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Virgin Komi Forests

Virgin Komi Forests
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The Virgin Komi Forests comprise a vast virgin boreal forest ecosystem, bordering the alpine tundra of the Ural mountains. The designated area consists of Pechoro Ilychsky Nature Reserve, Yugyd-Va National Park and a buffer zone. This serial nomination covers dozens of protected areas, totalling 3.28 million ha.

Dominant tree species include Siberian spruce, Siberian fir and Siberian larch. Brown bear, moose, wolf, otter, beaver, sable, wolverine and lynx are mammals that can be encountered here.

The area is located in the Komi Republic, one of the subjects of the Russian Federation. It lies to the west of the Ural mountains, in the north-east of the East European Plain.


Year Decision Comments
1995 Inscribed Reasons for inscription
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Reviews

Jarek Pokrzywnicki (Poland):
Area consist of Yugyd Va National Park, Pechorsko-Ilychski Reserve and buffer zones (including Yaksha Forest). Personally I was visiting only parts of Yugyd Va NP. One of the most difficult to reach places in Russia. There are no roads, no airports nearby. The only possibility is to get to Inta by train (2 days from Moscow) and from Inta either by organised trip (very, very expensive as they organise foreign groups only and use lorry cars for transportation (some 80 km to Yugyd Va Park borders) or like me by train to Kozhim-Rudnik station (direction back to Moscow but the fast train from Moscow doesn't stop there) and than by foot or by organised trip from Inta (very, very expensive as they organise foreign groups only and use lorry cars for transportation (some 80 km to Yugyd Va borders). You must have all food and accommodation (tent) on your own. Also (strongly, believe me) recommended nets agains small flies and mosquitos and local maps (there are no maps in Inta - use internet databases). Yugyd Va NP is the biggest national park in Europe with a big diversity of nature landscapes (meadows, bogs, forests, lakes, rivers and mountains)
Date posted: September 2008


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