated the organization of expeditions around the country to collect plants for the botanical garden. Since 1947, Tsitsin has been collecting scientific library, in the funds of which already in 1952 there were 55 thousand books, including the rarest copies of the XVI-XIX centuries in Russian and foreign languages... Since 1948 Tsitsin began to publish the Bulletin of the Main Botanical Garden. Out of 200 published bulletins from 1 to 120, he himself was the editor-in-chief. Under his leadership, an arboretum, one of the largest in Europe, was created on 75 hectares. During its existence, 2500 species have been tested in it. woody plants... Of these, 1,800 were selected as quite stable, and of these, in turn, about 600 are recommended for landscaping Moscow.
In 1952, on the initiative of N.V. Tsitsin, a network of botanical gardens of the USSR was created, and the Main Botanical Garden of the Academy of Sciences became a kind of national coordinating and methodological center. In the same year, a greenhouse was opened. By 1953, Tsitsin had completely completed the exposition of the flora department, and by 1954, on the second birthday of the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition-VDNKh, the garden of continuous flowering, the garden of coastal plants and the collection rose garden were finally completed. In the village of Snegiri, Istra district of the Moscow region, on almost 1.5 thousand hectares, Tsitsin organized an experimental gardening farm.
On July 28, 1959, the Botanical Garden was opened to visitors. By the 70s, all the main expositions of the garden were finally completed, and collection areas of geographical landscapes were created in the flora department. The garden under the leadership of N.V. Tsitsin became one of the largest in Europe. In his collections there were more than 20 thousand taxa of plants (about 17 thousand were exhibited).

Delegate to the XX Congress of the CPSU. Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 1st, 3rd and 4th convocations.
N.V. Tsitsin is an honorary foreign member of 8 foreign academies. He was president, chairman, a member of a number of domestic and foreign scientific organizations... President (1958-1970) and Vice President (since 1970) of the Soviet-Indian Society for Friendship and Cultural Relations.
N.V. Tsitsin had the academic degree of Doctor of Agricultural Sciences (1936), the academic title of Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1939), Academician of VASKhNIL (1938).
N.V. Tsitsin Twice Hero of Socialist Labor (1968, 1978), awarded 7 Orders of Lenin (1935, 08.1945, 09.1945, 1953, 1968, 1975, 1978), orders October revolution(1973), the Red Banner of Labor (1939), medals, the IV Michurin gold medal, the French Order of Merit in the Field of Agriculture (1959). Laureate of the Lenin (1978) and State (1943) prizes of the USSR.
More than 700 scientific papers have been published, including 46 books and brochures. Has 8 copyright certificates for inventions. Many works have been published abroad.
Lived in Moscow. He died on July 17, 1980. Buried in Moscow at the Novodevichy cemetery.

Nikolai Tsitsin was born on December 18, 1898 in the Saratov province. He grew up in a poor peasant family. Having lost their father in the same year, the family moved to Saratov, where Kolya, due to the difficult financial situation, was sent to an orphanage. He stayed there until 1912 and received his primary education, and then, in order to earn a living, he mastered many professions.

During the Civil War, Tsitsin joined the ranks of the Red Army and soon became a military commissar, and from 1920 he was the head of the cultural department and a member of the provincial communications committee in Saratov.

Then he continued his education - first he studied at the workers' faculty, and then entered the agronomic faculty of the Saratov Institute of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, from which he graduated in 1927 and got a job at the Saratov Agricultural Experimental Station at the All-Union Institute of Grain Economy. It was this work and communication with famous breeders - N.G. Meister, A.P. Shekhurdin and P.N. Konstantinov - and determined the further sphere of activity of Nikolai Vasilyevich.

From the very beginning, the young scientist was interested in the problem of creating, on the basis of distant hybridization, more productive varieties of the country's main food crop - wheat. The research carried out by him when crossing wild and cultivated plants made it possible to create new varieties of plants with higher yields. Even then, its fruitful scientific work Tsitsin, like all subsequent life, successfully combined with social, organizational and state activities.

In 1932, he headed the laboratory of wheat-wheatgrass hybrids organized by him in Omsk, which was later reorganized into the Siberian Research Institute of Grain Farming.

In 1938, Tsitsin was appointed director of the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition in Moscow, in the creation and operation of which he put a lot of effort. He held this position in 1938-1949 and 1953-1957.

Also in the 1940s, Nikolai Vasilyevich headed the Institute of Grain Economy central regions Non-black earth zone, was the chairman State Commission on variety testing of agricultural crops under the USSR Ministry of Agriculture and vice-president of VASKHNIL.

And in 1945, under the direct supervision of the scientist, the Main Botanical Garden of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR was created, the permanent leader of which he was until the end of his life. Thanks to the efforts of Tsitsin, this botanical garden has become a methodological and coordinating center for scientific research carried out by all other botanical gardens in our country.

In subsequent years, Nikolai Vasilievich was also chairman of the board of the Council of Botanical Gardens of the USSR Academy of Sciences and President and Vice President International Association botanical gardens.

