Zavidovsky nature reserve: features of the national park

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:53

Every year we learn more and more interesting facts about our state. So today in the article we will talk about another amazing corner of Russia. The Zavidovsky Reserve is located about 150 kilometers from the capital. This corner is unique in that it includes a national park, as well as a country residence of the president. The Zavidovo state complex is located on the banks of the Lama and Shosha rivers, as well as near the Ivankovsky reservoir or, as it is also called, the Moscow Sea. In general, the boundaries of the Zavidovsky Reserve are located on the territories of the Moscow and Tver regions.

State facility

The residence of our president "Rus" is located on the territory of the complex. It covers an area of 15 and a half hectares. It includes various hotel complexes, a base for hunters, numerous pools and saunas, as well as a boat station and some household buildings.

The main building of the residence has two floors. It has huge windows, inside there is a fireplace. Inside there is oak furniture, which is an example of furniture art.mid-twentieth century. There is also a hotel for senior officials. Each employee has a separate apartment. In addition, the Zavidovsky Reserve has a hunting ground, two swimming pools, several tennis courts and two artificially created lakes.

About the huge complex

The area of the entire park is large - only 25,000 hectares. The Zavidovsky Reserve has a large number of animal species. Their maintenance is permissible due to the formidable size of the reserve and the foundation of various lands in it. Biologists and ecologists count 33 species of fish in the park, 11 species of reptiles and amphibians have also been studied. Nearly 200 species of birds have been recorded, of which 163 nest in the park. More than 40 species have been observed among mammals. Here is such a rich fauna in the park. Scientists know that the Zavidovsky Scientific and Experimental Reserve has become a home for large animals. Wild boar can often be found in these places. Elk and roe deer are also found in the forests. It is said that there are even brown bear, lynx, European mink, badger and otter. There are a lot of fish in the Ivankovsky reservoir. Ichthyologists have found spawning grounds for pike and carp in these waters. They found rare fish for the Tver region, including sterlet, podust and others.

Origin story

Zavidovsky Reserve began to form even before the 1917 revolution. At that time, the Konstantinovsky hunting circle was its tenant. Then he was not far from the village of Kozlovo. These lands were very popular among Moscowhunters. One of these owners of a hunting dacha was a we althy famous man Savva Morozov. At the beginning of the 20th century, Vladimir Lenin liked to hunt in this park. In a village called Shosha, the house where he stayed is still preserved. After the end of the civil war, hunting military societies appeared on Zavidovo land. They were organized by commissars and commanders of the Red Army.

Time for the transformation of lands and farms

Two years later, namely, in 1931, the Zavidovsky Reserve received the status of a military-hunting economy already officially. Ten years later, in the winter of 1941, the front line passed through the borders of Zavidovo. Thus, the war caused great damage to our lands. The reserve was restored again. In August 1951, on the orders of Joseph Stalin, the farm had to be liquidated. Everything that belonged to the land of Zavidovo was transferred to the ownership of the Kozlovsky cloth factory. The territory and borders of the park remained without close attention and control for several years, so poachers began to exterminate game. After Stalin passed away in 1953, the leaders of our state began to restore the Zavidovo scientific and experimental farm again. Nikita Khrushchev decided to create several demonstration farms. So, in 1971, the national park received the status of a state reserve of the USSR.

In the 60s and 70s Zavidovo was the government residence of Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev. They really liked this place. They are not only thererested, but also spent time with foreign statesmen. The chief secretaries of the USSR invited the leaders of the fraternal communist parties, chancellors, marshals, prime ministers, cosmonauts and writers to resolve various political issues.

In February 1992, the first President of the Russian Federation, Boris Yeltsin, ordered the creation of a state complex based on the Zavidovo hunting grounds. Thanks to this decision, Zavidovo became subordinate to the federal security service. In August 1996, the residence of the President of the Russian Federation under the name "Rus" was formed in the park. After perestroika in the 90s, various diplomatic meetings were constantly held there, as well as negotiations between President Boris Yeltsin and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. These lands were visited by the prime ministers of Canada, Japan, as well as various leaders from near and far abroad. During the reign of Vladimir Putin, Prime Ministers of Great Britain and Italy visited Zavidovo. In 2002, this beautiful place was visited by the King of Spain. And Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting with Cuban Minister Raul Castro. The list of eminent guests does not end here: the presidents of Tajikistan, Belarus and Armenia also visited the Zavidovsky Reserve. The phone number of the reserve and the residence is classified.