Orlovskoye Polesye National Park

Bison feeding during the winter at Orlovskoye Polesye

The Orlovskoye Polesye national park (Russian: Орловское Полесье) is a protected area in Russia.^[1]

It is situated in the middle of the Central Russian Upland straddling the Znamensky and Khotynetsky districts of Oryol Oblast, of area 77,745 ha. In was established by a decree of the Russian Government no.6 of January 9, 1994. ^[1]

References

1 2 Orlovskoye Polesye, a profile

National parks of Russia

Alaniya Alkhanay Anyuysky Bashkiriya Beringia Bikin Buzuluksky Bor Chavash Varmane Bor Chikoy Curonian Spit Kalevalsky Kenozersky Khvalynsky Losiny Ostrov Mariy Chodra Meshchyora Meshchyorsky Nechkinsky Nizhnyaya Kama Onezhskoye Pomorye Orlovskoye Polesye Paanajärvi Pleshcheyevo Ozero Pribaikalsky Prielbrusye Pripyshminskiye Bory Russian Arctic Russky Sever Saylyugemsky Samarskaya Luka Sebezhsky Shantar Islands Shorsky Shushensky Bor Smolenskoye Poozerye Smolny Sochi Taganay Tunkinsky Udegeyskaya Legenda Ugra Valdaysky Vodlozersky Yugyd Va Zabaykalsky Zov Tigra Zyuratkul

Coordinates: 53°17′00″N 35°18′00″E / 53.2833°N 35.3°E / 53.2833; 35.3

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