The height of the spruce is 27 meters, diameter - 60 centimeters.
The Minister of Ecology and Environmental Management of the Moscow Region, Dmitry Kurakin, said that the best spruce tree was chosen from 30 “challengers” from all around Moscow.
“In the semifinals there were 30 Moscow forest beauties, beautiful slender spruce trees, in the final this century-old beauty turned out to be the most important Christmas tree in the country,” RIA Novosti quotes his words.
On Tuesday, December 18, a spruce on a special road train will be delivered to the Kremlin through the Spassky Gate, which opens only twice a year: May 9, when the Minister of Defense leaves for the parade, and on the day when the main New Year tree of Russia is brought to the Cathedral Square.
After installation, the tree will be decorated with 2 thousand ornaments, there will be about one and a half kilometers of garlands on it.
It is noted that young trees will be planted in place of felled spruce.
Earlier, the TV channel "360" reported that the main New Year's fir-tree of Russia would be cut down on December 16 in the territory of the Moscow study forestry in the Schelkovo municipal district.