(Photo: Duy Trinh/VNA) Every warm summer, the Russian capital Moscow is adorned with a variety of flowers such as apple blossoms, pear blossoms, tulips, bell flowers, and blooming yellow dandelions. However, there is a special flower that always blooms at the end of May, which coincides with the semester exam season for students student and bring to the capital the Russian capital is siren flower (Vietnamese call lilac). In the Aleksandrov garden located close to Red Square, Lomonosov University (MGU) or on the streets of Moscow, it is easy to see siren bushes blooming brilliantly with an extremely seductive fragrance. With a variety of colors (purple, pink, white, blue-white, etc.), lilac has become an indispensable part of Moscow people’s life. beams siren flower This brilliant display creates a lot of inspiration for flower lovers, photographers, painters, or ordinary people who want to save their photos in the colorful siren space. Siren in Moscow is also associated with his life Leonid Kolesnikov (1893-1968), who devoted 50 years of his life to breeding and popularizing this flower in Russia. Mr. Kolesnikov has bred more than 300 varieties of siren of various colors that are being grown throughout Russia, many of which have been grown in the gardens of Buckingham Palace in London, the Royal Botanic Gardens of England, famous gardens of the United States , the garden of the Kremlin, the Moscow Botanical Garden… Lilac “Moscow Beauty” was bred by Mr. Kolesnikov. (Photo: Duy Trinh/VNA) In 1952, Mr. Kolesnikov won the Stalin Prize for his siren flowers. In 1973, the International Lilac Association honored and presented Mr. Kolesnikov with the prestigious “Golden Lilac Branch” award for his merits in selecting and breeding this flower. The most popular siren variety in the world is the pinkish-white “Moscow Beauty” breed, bred by Kolesnikov in 1947. In 1954, on the initiative of Kolesnikov, a siren nursery was established on Shchelkovskoe Avenue which later became the Lilac Garden in 1975 with an area of ​​7 hectares. The Lilac Garden in Moscow is located on Shchelkovskoe Avenue. (Photo: Duy Trinh/VNA) The road right next to the Garden is planted with many sirens and was named Sirenevy Bulvar in 1960. The Lilac Garden in Moscow is growing and storing about 60 varieties of sirenes bred by Mr. Kolesnikov, many rare trees aged 50, 60 years old. . Here you can see a variety of siren varieties such as the siren named after his wife – Olimpiada Kolesnikova light purple; like the siren named after the brave female guerrillas of the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya or the siren “Remembrance of Kolesnikov” is white, like the siren “Red Moscow”, like the siren “Sky of Moscow,” or like siren “Moscow University”… Because of the “internationalization” of this flower, May 18 every year has been chosen by the International Lilac Association as the International Day of Flowers. Lilac ./.

The Botanical Garden of MGU is an ideal space to relax, enjoy flowers, and learn about a variety of plants from all over the world. (Photo: QUE ANH) The Botanical Garden of Moscow State University (MGU) is a familiar and hard-to-miss address of Moscow residents as well as tourists from all over the world. Recognized by the state as a cultural and historical monument of Russia since May 1973, this unique garden appeared more than three centuries ago. In 1706, by decree of the Russian Tsar Peter the Great, the botanical garden “Aptekarsky Ogorod” was first planted, as a medicinal garden, where there were many species of highly medicinal plants to make many medicines. From 1805 up to now, the garden has been given to MGU to manage, is a place to conduct research and experiment with many varieties of plants, medicinal plants and thousands of flowers from all over the planet. The botanical garden covers an area of ​​about 40 hectares, divided into two parts. A small part from the past is located right on Peace Boulevard, becoming a sightseeing and relaxing place that is loved by the people of the capital and tourists. With about 5,000 species of flowers and diverse plants from all over the planet, the garden is divided into separate areas with different soil and climate conditions, such as tropical, subtropical, garden plants, rock gardens… The botanical garden is also a place frequented by many doctors, surgeons, medical students, biologists… for the purpose of research, care and protection of plants against pests and diseases. MGU Botanical Garden is also a place to protect genetic resources, breed rare plant species, with at least ten laboratories, to study the animal and plant world on earth. The plants, trees and flowers here bloom in four seasons thanks to the care, thanks to the scientific activities of the staff including professors, doctors, scientific researchers… The Botanical Garden of Moscow State University regularly organizes many activities for nature lovers. The annual Spring Flower Festival is one of the most anticipated events every year in May. It can be said that there is no other place in Russia, except the Botanical Garden, where one can simultaneously enjoy thousands of flowers in bloom, from cherry blossoms, magnolias, peonies, lilacs. incense, almonds, cherries, pears, apple blossoms, daffodils, and hundreds of thousands of species of tulips… Even rare orchids in Vietnam have also shown off their fragrance in the MGU Botanical Garden at the festival. “Tropical winter” was held here in early 2017.