- not only the largest university training professionals for agriculture, but also a wonderful corner of old Moscow, where Benoit and Iofan coexist, ancient characters frolic in the park, and live cows moo at the zoo station.

Russian State Agrarian University named after K.A. Timiryazev is a higher agricultural educational institution, one of the oldest Russian universities. The founding date is considered to be December 3, 1865; on this day the order was issued to open the Petrovsky Agricultural and Forestry Academy. The complex includes about a hundred buildings: estates, wooden and brick buildings of the 19th century, student dormitories in the constructivist style, modern buildings, utility and service premises. Over the course of its history, the university has changed several names, so for brevity I will call it the Academy.

The academic grounds are located along Timiryazevskaya Street, which was originally a suburban New Highway and only after the revolution found itself within the boundaries of Moscow. In 1886, a rail track was laid to the Academy; a small locomotive with several carriages transported summer residents and the public to public festivities. In 1922, the "" was replaced by a tram with a turning circle opposite the Academy.

The station closest to the Academy is Petrovsko-Razumovskaya, but for the full experience it is better to take a trip on tram No. 27. In Krasnostudenchesky Proezd, a tram pavilion from 1926, architect Evgeny Shervinsky (Tramwaytrest), has been preserved.

Krasnostudentsky pr. 14.

Connoisseurs of original cast iron hatches can find the “1971 Experiment” in the courtyards. and "PAVINT Perm".

The retro atmosphere is complemented by the ZIL-150 (or ZIL-164) truck - the workhorse of the Soviet national economy of the 1950-1960s with an emergency kung.

In the 16th century, on the site of the current Academy there was a wasteland and the small village of Semchino, later renamed Petrovskoye. In 1746, the village came into the possession of Count Kirill Grigorievich Razumovsky. Then the arrangement of the Petrovsko-Razumovskoye estate began. In 1861, the estate was purchased by the treasury “for the purpose of establishing an agronomic institute, a farm and other agricultural institutions.” Instead of the old, dilapidated mansion, the main academic building was built in the Baroque style according to the design of the architect Nikolai Leontievich Benois.

The Academy was a democratic, open educational institution, where representatives of different classes were freely admitted as students and listeners. The following subjects were taught here: agriculture, general and private cattle breeding, veterinary sciences, rural construction and engineering art, forestry, agricultural and forestry technology, practical mechanics, lower geodesy, chemistry, physics and meteorology, botany, zoology, mineralogy and geognosy, political economics and theology. In the first years of its existence, the Academy had only two departments - agricultural and forestry, where about 400 students studied.

Between the mansion and the Great Garden Pond there was a French-style park with sculptures, vases and a fountain. At all times, the park was attractive to creative people; writers Leo Tolstoy, Ostrovsky, Prishvin, and the painter Shishkin strolled along its alleys. In the 1740s-1860s, the park was called French, from the 1860s to 1920s - Academic, in the 1930s it became the Timiryazev Park of Culture and Leisure. And since 1965 it has had its modern name - Historical.

Upper terraces of the park in 1915: http://www.oldmos.ru/old/photo/view/101 29

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The grotto on the shore of the Great Garden Pond, created in 1806 by Adam Menelas in the spirit of ancient Greek buildings, had become very dilapidated by the beginning of the 20th century and served as a place for secret meetings of revolutionaries. The stone grotto is associated with a criminal story that happened back in 1869 and was described in Dostoevsky’s novel “Demons.” The rebel agitator, founder of the “People’s Retribution” group, Sergei Nechaev, shot his comrade-in-arms, student Ivanov, here, suspecting him of betraying revolutionary ideals.

Straw Lodge Note: There is an opinion that Nechaev was shot not in this case, but in another, not preserved grotto, which was located towards the Fruit Station. It was destroyed to stop the pilgrimage of various radicals. And in its place there is now a recess with standing water.

There were times when only decently dressed townspeople were allowed into the park for public festivities. Our contemporaries, although they “began to dress better,” are reaching out with playful little hands with the intention of breaking something off or leaving graffiti, so the administration is forced to restrict entry to the park. The administration can be understood: the priority task of any university is to provide quality education to its students, and not to fight vandalism.

Almost all historical objects (albeit with alterations) have survived to this day. The main architectural loss is the Church of Peter and Paul, located to the right of the main building of the academy, right on the roadway of what is now Timiryazevskaya Street; it was destroyed in 1934.

