History of Science and Engineering Annotation << Back The Main Botanical Garden of RAS is 65 years old A.S. Demidov, Z.E. Kuzmin The history of the Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences the Main Botanical Garden named after N.V. Tsitsin RAS is given. The main scientific investigation are taken into account. Many scientists brought into action the establishment and development of one of the predominant scientific and educational centres, deals with introduction and acclimatization of plants are mentioned. The vast activity of the Botanical Garden for 65 years is shown. Key words: introduction and acclimatization of plants; flora; collections; botanical expositions; plant resources. E-mail: demidov_gbsad@mail.ru