my name is vladimir nikolaevich reshetnikov, i am an academician of the national academy of sciences of belarus, professor, honored worker of science of the republic of belarus, head department of biochemistry and biotechnology of plants of the central botanical garden. how do botanic gardens differ when performance is assessed? the first is, of course, what kind of biodiversity is preserved in the collection, i want to say that the first such garden in the world is, uh, the royal garden of great britain to jugarden. their lectures - a record of about 34,000 plant species. we currently have 15,000 of them. this is a lot. we are included in the top ten gardens, therefore an indicator for the european and even north american region. education the botanical garden took place in the pre-war period in 1932, when scientists in st. petersburg , belarus and moscow made the main global strategic planning of the central botanical garden, which was that from the central partner - this is the center of the botanical garden. in the radial direction , there were alleys that led the territories of