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“The stone patrimonial temple, golden-domed, with white-stone carved platbands and twisted columns, was consecrated in 1691. All Muscovites spoke about its “wonderful splendor”. It became not only a wonderful monument of the Moscow Baroque, but also the most remarkable building in the village of Petrovskoye, remaining so for centuries. The young man adored his grandfather’s estate and its church. According to legend, he sang in it on the choir, read the Apostle and donated this liturgical book from 1684 with his own inscription to the church.

On December 3, 1865, the Petrovsk Agricultural and Forestry Academy opened to everyone who wanted to receive an agricultural education. The first rector of the academic Peter and Paul Church and the first teacher of theology at the academy was Professor Yakov Golovin. He built his own wooden house with a mezzanine on Vyazovaya Street in Petrovsko-Razumovsky, nicknamed the priest’s house.

After the decree of the Council of People's Commissars on the separation of the Church from the state and the school from the Church, the department of theology at the Moscow Agricultural Institute was closed. The first blow was the confiscation of church valuables [from the temple] in April 1922 - they collected a little more than a pound. The Church of Peter and Paul was closed in 1927, and a liquor store with a large portrait of Stalin on the wall was installed in its building. And in 1934, the temple was demolished to “straighten the tram line”, putting in its place a monument to V. Williams,” says the famous historian and Moscow expert Elena Lebedeva. The full text of this interesting article can be found on the website: http://www.pravoslavie.ru/jurnal/552.ht m Williams was installed on the site of the temple in 1947.

• Geological and Mineralogical Museum;
• State Museum of Animal Husbandry named after E.F. Liskun;
• Zoological Museum named after N.M. Kulagin;
• History of TSHA;
• Horse breeding;
• Memorial Museum-Apartment of K.A. Timiryazev;
• Anatomy Museum;
• Beekeeping Museum;
• Soil and Agronomic Museum named after W.R. Williams.

Material kindly provided by Evgeny Chesnokov

Russian state agricultural University - MSHA named after K. A. Timiryazeva (FSBEI HE RGAU - Moscow Agricultural Academy named after K. A. Timiryazeva)
International name	Russian Timiryazev State Agrarian University
Former names	Timiryazevsk Agricultural Academy (TSHA) Moscow Agricultural Academy (MSHA)
Year of foundation
Type	State
Acting Rector	V. P. Chaika
Students	more than 18000
Bachelor's degree	more than 15000
Specialty	more than 2000
Master's degree	about 2000
Location	Russia Russia, Moscow
Metro	Koptevo 14
Legal address	127550, Moscow, st. Timiryazevskaya, 49
Website	www.timacad.ru
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Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Agricultural Academy named after. K. A. Timiryazeva- state agricultural university in Russia.

Full name: Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Russian State Agrarian University - MCHA named after K. A. Timiryazev" (abbreviated as FSBEI HE RGAU - MCHA named after K. A. Timiryazev).

The Academy bears the name of the famous plant physiologist Kliment Arkadyevich Timiryazev and therefore the name is used colloquially: “ Timiryazev Academy».

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Russian postage stamp, 2015

In 1889, a new Charter was adopted; the forestry department is being liquidated; the name changes: until 1894 - Petrovskaya Agricultural Academy.

In 1917 the name was restored - Petrovskaya Agricultural Academy, the charter and organizational structure were changed, new curricula and programs were created.

In December 1923 - a new name: Agricultural Academy named after K. A. Timiryazev; The training was three years, there were 3 faculties: agronomy, economics and engineering.

In the early 1930s, on the basis of the faculties of the academy, .

In 1941, the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy was a university of the People's Commissariat of Agriculture of the USSR and had a postal address: Moscow, New Highway, building 10.

Modern period

In 1994, the Charter and name of the Moscow Agricultural Academy named after K. A. Timiryazev (MSHA) were approved. In 2001, a new Academy Charter was adopted.

On June 20, 2005, the academy was renamed into the Federal State Educational Institution “Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Agricultural University named after K. A. Timiryazev” (FSOU VPO RGAU - Moscow Agrarian University named after K. A. Timiryazev).

On May 20, 2013, by order of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, the reorganization of the university began by merging with it the federal state budgetary educational institution of higher professional education "Moscow State Agricultural Engineering University named after V.P. Goryachkin" and the federal state budgetary educational institution of higher professional education "Moscow State University of Environmental Management ".

