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      🌳 Forestry Academy Park

      Институтский переулок, 5 (вход у главного корпуса)

      A teaching arboretum around the classical main building of the Forestry Institute: phenological observations have been made here since 1830, with rare trees, ponds and quiet.

      Forestry Academy Park
      © Александровы АГ · CC BY-SA 4.0
      Forestry Academy Park
      © SealMan11 · CC BY-SA 4.0
      • This used to be the model farm of the Englishman Davidson, confiscated for debts.
      • In 1811 the Forestry Institute moved to the former farm from Tsarskoye Selo.
      • The park marks the spot of the famous 1825 duel between Novosiltsev and Chernov.
      • The forester Dmitry Kaigorodov (1846–1924), called the "father" of Russian phenology, is buried in the park.
      • In 1943 the "Neva" command post was built in the park.
      • Some of the park's ponds are former shell craters.

      Part of these routes

      • Lesnoy: Constructivism, the Forestry Academy and dachas
      • The Batenin Estate and the Lesnoy Arboretum

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