Cultivating planting material in both greenhouse and open ground is a high‑technology foundation of modern forest restoration. This process allows for almost 100 % survival of young trees. In the greenhouses of the Lyoevsky forest enterprise, built in 2022, a new life is sprouting for millions of spruces, birches, and oaks that, after decades, will become the green lungs of our region.

Here, on a small patch of greenhouse farm, a crew of auxiliary workers—Galina Poznyakova, Igor Sergeenko, and Oksana Katysheva—work day after day. They sow seeds, tend to young seedlings, prepare soil substrates, propagate cuttings, and grow saplings until the moment of planting in the forest cultivation areas. Their work can be likened to that of a kindergarten teacher: the future of the forest depends directly on their attention and diligence. A mistake in

Igor Sergeenko’s fate unfolded in a completely different way. He devoted more than twenty years to service in the postal system of the RUP “