On April 4, 2014, by order of the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation No. 15-u on the approval of Amendments and Additions No. 1 to the Charter of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education RGAU-MSHA named after K. A. Timiryazev, the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education "Moscow State Agricultural Engineering University named after V. P. Goryachkina" and the federal state budgetary educational institution of higher professional education "Moscow State University of Environmental Engineering" are affiliated to the federal state budgetary educational institution of higher professional education "Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Agricultural Academy named after K. A. Timiryazev".

University Anthem

in 2013, by order of the rector, the University Anthem was approved; it became the composition "Bound by the same fate" author and performer, who is a graduate of the Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Agricultural Academy named after. Timiryazev. Azamat Kabulov. Also, with the support of the administration, a video for the song was shot.

University structure

One of the academy's educational buildings

Faculties and institutes

Soil and Agronomic Museum named after. W. R. Williams

Institutes

• Institute of Mechanics and Energy named after V. P. Goryachkin
• Institute of Land Reclamation, Water Management and Construction named after A. N. Kostyakov
• Institute of Economics and Management of Agro-Industrial Complex
• Institute of Continuing Education

Faculties

• Agronomy and biotechnology
• Animal Science and Biology
• Humanitarian and pedagogical
• Soil science, agrochemistry and ecology
• Gardening and Landscape Architecture
• Technological
• Faculty of Correspondence Education

Educational and scientific departments

• Plant Protection Laboratory
• Training and experimental apiary
• Fruit growing laboratory
• Information and Analytical Center for Register and Cadastre
• Laboratory of Construction and Technical Expertise of Buildings and Structures
• Laboratory of selection and seed production of field crops
• Milk quality testing laboratory
• Meteorological Observatory named after V. A. Mikhelson
• Soil-ecological laboratory
• Training, Research and Production Center "Vegetable Experimental Station named after V. I. Edelstein"
• Laboratory of Agroecological Monitoring, Modeling and Forecasting of Ecosystems
• Research, design and training laboratory for agricultural vehicles
• Educational and Scientific Consulting Center "Forest Experimental Dacha"
• Educational and scientific production center for sports turf management and landscape turf management
• Center for Grain Legumes and Vegetable Protein Production
• Center for Sports and Technical Development of Youth - “Vector”
• White Lupine Laboratory
• Educational and scientific building in Mikhailovsky
• Educational and Scientific Center for Collective Use - service laboratory for complex analysis of chemical compounds
• Center for Molecular Biotechnology
• Field experimental station
• Problem-based research laboratory for the development of theoretical foundations for joint management of water, salt and thermal regimes of reclaimed lands
• Educational and Scientific Consulting Center “Agroecology of Pesticides and Agrochemicals”
• Laboratory of genetics, breeding and biotechnology of vegetable crops
• Center for educational, sports and cultural work
• Industry agricultural business incubator
• Livestock Development Center
  • Laboratory of physiology and pathology of reproduction of small animals
  • Zoo station
    • Training and production livestock complex
    • Training and production poultry house

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Building

• On the territory of the Timiryazev Academy there are more than 37 buildings (academic buildings, museums, etc.). The oldest of them are made in an eclectic architectural style.

Academy-related crimes

Murder of 1869

In November 1869, a student of the Petrovsky Agricultural Academy I. Ivanov was killed on the territory of the academy by a group of conspirators led by Sergei Nechaev. This event served as a prototype for the murder of Shatov in the novel

FACT1. SERFDOM

Few people know about this, but the opening of the Timiryazev Academy in Moscow was a consequence of the abolition of serfdom in 1861. The country urgently needed competent agricultural producers. To be more precise, they were required before, but never before has the issue been as acute as after the reform.

So, on October 27, 1865, the charter of the Petrovsky Agricultural and Forestry Academy was published. It stated that the creation of an educational institution was necessary “for the dissemination of information on agriculture and forestry.” The founders of the country's main university were the director of the academy, doctor of botany Nikolai Ivanovich Zheleznov and professor of chemistry, Russian chemist-technologist Pavel Antonovich Ilyenkov.

Photo: Mikhail FROLOV

FACT 2. FUNERAL SERVICE OF THE MEADOW MANAGER

What were future farmers taught? Agriculture, cattle breeding, veterinary science, forestry, construction, as well as chemistry, botany, zoology, mineralogy and theology. The schedule included a subject such as geognosy - the study of rocks or historical geology. In short, the curriculum was very extensive. The first students, about 400 of them, were recruited for two departments - agricultural and forestry.

The Rare Books and Manuscripts Department of the Nikolai Ivanovich Zheleznov Central Scientific Library houses many rarities, including academic literature of the 19th century. And among other things, there is an interesting document in the archive. But first, a little background.

