Pereslavl arboretum named after S. F. Kharitonov, Arboretum in Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia.
The Pereslavl arboretum named after S. F. Kharitonov is a protected botanical garden and regional heritage site in Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia. It covers a planted area organized around tree species grouped by origin, with walking paths running throughout the grounds.
The arboretum was founded in 1952 on the initiative of Sergei Fyodorovich Kharitonov, a forester and honoured forestry specialist of Russia. By 1962 its dendrological plantings covered 20 hectares, and it was registered in the international catalogue of botanical gardens by Charles University in Prague. The area grew to 47 hectares in 1977 and 58 hectares by 2008; since 1998 it has been part of the Pleshcheyevo Lake national park.
The arboretum bears the name of Sergei Fyodorovich Kharitonov, a forester and honoured forestry specialist of Russia who initiated its planting in 1952. Its grounds adjoin the Sokolskoye cemetery in south-west Pereslavl-Zalessky, and since 1998 the garden has formed part of the Pleshcheyevo Lake national park.
The arboretum is located on Zhuravleva Street in Pereslavl-Zalessky and can be reached on foot from the town center. A visit in spring or autumn gives the clearest sense of how the tree species change through the seasons.
Some of the trees growing here were brought from outside Russia and have been adapting to the local continental climate for decades. This makes the grounds a living record of how non-native species respond to central Russian winters.
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