On May 24, GBOU School No. 189 “Chance” of the Central District of St. Petersburg took part in the international action “All-Russian oak grove of Emperor Peter the Great”. Officials of the State Russian Museum, representatives of the Military Institute (Engineering and Technical) of the Military Academy of Logistics named after V.I. General of the Army A.V. Khruleva, representatives of VVPOD “Yunarmiya”, school staff, students of MCC “Linkor” and MCC “Fregat”.

As part of the action, the planting of hereditary oak No. 189, grown from an oak acorn planted by Emperor Peter I in the Summer Garden, took place. O.A. Cherdantseva (chief curator of the gardens of the Russian Museum), A.S. Gerasimenko (school director), N. Strelnikova (student of the Fregat MCC, participant of two Victory Parades on Palace Square), A. Nikolaeva (student of the Linkor MCC, excellent student), V.I. Musatov (Senior Lieutenant, Military Institute (Engineering and Technical) of the Military Academy of Logistics named after General of the Army A.V. Khrulev)

The State Russian Museum and the Summer Garden, which is part of it, which was founded under Peter I during the founding of the Northern capital of Russia, have been implementing the program “All-Russian oak grove of Peter the Great” for several years. Every autumn in the Summer Garden there is a collection of acorns from Peter the Great’s Oak. (This oak is more than 360 years old; it was planted in the Summer Garden in October 1708 as an adult tree). Collected acorns germinate in pots in the Summer Garden for up to three years – a viable and favorable age for planting in open ground. Each oak seedling has a certificate, pedigree and number on the interactive map of the Russian Museum, and they are planted not only in Russia, but also in five countries – Germany, Great Britain, France, Estonia, Armenia.

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