Orlovskoye Polesye
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The Orlovskoye Polesye national park
is a protected area in Russia.
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 Governmen no.6 of January 9, 1994.
National park
A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or...
is a protected area in Russia.
It is situated in the middle of the Central Russian Upland
Central Russian Upland
Central Russian Upland is an area of approximately 200,000 miles² in Southern European Russia and Northeast of Ukraine, located inside East European Plain....
straddling the Znamensky
Znamensky District, Oryol Oblast
The Znamensky District is an administrative unit in the north-west of Oryol Oblast in Russia. Its administrative center is the village of Znamenskoye. The district was organized in 1985....
and Khotynetsky districts of Oryol Oblast
Oryol Oblast
Oryol Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Oryol. Population: -Geography:It is located in the southwestern part of the Central Federal District, in the Mid-Russian Highlands. Kaluga and Tula Oblasts border it in the north, Bryansk Oblast is located to...
, of area 77,745 ha
Hectare
The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...
. In was established by a decree of the Russian Governmen no.6 of January 9, 1994.