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The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved the list of memorable trees of Ukraine
The Minister of environmental protection of Ukraine Nikolai Zlochevskiy has signed the Order “About summarizing the results of the all-Ukrainian contest “The National tree of Ukraine”.
The contest was held in four nominations. The 2000-year-old olive tree from the Nikitskiy Botanical Garden was acknowledged the oldest tree in Ukraine.
Below here is the list of national Ukrainian trees – the winners of all-Ukrainian contest “The national tree of Ukraine”
Nomination “The oldest tree in Ukraine”
Two oldest trees in Ukraine are located in Nikitskiy Botanical Garden in Crimea. The first place belongs to the 2000-year-old olive tree; the second place takes the 1700-year-old pistachio tree (both are situated in Nikitskiy Botanical Garden, Crimea). The third place belongs to the 1300-year-old oak tree “Champion” (Stuzhitsa, Velikobereznyanskiy district, Zakarpatskaya region)
Nomination “Memorial tree of Ukraine”
800-year old lime tree of Bogdan Khmelnitskiy (Sasiv – Koltov highway, Zolochevskiy district, Lvov region) takes the first place. The second place belongs to the three 1000-year-old Taras Shevchenko`s oak trees (Budishye town, Zvenigorod district, Cherkassy region). The 1000-year-old oak tree of Maksim Zaliznyak (Buda town, Chigirin district, Chrerkassy region) took the third place.
Nomination “Historical tree of Ukraine”
The first place belongs to 700 year-old Zaporozhye oak tree (Khortitsa Island, Zaporozhye), the second – to “Yuzefinskiy” oak tree (Gliny town, Rokitnov district, Rovno region).
The third place in this nomination was divided between several trees: 600-year-old golden lime tree (Buchach town, Buchach district, Ternopol region), 200-year-old almond tree on Malakhov burial mound (Sevastopol), 120-year-old oak tree of “Franz Joseph”(Lysovichi town, Striya district, Lvov region).
Nomination “Esthetically valuable tree of Ukraine”
The first place belongs to 900-year-old Gryunevald oak tree (sanatorium “Zhovten”, Goloseyev district, Kiev). 1300 –year old madrono tree Any (Ai-Nikola, Oreanda, Crimea) took the second place.
The third place in this nomination is divided between two trees: 250-year-old “Princess” apple tree in Krolevets (Krolevets district, Sumy region) and 800-year old “Monastic” oak tree located in Mezinsk National Nature Park (Ryhly, Korop district, Chernigov region).
According to information of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Ukraine.
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