JAN 9, 21 .. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE .. BOTANIC GARDEN

While we were visiting and living in Irkutsk, Russian Siberia, a very good / best of friends took us several times to visit the Irkutsk Botanic Garden of the Irkutsk State University. 

Just in case you would like to re-visit two of the Posts showing the Botanic Garden, below are links back to them.

http://bobbacaps.blogspot.com/2019/03/mar-5-19-part-1-of-2-botanic-garden-of.html

http://bobbacaps.blogspot.com/2019/03/mar-5-19-part-2-of-2-botanic-garden-of.html

Several days ago, this friend sent us several recent photos he snapped there this month of January 2021. It is amazing that, in the heart of the Russian Siberian Winter, the Botanic Garden is still functioning.

We hope you enjoy the below photos. We certainly enjoyed them.

Thanks so very VERY much for your photos Sergey.

Cap and Patti

MAR 5, 19 (Part 1 of 2) .. IRKUTSK .. BOTANIC GARDEN OF THE IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY

The Botanic Garden of The Irkutsk State University is a much heralded attraction here in Irkutsk. The two links below will give you much more information about the garden.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botanic_Garden_of_the_Irkutsk_State_University

http://bogard.isu.ru/indexe.htm

Patti and I were the personal guests of a former Director of the Botanic Garden. We spent three hours visiting the garden.

As you may well imagine, winter is not the perfect time to visit a garden such as this. Our friend promised us a springtime visit in a few months.

The first photos below show the entrance area to the garden.

By the way, in the below photo, the cyrillic letters 300 spell the word ZOO. You can see by the four photos of animals that it is referring to the zoo.

Now we will step out into the garden area proper.

Now we will go 'indoors' and see more features of the garden.

Well! Here is something very different in the garden! Some prehistoric displays.

Amazing that we have proof that these colossal giants once roamed our earth!

Talk about a prehistoric fossil, will you just look at the size of the below dragonfly!

Now! Wonder of Wonders.

There is a real Zoo within the garden for animal viewing and interactions with children.

Another look at the main entrance to the gardens.

A map of the Zoo area. As I said above, in the cyrillic alphabet the 300 below spells ZOO.

There is a very modest charge to enter the Zoo. As guests of the Director of the garden we were not charged any fees.

Now we get to the animals.

Below is an outdoor area for groups to meet to conduct various activities.

This is the end of Part 1 of 2.

Take a break. Come back and scroll down to Part 2 of 2 next. 

We will see you below.

Cap and Patti