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KIEV (2) 
MunicipaL BoTANic GARDENS 
(Hortus Boranicus FomiIntanus KiIovIENsIs) 
UI. Kominterna 1, Kiev (Ukraina) 
Director; N. W. Dubowik (1936). 
KIROVSK (FORMERLY CHIBINOGORSK) 
Hortus Boranicus Arcro-ALPINUS STATIONIS KOLAENSIS 
NomineE Kirovi AKADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM 
(BoTaNITscHESKIJ Sap AKADEMII NAUK) 
Hortus Botanicus, Kirovsk, Peninsula Kola 
Established: 1932. Area: 1200 ha. Director: N. Avrorin (1938). 
Note: This Garden was established by the Academy of Sciences, 
U.S. S. R., on the initiative of the Kola Expedition, by Academi- 
cian A. E. Fersman and the Soviet Party, and economic organiza- 
tions of the Murmansk District. It is located in the Chibinsk 
Mountains, Kola Peninsula (Murmansk District, Leningrad Re- 
gion), north of the Arctic Circle (67° 35’ north latitude), near the 
new town of Kirovsk (formerly Chibinogorsk) and the apatite 
mines. It is on a moraine on the slope of Mt. Woodyavrchorr 
(Vudiavrchorr). Its altitude ranges from 315 to 1060 meters 
above mean sea level. It is reported to be the first botanical 
garden beyond the Arctic Circle. Herbarium: 10,000 specimens. 
Plantations: Systematic, geographic, ecologic. Arboretum. Liv- 
ing material and special lectures for schools. Publication: Delec- 
tus Seminum. 
KUJBYSHEV (KOOIBUSHEFF) 
BoTANICAL GARDEN 
Ovrag Podpoljschikov, Kujbyshev-19 
Established: January 1, 1932. Area: 64 hectares. 
Directors: 1. V. J. Smirnov (1932-1933); 2. V. M. Kartashov 
(1934-1936) ; 3. M. N. Jashanov (1937- : 
Open daily, 10 am. to 5 p.m. Admission: 10-50 copecks. 
Source of income: Budget of the State. Library: About 1500 
volumes and pamphlets. Herbarium: About specimens. 
PIssnon se Systematic, ‘‘ geographic (alpinetum or rockeries),” 
