Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve

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Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve
Russian: Сихотэ-Алинский заповедник, Sikhote-Alinsky Zapovednik
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
Glukhomanka Mountain, in Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve
Location	Primorsky Krai, Russia
Nearest city	Dalnegorsk
Coordinates	45°02′N 136°20′E / 45.033°N 136.333°E / 45.033; 136.333
Area	4,016 km2 (1,551 sq mi)
Established	February 10, 1935 (1935-02-10)
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Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve (Russian pronunciation: [sʲɪxɐˈtɛ ɐˈlʲinʲ], English: /ˈsiːkəˌteɪ əˈliːn/, SEE-kə-TAY ə-LEEN) is a Russian 'zapovednik' (strict nature reserve) in Primorsky Krai. It is a reserve for the endangered Siberian tiger.

It was founded on February 10, 1935, to protect a population of the sable. The Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve is located in a watershed on the eastern slopes of Central Sikhote-Alin in the Terneysky and Krasnoarmeysky Districts and the area of Dalnegorsk City Council.

The area of the zapovednik is 401,428 ha (2,900 ha - aquatic).^[1]

Hunting and fishing in Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve are forbidden.

The reserve, along with Ussurisky Nature Reserve, is featured in the natural film Operation Snow Tiger by the BBC, first aired in 2013.^[2]

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• (in Russian) Info about Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve
• (in Russian) Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve
• (in English) Wild Russia. Sikhote-Alin Zapovednik

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