The charter of the Petrine Academy was very democratic, because people of all classes were accepted into the academy, without age restrictions, says librarian Tatyana Prokofieva. - But we found one document that really surprised us.

There was a time when students of the future Timiryazevka, and then Petrovka, made their own magazine “Artichokes and Almonds”. And there was a section “The Horrors of Petrovka”. Here, for example, is one of the horrors: “After a long and severe agony, the hope of getting into the grassland courses quietly died. Removal of the body daily from the agriculture department. Funeral service in auditorium number 17.”

We became interested in what these grassland courses were? - continues Tatyana Prokofieva. - It turns out that there was a provision from 1912 on the course program of the Department of Agriculture at the Moscow Agricultural Institute for the training of specialists in grassland farming. And it said that, “firstly, that the courses are maintained at the expense of the Department of Agriculture.” Secondly, “each year no more than 20 Russian citizens who have received higher education in agricultural educational institutions, natural faculties of the imperial faculties of imperial universities, mainly in the agronomic group or the Imperial Forestry Institute,” are admitted to the courses. And all sorts of notes indicating how many obstacles there were to enrolling in these courses. Obviously, this is why the students decided to go through meadow farming in their journal.

FACT 3. SCHRODER'S GARDEN

Forestry education at the Petrovsky Academy was given special attention. In 1870, an Arboretum was opened on the territory, in which most coniferous species were represented. Its founder is Richard Schröder. He was born in Denmark in 1822. At the end of the 1840s he came to live in Russia and was the chief gardener of the Petrovsky Agricultural Academy. In addition to the dendrological garden, the Dane founded a nursery and a dwarf fruit garden. Schroeder's services were so outstanding that during his lifetime the garden received his name and still bears it today. But this is not the only memory of the scientist. The famous larch alley was also founded by him.

Schroeder managed the garden for 40 years. The scientist died in 1903. In 1899, Schroeder published the “Index of Plants of the Dendrological Garden of the Moscow Agricultural Institute.” A total of 1038 species of different species and their hybrids were obtained.

“Numerous exotics are of great interest in the garden, especially those that not only grow successfully, but also bear fruit,” says the Arboretum Siege website. - Of the North American plants, these are Douglasia (false hemlock) Menzies, Canadian hemlock, western and folded thuja, tulip lyriodendron, mountain chalesia, gray and black walnuts, red and smooth horse chestnuts, black locust, Virginia, late, Pennsylvania, etc.; from East Asian - pea cypress, microbiota, Korean cedar, whole-leaved fir, Korean, whitebark, Kobus and Siebold magnolias, Siebold nut, Japanese crimson, Sakhalin cherry, ovate catalpa, Manchurian kirkazon, Regel's three-winged plant, Calopanax seven-lobed, Manchurian apricot skiy, actinidia acute and kolomikta, Chinese lemongrass, Amur velvet, Amur maakia, etc.”

Agree, impressive? There is also an alpine slide on the territory of the garden, which, as experts say, has high artistic value.

FACT 4. ABOUT THE FIRST STUDENTS

Many interesting facts about the academy are presented in the book of the head of the Timiryazevka Department of History, Doctor of Historical Sciences Alexander Orishev, “RGAU-MSHA named after Timiryazev: University Legends.”

For example, according to the rules of admission to Petrovka, it was forbidden to take women, married men and Jews. It was believed that married people would not be able to fully study due to concerns about the family, women were not supposed to be scientists at all, and Jews were feared because of their revolutionary spirit.

In 1869, the first foreigner entered the academy (in modern times there are many of them studying). He was a native of Serbia, Ljubomir Berković.

Among the students of Petrovka was the writer Vladimir Korolenko. He remembers how one day a hungry wolf stole a dog from the academy's yard. In general, there were plenty of wolves at that time; they often crossed the road for students running to study.

By the way, Vladimir Galaktionovich never graduated from the academy. He was expelled. Here is what Alexander Orishev* writes about this in his book: “In 1876, Korolenko, together with his comrades, led a protest against the order that existed at the university. He signed an address listing the harassment he believed the students had been subjected to and handed it to the principal. He reported this to St. Petersburg, from where Comrade (Deputy) Minister of State Property Prince Lieven soon arrived. After heated debates, it was announced that the three instigators would be expelled, who were then expelled from Moscow.”

FACT 5. PETROVKA AND DOSTOEVSKY

This incident became the basis for the famous novel “Demons.” Student Ivan Ivanov was killed on the territory of the academic park. Members of the revolutionary group “People’s Retribution”, organized by Sergei Nechaev, dealt with him.

