Spring is a very beautiful season: nature awakens after a long winter, plants start to bloom and even huge cities turn into a blooming garden. Cherry and apple trees, tulips, chestnut and lilacs… The air is full of these stunning flavours and colours. People usually go to parks to enjoy this beauty. Today we go to the Kolomenskoe - one of the best place to gaze the blooming apple garden

For several centuries Kolomenskoye had been the country residence of Russian tsars and dukes. That was the favourite place of recreation for Vasily III, Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great and Catherine the Great.

In the beginning of the 18th century, a lot of fruit trees were planted around the royal country estate. Apple trees, plum trees, cherry trees and pear trees were planted out, more than 6,000 trees in total, and the apple gardens were organised in strict geometrical forms. The fruits that were picked up here then went to the royal table even after moving the capital to St. Petersburg.

Today, more than 900 apple trees grow in three gardens of Kolomenskoye: Kazansky, Dyakovsky and Voznesensky. We went straight to Dyakovsky garden, which is less crowded than other two. 

Videos and photos by Sergey Rumyantsev

11 June 2026