At the same time, he continued his scientific work, being the head of the laboratory for remote hybridization of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and the laboratory of wheat-wheatgrass hybrids at the Institute of Grain Economy of the Non-Black Earth Belt. The main works and research of the scientist were devoted to the distant hybridization of plants and aimed at the development of Michurin's ideas in this area.

He theoretically substantiated and practically proved the possibility of obtaining perennial wheat, his wheat-wheatgrass hybrids were especially widespread, which led to a significant increase in productivity. He also contributed to the development of the scientific foundations of plant acclimatization and the organization of introduction work in the country. Many conclusions and scientific developments of the scientist are still widely used by breeders.

Academician of VASKhNIL and USSR Academy of Sciences, twice Hero of Socialist Labor, laureate of Lenin and State prizes, honorary member of many academies of sciences, universities and scientific societies, president and vice-president of the Soviet-Indian Society for Friendship and Cultural Relations - Tsitsin was awarded many orders and medals. He is the author of over 700 scientific works, including 46 books and brochures, has 8 copyright certificates for inventions.

The outstanding scientist Nikolai Vasilyevich Tsitsin died on July 17, 1980 in Moscow, and the main botanical garden of the country bears the name of its founder today.

La_Dame_Aux_Kamelia reviews: 12 ratings: 239 rating: 5

We will leave the experts to judge this place from the point of view of its scientific value, but it is important for ordinary visitors to know the following: the park is a rather miserable sight. After passing through the main gate in front of you is a dirty pond and the main building of the botanical garden in a terrible state (like ALL buildings in all named parks!). On the territory of the park there are incomprehensible abandoned stops, there are no trash cans at all and, of course, there are very few benches for sitting (really, why is this necessary).
The park represents a large territory, which, as it is written in the description, has the richest collections of plants for educational and educational purpose cultivated, studied and demonstrated collections of living plants from different parts Sveta. Good. Possibly. However, there are no navigation signs (!) To read where / what / is cultivated and, elementary, where is the entrance / exit. A separate line should be emphasized about bike paths. If you "go deeper" into the park, then you find yourself on two (!) Paths for both pedestrians and cyclists (!). It is clear that no one will expand anything, but this is a separate quest for your walk, because cyclists rush along two paths / skaters and other wheeled creatures to dodge. Immediately there is a counter flow of people and all this in both directions on two paths. It is suitable for walking. Very.

twinpigs reviews: 99 ratings: 50 rating: 23

Walking through the bot. Garden

This place is perfect for walking at any time of the year. The territory is very well-groomed, although it is just a huge area, admission is free. Also located here: greenhouses, a rose garden and a Japanese garden (there is a paid entrance). In the greenhouse, we took a guided tour. Surprisingly, it was very interesting. Recommended! The Japanese garden opens only from 12:00, which is not very convenient for those who like to walk with the bot. Garden in the summer in the morning, while it is not so hot.

There are many paved paths in the garden, including bike paths. A lot of people go jogging there, ride bicycles (you can also rent them at the entrance), rollerblades, gyro scooters, etc. Mothers love to walk there with their children. The girls arrange photo sessions. Someone is doing wushu training in the open air. Someone is sunbathing. Or arranges small picnics. It is forbidden to make bonfires here. And, which is typical, the picnics here are organized very culturally. In general, life is in full swing, like in a city park. Only here there is much more territory and in some places it is no longer a garden, but a real forest.

So, if someone wants to walk in silence and calmly feed the ducks on the pond, then it is better to come here in the morning. By the way, during the day and in the evening there may be problems with parking. There are very few parking spaces at the entrance for such a large garden.

ex USSR reviews: 1 ratings: 0 rating: 0

How tired the cyclists were in the Botanical Garden.

Shame on the administration of the city and the Botanical Garden, for allowing such a thing and
made the "original" markings for cyclists, which on some tracks
occupies TWO THIRDS of width.
It looks like the businessmen for renting bicycles from VDNKh have given someone a good paw,
Such thoughts are not the only one in my head.

Previously, you could calmly wander along the paths and paths,
but as they made a dedicated path for cyclists, they lost all
caution and began to rush, as on a cycle track, to establish record
speeds, now the task of the strollers is not to gape and dodge
from the "noise Fuckers".

Just now, in front of my eyes, a child was almost demolished on a scooter by a Japanese garden,
managed to go around at the last moment. The child's mother turned pale with fright.

Sad...

John carpenter reviews: 1 ratings: 1 rating: 3

The botanical garden has ceased to fulfill its function. It turned into a cycle track. Bicycles knock people down at breakneck speed. Previously, the passage of bicycles was prohibited and the Botanical Garden lived up to its name. What is portrayed as a bike path is a shame. Everyone felt cramped, bicycles still ride wherever they want. In fact, there is no place for cycling in gardens, especially botanical ones. You can make a bike path outside the garden. Around, for example. It is surprising that the administrative authorities categorically refuse to solve this problem. Such "The Botanical Gardens are not needed by anyone. They ruined it mediocrely. For what? For someone to ride a bicycle once again?"