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Tashkent Botanical Garden at the Institute of Botany of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan
Tashkent Botanical Garden at the Institute of Botany of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan
The first botanical garden in the city with an area of 8 hectares created in 1922 on the territory of the garden of the Turkestan Governor-General. The botanical garden on a modern territory of 80 hectares was founded in 1950. From January 1, 1968, he acted as a research institute. The official name is the Botanical Garden named after Academician F.N.Rusanov. The Botanical Garden is located in the south-eastern part of Tashkent and is a separate ecosystem of 65 hectares. It has a collection of living plants and is valued as the most unique object in the country.
The Botanical Garden has more than 10 km of main corridors. Consisting of 6 blocks, together with the laboratory building, the Fund Greenhouse, which occupies an area of 1,200 m2, maintains its greenery even in winter with a collection of tropical and subtropical plants.