Arboretum Oleksandriya, Dendrological park in Bila Tserkva, Ukraine

Arboretum Oleksandriya is a dendrological park of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Bila Tserkva, covering 400.67 hectares on the banks of the Ros River. Its layout combines plants, architectural structures, sculptures and water bodies in a landscape composition of the late classicism style. A low stone bridge with a dark metal railing and a single rounded arch spans a narrow channel, with vegetation along the banks.

Oleksandra Branytska received the Bila Tserkva estate from her husband in 1784 and began laying out the park on the site of an old oak grove in the Haiok tract, about 3 km west of the town, after redirecting the Ros River. She named it after herself. In 1795 Ivan Starov, architect of the Tauride Palace in Saint Petersburg, designed a mausoleum for Prince Grigory Potemkin intended as the park's dominant feature.

The name honors Oleksandra Branytska, the founder's wife, reflecting the family's connection to this place. Visitors today still see the alleys and ponds once designed as retreats for the noble society.

A walk takes at least two hours to see the main areas, and sturdy shoes are advisable because of the unpaved sections. The paths are well marked, but a map at the entrance helps with orientation between the different collections.

The park's main axis is anchored by a planned mausoleum for Prince Grigory Potemkin, designed in 1795 by Ivan Starov, architect of the Tauride Palace in Saint Petersburg. It was intended as the dominant structure of the whole composition, meant to recount Potemkin's life; the countess dedicated the park's construction to his memory after his death in 1791.