Rdeysky Nature Reserve

Rdeysky Nature Reserve
Tupichenka River, Rdeysky Nature Reserve
Map showing the location of Rdeysky Nature Reserve
Map showing the location of Rdeysky Nature Reserve
LocationRussia
Nearest cityKholm
Coordinates57°16′N 30°48′E / 57.267°N 30.800°E / 57.267; 30.800
Area369.22 km2[1]
EstablishedMay 25, 1994

Rdeysky Nature Reserve, Rdeysky Zapovednik (Russian: Рдейский заповедник) is a nature reserve (a zapovednik) in the northwest of Russia, located in Poddorsky and Kholmsky Districts of Novgorod Oblast, in the Polist-Lovat Swamp System. The reserve is about 180 km southeast of the city of Pskov. It was established on May 25, 1994. The nature reserve is created to protect the raised bog ecosystems of the Northwestern Russia.[1]

  1. ^ a b Рдейский заповедник (in Russian). Особо охраняемые природные территории России. Retrieved 4 March 2011.