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Forked trunk of an old oak in the yard of Moscow State University, Russia. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Forked trunk of an old oak in the yard of Moscow State University, Russia.

Landscaping of the extensive territory of Moscow state University had a huge scale. The total number of trees planted here exceeds 50 thousand, and quantity of shrubs reaches almost half a million. Suitable planting material was selected by certain fixed parameters, such as the height and the breadth of the crown, the form and thickness of the barrel. Forestries of Moscow, Tula, Ryazan, Vladimir and Bryansk regions, Ukraine, the Urals, the North Caucasus have contributed to the honorable task of landscaping of the territory of the Moscow Palace of science. Hundreds and thousands of lindens, elms, oaks, birches, maples, larch, ash, spruce, pine and other trees formed picturesque landscape composition, in tune with the monumental architecture of the entire ensemble.