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In this competition, which has the full name “European tree of 2019 “involved fifteen European countries, including including Russia, and each represents its own unique tree, which according to the results of online voting can become a winner. goal events – identify a natural monument with the longest and most interesting story.
The competition runs from February 1 to February 28, it may accept everyone is interested, for which it is enough to visit the site – treeoftheyear.org and decide on your preference. Among finalists of the competition, for example, now the French Bird Tree, Hungarian Almond tree of the city of Pecs and Russian Abramtsevo oak growing in the museum-reserve “Abramtsevo”, which is located in the Moscow region.
Abramtsevo oak is already 248 years old, it is believed that he depicted in the picture of the Russian artist Mikhail Nesterov “Vision to the youth Bartholomew. “On the canvas near this centuries-old tree we see Rev. Sergei of Radonezh in adolescence.
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Over its long history, this legendary oak has seen a lot. famous people of Russia. Under his canopy writers Turgenev rested, Gogol, his beauty and grandeur captivated the artists Vasnetsov, Repin, Surikov, Levitan, Polenov and many others. For example, in Moscow State Tretyakov Art Gallery you can see the picture of Viktor Vasnetsov “Oak Grove in Abramtsevo”, written by him in 1883.
From February 22 to February 28 voting statistics, which today visible on the contest site “Tree of the Year”, will be closed, then there is a vote itself at the final stage will become a secret. A competition results, as well as rewarding of winners, will be held 19 March in Brussels.
Recall that Russia takes part in this European competition for the second time. In 2018, her oak from the Belgorod region took third place. Let’s hope that Abramtsevo oak is lucky more, especially since while he leads the vote …
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