Ivanov was also a supporter of the “populists”. But at some point he refused to distribute revolutionary leaflets among students. “The leader of the group, Sergei Nechaev, could not tolerate disobedience and gave the order to deal with the disobedient,” writes Alexander Orishev. - They lured him into the grotto, tried to strangle him unsuccessfully, after which a pistol was used. Nechaev personally fired the fatal shot. Let's give the investigation its due: the crime was solved literally in a matter of days. While hiding, Nechaev made a mistake, he lost his hat in the dark and put on I. Ivanov’s hat, this became evidence.”

While writing the novel, Fyodor Dostoevsky came to Timiryazevka and carefully studied the territory in order to more accurately present the situation in his work.

This summer I attended the excursion “Secrets of the Timiryazev Forest”. What interested her was that she could get into the closed territory of the Timiryazev Academy behind the main building of this educational institution.

Since I studied at this university, I remember very well what a beautiful park is hidden behind a high fence. During my student years, everyone could freely walk along the well-groomed alleys of the former Petrovsko-Razumovskoye estate, but soon access to part of the territory was closed to outsiders. When I saw the travel agency’s offer, I thought that they had agreed with the administration of the Agricultural Academy to organize excursions to the closed area. The announcement of the excursion said that you need to wear comfortable shoes, but many did not attach much importance to this, since they were in the mood for a walk around Moscow, where you rarely see unkempt paths and impassable paths.
Already when we met at the Timiryazevskaya metro station, our guide noticed that many were wearing the wrong shoes, since we had a very long walk at a fast pace. We walked on foot to Dubki Park, on the outskirts of which stands the wooden church of St. Nicholas near a thatched gatehouse.

This is a copy of the Orthodox church that existed in this area at the beginning of the 20th century, built at the expense of summer residents and designed by the famous architect F.O. Shekhtel. During Soviet times, the old church was destroyed and only relatively recently it was recreated in its original appearance in a new location. Opposite it is one of the entrances to Dubki Park, where you can stroll along ancient oak alleys.

Not long ago this park was restored. Now you can see ponds connected by a wooden bridge.

One of the hills is decorated with a gazebo with columns. There are plenty of benches and seating areas throughout.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the entire area surrounding the park was an ecologically clean summer cottage; many famous professors of the Petrovsky Forest Academy, which later became known as the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, lived here. In 2000, a monument to the residents of the Timiryazevsky district who died during the Great Patriotic War was erected in Dubki Park.

We walked to an ancient wooden stop, which is more than a hundred years old. Now this is the stop of the 27th tram "Krasnostudenchesky Proezd". Then we took the tram to the Pasechnaya Street station and entered the territory of the Agricultural Academy, which used to be the Petrovsko-Razumovskoye estate. Its history began in 1676, when the estate was acquired by the grandfather of Peter the Great, Kirill Poluektovich Naryshkin. In 1692, a temple was built in the estate in honor of Peter and Paul, which has not survived to this day; now in its place stands a monument to soil scientist V.R. Williams.

In honor of this temple, or perhaps in honor of the famous grandson-emperor, the estate received its first name Petrovskoye. Under Elizaveta Petrovna, the estate was owned by her second cousin Ekaterina Ivanovna Naryshkina, who was considered a very rich bride. She owned almost 44 thousand serfs, several houses in Moscow, the Moscow region and other provinces. As you know, Alexey Grigorievich Razumovsky, a native of ordinary Cossacks, was considered one of the empress’s most beloved favorites and, according to rumors, even her secret husband. His brother Kirill Grigorievich was even more attractive, and Elizaveta Petrovna even joked that if she had met him first, he would have become her lover. In order to show Kirill Grigoryevich Razumovsky her affection, the Empress awarded him with all kinds of titles, and also wooed the richest bride in Russia, Ekaterina Ivanovna Naryshkina. After the wedding, among other things, he became the owner of Petrovsky, which received the second name Razumovskoye. Under Kirill Grigorievich, the arrangement of the estate began. According to the design of the famous architect A. Kokorinov, a palace with a large courtyard was built, a dam was erected on the Zhabenka River, after which a cascade of ponds was formed.

Numerous outbuildings were created. One of the academy buildings with turrets is a former manor farm.

Behind the house there was a regular French park with terraces.

