For a long time, the Branitsky family enjoyed a special attitude towards themselves from Empress Catherine II and spent the winter in St. Petersburg, at the royal court. In the spring and summer, the Branitskys lived on their Ukrainian estates. Their favorite place was Belaya Tserkov. In 1784, Countess Alexandra Vasilievna received this estate, which brought 60 thousand rubles a year in profit from her husband as a gift.

Probably the childhood spent among the beauties of the parks of Petrodvorets and Tsarskoye Selo inspired Branitskaya to create something similar in her residence. As a result, in 1788, on the western outskirts of the White Church, the construction of the Alexandria Park began.

In the 90s of the 18th century, the famous French architect and park builder Myuffo came to the city, who became the author of the general plan of the park. The main style of "Alexandria" was fashionable at that time English, or landscape.
The residence of the Branitsky family and many other architectural structures were built on the territory of the Alexandria park: the Royal Pavilion, in which the guests of the Branitskys lived - members of the royal family, the Dance Pavilion, the Moon Colonnade, the Rotunda Pavilion, the Ruins, the Chinese Bridge "etc. The park was decorated with bronze and marble sculptures, vases, decorative compositions of large boulders and artificial earthen elevations.

Until the middle of the 19th century, "Alexandria" became one of the most beautiful landscape parks in Ukraine, which was characterized by elements of romanticism and sentimentalism. Various exotic plants were brought to the park from North America and Western Europe. Cascades of ponds filled with pure spring water, waterfalls and fountains were built in deep beams. An interesting legend is connected with the ponds about how the Branitskys ordered the shores to be planted with poisonous plants in order to save the ponds from catching fish, which the peasants sometimes hunted.
Until 1861, the central and eastern parts of the park were arranged, but the abolition of serfdom and the impossibility of using the free labor of serfs stopped its further development.

During the civil war, "Alexandria" suffered significant losses - most of the structures were destroyed. Many sculptures were taken out of the park, and the plantings were damaged greatly. The park experienced another blow during the Second World War - many trees were damaged, the buildings suffered even more.

In 1955, the creation of a project for the restoration and development of the park began at the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR. The project included two stages of work: the first - the renewal of the alley-road network and all surviving architectural structures; the second is a holistic artistic landscape design of the park.

Work in the park was carried out constantly until the 90s. The last decade of the 20th century was very difficult economically for Alexandria, but now the situation has begun to change little by little - restoration work has resumed, new sculptural compositions have begun to appear, swans have returned.
Dendropark "Alexandria" covers an area of ​​201.5 hectares and is the largest in Ukraine. More than 600 species and forms of woody and shrubby vegetation, as well as about 700 species of herbaceous plants grow on its territory. To a non-specialist, these figures mean little, but we want to assure you that this is a lot. Now the park is not in perfect condition (the crisis of the last decade was reflected), but let's hope that this is a temporary phenomenon.

Traveling through the park, visitors pay attention to the ponds, which give it a special beauty and originality. The ponds are placed in cascades in three beams, merging with the Rosi valley. The expanse of the water surface with swans and wild ducks, the incredible cosiness of the coastal ravine landscapes, the murmur of streams and waterfalls create an unforgettable impression.
The western section of "Alexandria" began to be developed in the second half of the last century. During the time of the Branickis, this territory remained undeveloped and played the role of hunting grounds. A menagerie and a pheasant were arranged here, which have not survived to this day. The western part of the park is separated from its central and eastern parts by a long beam with a cascade of four ponds. Its compositional center is Orekhovaya Polyana, but visitors consider Paliyeva Gora to be more spectacular. This name has the edge of a high ledge of the upper terrace of the park, formed by two deep beams. The ledge breaks off to Ros with a stone slope having a height of 20-25 meters. A memorial sign to the troops of Paliy was built on the mountain and the remains of earthen fortifications built by his Cossacks are visible. At the edge of the ledge, there is an observation deck from which a fabulous landscape of Rosi opens. The dry southern slope of the Paliyeva Mountain is a site of relic real steppe vegetation, which is so rare in our time.
Following from Bolshaya Polyana to the northwest, you can get to Dubrava. Its area is 48 hectares. The forest stands of the massif of this section of the park are represented by oaks of 200 years old, and sometimes even older. To the south of the Dubrava there is an administrative building and a museum of the park. They occupy the gardener's house - the only outbuilding that has remained in "Alexandria" since the end of the 18th century.

Not far from the colonnade "Echo" on the dam of the Swan Pond is the "Chinese bridge" - a light openwork gazebo with a peculiarly curved roof, created in the spirit of the architecture of Southeast Asia.

In the southeast of Bolshaya Polyana, the ruins of some kind of palace rise. This is one of the most original structures of "Alexandria" - "Ruins". It is two-tiered. The lower tier plays the role of a retaining wall of the Laznevo Pond dam, and the upper tier, made in the form of a large house without a roof, rises on the dam. A waterfall flows out from under the "Ruins", and not far away, on the island of "Dreams", a fountain beats. Inside the building there is an observation deck, from which wonderful landscapes of Laznevo Pond in the north and Rosy in the south open up.
The center of the park is Bolshaya Polyana, a flat area of ​​10 hectares with a slight slope towards the Ros. Separate centuries-old trees rise on it and their small groups are placed so well that from any side of the glade the unique beauty and grandeur of numerous landscapes opens up to the gaze. The system of alleys connects the glade with all sections and main architectural structures of the park. Landscape pictures of Bolshaya Polyana are connected mainly with Ros and the colonnade "Echo". The Echo Colonnade is part of the core of the park's most famous monuments. It was built in the form of ancient Greek amphitheatres. The semi-circular gallery is closed by two volumetric risalits. The spectacular appearance of the colonnade is complemented by its unique acoustic features.
Entering the "Alexandria" visitors stop, puzzled by the branching of the alleys, and think where it is better to go further. The total length of the road and alley network of the park is more than 20 km, in order to walk along all the alleys and paths, carefully examining the landscapes, it will take more than one day. From the main entrance, the Main Alley leads into the depths, which rests on the place where the Branicki Palace once stood - "Dedinets". Smaller alleys diverge from it in different directions.

Near the entrance to "Alexandria" visitors are greeted by monuments to Shevchenko and Pushkin. Poets have been to the park (they say that Pushkin wrote part of his "Poltava" here). To the south of the main entrance is Solnechnaya Polyana - part of the New Park, one of the landscape areas developed in the post-war period. It has an area of ​​7 hectares. It is a large open space with unevenly spaced woody and shrubby plants.