On the issue of landscaping in Nakhichevan-on-Don in the 19th and early 20th century

Urban improvement includes landscaping – part of the city’s public administration. We consider the expe-rience in this area of the city of Nakhichevan-on-Don, whose residents from the very beginning have been planting orchards and fruit trees. Not always this experience was positive because of the lack of irrigation, later gardens and parks began to be laid in more suitable places, such as at the Cathedral Square. Its southern part was later named Boulevard. In the 1880s, the Alexander Garden was planted on the western outskirts of Nakhichevan. It was located where the city forges were demolished. The garden became a favor-ite place for citizens to relax. At the same time, green spaces appeared on the north-eastern outskirts of the city, better known as the Balabanov groves. The city public administration divided them into several sections. A gardener and a forester were engaged in the care of the groves, they thinned out overgrown areas and formed clearings for walks through the groves. The gardens of the Clerk and Commercial Clubs were also created. On one of the outskirts, a city nursery of the Society of Physical, Agricultural Labor appeared.