Several grottoes with pavilions were built near the ponds, from which guests could admire the surroundings. Then one of the sons of Kirill Grigorievich, Lev Kirillovich, lived in Petrovsko-Razumovsky. Among other things, he became famous in Moscow and St. Petersburg for his love story with Princess M.G. Golitsyna. The fact is that the lady was married at the time she met Razumovsky. Her husband, Prince Golitsyn, was distinguished by his ferocious temper and cruel treatment of his wife. Lev Kirillovich decided to save his beloved and invited Prince Golitsyn, who at that time had already squandered his fortune, to play cards with him. The prince lost game after game, and Razumovsky offered him the last game, in which he bet all the money he won against Princess Golitsyna. At first the prince was offended, but there was nothing to pay for the loss, and he agreed. As a result, Razumovsky won M.G. Golitsyn and from that day began to live with her as with his wife. Soon the world learned about what had happened, and gossip began to spread. The church easily agreed to the divorce, since the very circumstance of playing cards for his wife was egregious. Razumovsky married his beloved, but they were not accepted in high society for a long time. Fortunately, they had many influential relatives who fussed over the emperor, and at one of the family balls he addressed Maria Grigorievna, calling her countess. After this, everyone else also recognized this marriage. During the War of 1812, the Razumovskys left Moscow.

Their estates, including Petrovsko-Razumovskoye, were destroyed by the French. Upon his return, the count restored them on the same scale and even received the Prussian king with his heir and other eminent persons at the estate. The Razumovskys had no children, and after their death the estate passed from hand to hand until the state treasury bought it in 1861. In 1865, an agricultural and forestry academy was founded on the site of the Petrovsko-Razumovskoye estate. The fact is that even under the Razumovskys, an advanced economy with a farm, a greenhouse, orchards and vegetable gardens was organized on the territory of the estate. This estate, like no other, suited the needs of the first agricultural university in Moscow. The Razumovsky Palace fell into disrepair and in its place, according to the design of the famous architect N. Benois, an elegant building with different facades was built. On the one hand, it looks more like a station building: there is a clock with a turret and a tram stop.

On the other hand, this is a real European palace. Now these facades are even painted in different colors.

While we were listening to the history of the academy on the alley from the side of the monument to K. A. Timiryazev, the scientific secretary of the university council, who was on duty that weekend, approached us, added a little to our story and allowed us to go into the park, which is closed to outsiders.

As it turned out, although the excursion program included a visit to this park, it was unofficial. That is, tourists usually walk for a long time through the forest and climb over the fence to admire the palace. That is why it was necessary to wear comfortable shoes. Fortunately, we passed this stage and went through the main academic building to the park.

Inside we saw a memorial plaque stating that Emperor Alexander II issued a decree establishing the Peter the Great Agricultural and Forestry Academy.

From the park side, the administrative building really looks like an elegant palace. It’s not for nothing that filmmakers often choose it for filming films and commercials.

It is surrounded by four allegorical sculptures “The Seasons”.

Flora, the goddess of flowers and youth, represents spring, Demeter, the goddess of agriculture, symbolizes summer, Dionysus, the god of wine, symbolizes autumn, and Saturn, the god of crops and time, symbolizes winter.

These statues appeared in the park in the second half of the 20th century. They were found in the Bauman Garden in a rather neglected state.

Later, during the restoration, it turned out that several layers of paint concealed statues cast at the Demidov iron factories in the Urals in 1760.
If you walk along the alley to the ponds, you can see one of the ancient grottoes on the right. Many people tell the story that in 1869, student revolutionaries from the “People’s Retribution” circle killed student Ivan Ivanov. However, that grotto collapsed long ago, but another one remained. If earlier there were pavilions above the grotto for guests of the estate, now vacationers who have entered the park are sunbathing on it.

Timiryazevsky Park is adjacent to the academy, which is actually a forest area miraculously preserved in Moscow.

Near the administrative building there is also an interesting monument to the students and teachers of the academy who died during the Great Patriotic War. They say that access to it will be opened on Victory Day.

This concludes our tour of Timiryazevka. I was somewhat disappointed by the chaotic presentation of the material by the guide and the fact that visiting the closed territory of the academy was supposed to be illegal. I am glad that our group was lucky to meet a friendly employee of the administration, and we were able to avoid a long walk along forest paths that were impassable after the rain.

Let's stop here, here there is a good view of the building built in the Soviet era in the constructivist style. This is one of the dormitory buildings built according to the design of the architect Shervinsky. Before the revolution, in particular, the pavilions of the Moscow tram were built according to his designs. The only pavilion of the steam tram has been preserved on Timiryazevskaya Street, Krasnostudechesky Proezd stop.

