The reserve is a land or water area within which the natural complex is completely and permanently removed from economic use and is protected by the state. In Russia there are more than 100 of these unique places of the nature which are under special protection and protection (till the end of 2020 it is planned to open 11 more). In accordance with the Federal law of the Russian Federation, 1995, nature reserves are types of protected areas (PAS), the status of their territories as national parks, has a Federal importance (247). Depending on the occupied areas, reserves are large (giant reserves, S more than 1 million hectares), medium and small.
