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Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve
Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve 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). 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.
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