In the depths of the block there is a student canteen. Okroshka, chop, compote – 200 rubles.
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Lower Farmer's Pond. There are also Middle and Upper. Perhaps the most beautiful place in Larch Alley. Such famous artists as Shishkin, Perov, Chagall, Bogolyubov liked to come here to sketch. Vladimir Mayakovsky and his friends often came here. The poet Valery Bryusov wrote about these places: “In winter, this alley does not allow a blizzard to pass through, although it passes through fields. In spring it is saturated with the aromas of resinous larch buds. In the hot summer, a saving shadow comes from the coniferous branches. In autumn, the paths are covered with yellow pine needles..."
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Agricultural Engineering University. One of the first Soviet tractors produced in 1934. Restored by university teachers and students.
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GAZ-AA is the famous “lorry”, the first production car of the Gorky Automobile Plant. This example of a car was assembled from parts found after the Great Patriotic War near Vyazma.

Previously, there were also sculptures of two horses; in the late 70s they were moved to the horse breeding museum. By the way, there are a large number of free museums on the territory of the Timiryazev Academy. However, they are little known to the general public; they are mainly visited by students.
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The fourth academic building of the university.
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The oldest Moscow meteorological observatory. The building was built in 1910.
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A special place in the development of the observatory belongs to the outstanding physicist and meteorologist Professor V. A. Mikhelson, who headed it from 1894 to 1927.

Currently, the oldest observatory in the country bears the name of V. A. Mikhelson, continuing continuous, almost 130-year observations of the weather in Moscow.
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Openwork tower for meteorological research. The height of the tower is 11 meters. Height from ground level 23 meters. The tower has instruments for measuring wind speed and direction.
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On the territory of the observatory there is a rare kerosene lantern pole. There are two of them left in the city, the second is in the “Lights of Moscow” museum in Armenian Lane.
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Larch alley, planted under the Counts Razumovsky. Ancient larches, which are already 200 years old, have been preserved.
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The famous "Agronomy" - Faculty of Agronomy, 3rd academic building. This building is part of B. M. Iofan’s not fully realized project to create a new educational campus in 1927-1930. Famous Soviet scientists worked here, Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov studied here.
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The monument to Professor I. A. Stebut of the Petrovsky Agricultural and Forestry Academy in front of the 3rd academic building was unveiled in December 2005, when its 140th anniversary was celebrated.
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The icebox was used for storing perishable food at that time since electric refrigerators had not yet been invented. At the beginning of spring, they sawed ice on ponds and on the Moscow River in cubes and put them into similar glaciers. As it melted, new ice was brought in from the ice warehouse.
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15th educational building of Moscow State Agrarian University named after. V. P. Goryachkina.
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What else is interesting about this building: in its basement there is a working model of ancient Egyptian gateways. Unfortunately, it is quite difficult to get there; the model is used for practical training for students.
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Monument to the famous Russian forest scientist Mitrofan Kuzmich of Tursky. The bronze bust is mounted on a granite pedestal with the inscriptions “M.K. Tursky. 1840-1899” and “Forest Russia to the glorious sower in the forest field.” The bas-relief on the pedestal depicts an elderly peasant planting a tree and a boy watching him. The monument was built in 1924 (sculptor P.V. Dzyubanov).
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Basically, the money for this monument was collected among students of the Petrovsky Agricultural Academy by subscription. The author of the monument himself also studied at the Agricultural Academy, then received a second art education. The monument to his beloved teacher is his only work.
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Another view of the 15th academic building of Moscow State Agrarian University named after V.P. Goryachkina. Built in 1911-1913, it includes an older dormitory building for the Petrovsky Agricultural and Forestry Academy.
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Let's walk along the building, turn right and stop near the stable building. We are located in the historical center of Petrovsky-Razumovsky, buildings from the time of Kirill Grigorievich Razumovsky are preserved here. The former carriage house was rebuilt into a fire station during the times of the Petrovsky Academy. Currently, in part of these premises there is a functioning temple of the Holy Martyr John of Artobolevsky. Artobolevsky was the rector of the Church of Peter and Paul of the Agricultural Academy, in the 30s he was arrested and executed at the Butovo training ground.
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6th educational building of the Timiryazev Academy - "Khimichka". Built in 1912-1914. according to the project N.N. Chernetsov, developed jointly with university professors.

This building was built specifically for the study of chemistry. In the middle of the building, under a huge glass dome, the largest auditorium in the academy was built, located in an amphitheater for 800 people. Mendeleev’s student, Academician Kablukov, taught chemistry here.

