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KIROVSK (KIROBSK) 
(Formerly Chibinogorsk; Leningrad obl.) 
Hortus Borantcus Arcro-ALpInus ACADEMIAE SCIENTARUM 
Nauk 
(BoraniTscHESKIJ SAD AKADEMIA NauK) 
Hortus Botanicus, Kirovsk, Peninsula Kola, U. S. S. R. 
Established: 1932. Area: 1200 hectares. 
Note: This Garden was established by the Academy of Sciences 
of Nauk “on the initiative of the Kola Expedition by Academician 
A. It, Fersman and the Party, Soviet, and economic organizations 
of the Murmansk District.” It is located in the Khibinsk Moun- 
tains, Kola Peninsula. (Murmansk District, Leningrad Region), 
north of the Arctic Circle (67° 35’ north latitude), near the new 
town of Kirov (formerly Khibinogorsk) and the apatite mines. 
It is on a moraine on the slope of Mt. Woodyavrchorr. Its alti- 
tude ranges from 315 to 1060 meters above mean sea level. It is 
reported to be “the first botanical garden beyond the Arctic Cir- 
cle.” Publications: Delectus Seminum. 
KOOIBUCSHEFF 
BoTaNICAL GARDEN 
Kooibucshetf 2 (Samara), U. S. S. R. Seed List. 
Affiliation: Board of Instruction of the Kooibucsheft Region. 
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Botanic GARDEN (BOTANITSCHESKIJ Sap) 
LENINGRAD (1) 
Marin Botanic GARDEN OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 
(ForMeRtYy: Boranic GARDEN OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY) 
(BoTANITSCHESKIJ Sap) 
Universitetskaja nab. 7/9, Wassil, Ostrow 
Established: 1st, about 1712 by Peter the Great as a Druggist’s 
Garden. 2nd, 1824, reorganized as the Imperial Botanic Gar- 
den. 3rd, 1917, again reorganized as the Principal Botanic 
Garden of the U. S.S. R. 
