Activists have fought to preserve it for eight years. The tree was…

Activists have fought to preserve it for eight years. The tree was the last of the Berlin plane trees planted along the bank of the Gribodov Canal near the Bank Bridge in 1911.

Coverage (2 sources)

• In St. Petersburg, a poplar that appeared in Call of Duty was destroyed — Коммерсантъ
• Petropolis utility workers felled the long-lived plane tree. Activists fought to save it for eight years — Говорит НеМосква

Key entities

• Griboedova
• St. Petersburg
• Bankovskogo Bridge
• VKontakte
• Trees of St. Petersburg
• St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Services
• Housing Authorities of St. Petersburg