During the Great Patriotic War, scientists here developed fuses for partisans. Standard army fuses required more skillful handling and therefore were not very suitable for partisans who were not very “advanced” in military affairs. So we owe much of our success in the partisan movement to the chemistry teachers who worked in this building. Also in this building in 1941 and 1942, the reserve headquarters of the 20th Army and the headquarters of the people's militia were located, and the production of optical sights was established on the basis of the glass workshop.
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11th educational building of TSHA. Timiryazevskaya st. d.54. One of the oldest educational buildings of the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, built in the 19th century, as well as the symmetrical building No. 9 (Timiryazevskaya Street, building 52), creating a single ensemble of the central square of Timiryazevka.
There used to be a tram circle and a tram terminus here. In memory of this tram circle, rings for attaching stretch marks of tram wires have been preserved on the walls of the circumference, and the square is still called the “circle”.
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One of the oldest Moscow poplars. It is called “Razumovsky Poplar” and was planted almost a hundred years ago. Students of the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy rub the bark of this tree before the exam, believing that this will help them pass the exam.
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In 1870–1892 K.A. Timiryazev taught at the Petrovsky Agricultural and Forestry Academy. Kliment Arkadyevich lived here at that time.

In the center of the square in front of the main building in 1924, a monument to the scientist was erected - the work of sculptor M. M. Strakhovskaya.

The monument is surrounded by apple trees. The “grandfathers and grandmothers” of these apple trees with small apples grew near the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Initially, juniper was planted in this area, but in 29-30 several apple trees from Volkhonka were transplanted here.
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The building of the 5th building of Timiryazevka, or “Farm”, was built in the 18th century according to the design of Academician A.F. Kokorinov. This building also houses the Museum of Animal Husbandry. Academician E.F. Liskun.
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Nearby there was one of the Shukhov towers, which served as a water tower; it was dismantled during the Soviet era. The buildings are made in the form of a closed square with four fortress towers at the corners.
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During the time of the Petrovsky Academy, there was a dairy farm here.
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The main building of the Petrovskaya Agricultural Academy. The old Razumovsky palace was dismantled and the current building was built according to Benoit's design. But not on the old foundations, but somewhat deeper into the estate territory. This new building was decorated with convex glass, most of which is still in place today. But these glasses are not from 1865, those glasses are already broken, and in 1965 those old glasses were replaced with new ones.

At the end of the 19th century, convex glass was popular and fashionable; it was believed that they created more comfortable diffused light and retained heat better. In some places in Moscow such glass still exists.

I will show you a photo of what these glasses look like in the next part of our walk, when we walk through the historical park and get closer to the palace.

The main building is decorated with a clock and a turret with a bell.
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V.R. Williams is an outstanding soil scientist, one of the founders of modern agrobiology. Installed on the territory of the academy in 1947, near the rector's office. Sculptor - S.O. Makhtin. Pedestal made of black labradorite (architect I. A. French). The lower part of the polished pedestal is decorated with a bronze wreath of grain and fodder cereals - those plants on the agronomy of which the scientist worked.
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The building was built in 1874 specifically for the head gardener of the Schroeder Academy. The house was built in the then fashionable Victorian style. Timiryazev himself brought the design of the house from London in 1872. Then Williams lived in this house, whose monument stands nearby. The first floor of the house is still residential. According to an order signed by Stalin, the descendants of the Williamses still live there. Movies are often filmed in this house in its ancient interiors. The second floor belongs to the academy. Previously there was an archive there. But then the academy decided that keeping documents in a wooden house was unsafe. And recently the archive moved out of there.

17-old building (view from the park). Until 1865, this building was the greenhouse of the Petrovsko-Razumovskoye estate.
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And in those distant times, when the Peter the Great Academy did not yet exist, but there were dachas here, this building was nothing more than a voxal.

In 1883, after a fire, the building was completely rebuilt.
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Opposite the 17th building is a greenhouse, it is called the “Vegetation House”. This building is remarkable in that it is the only exhibit of the All-Russian Exhibition of 1896 in Nizhny Novgorod. Made according to the design of Timiryazev himself, the forged metal ridge that adorns the roof was also made according to the sketch of Kliment Arkadyevich.

Scientific and educational work is carried out here.
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Next time we will take a walk through the historical park, which is located right behind the main building of Timiryazevka. In general, the entrance there is officially closed, while you look at the photos, I’ll look for a hole in the fence.