Hrafs'ke

The Greater Anatolian Forest State Reserve was established in 1834-45 by Colonel of the Forestry Corps V. Graff, the founder of steppe afforestation. In the bare and arid steppe, Graff first created an artificial forest and founded a school of foresters. In Soviet times, the "Great Anatolian Forest" was declared a natural monument, created an arboretum with an area of ​​7 hectares. It is dominated by mixed plantations of oak, ash, maple, hornbeam, linden. There are birch, poplar, Crimean pine, Amur velvet, European larch, Scots pine, chestnut and Caucasian oak, walnut, Japanese sophora. The Forest Museum has been opened on the premises of the former Graff Meteorological Observatory. On the shore of the pond there is a recreational area "Forest Park" with a beach, camping, restaurant, hotel.