The Bashkir State Natural Preserve
The given preserve is the oldest one in the republic. It was organized on the territory if several regions. Most of its area is covered with forests with pine ones being predominant; the rest of it is covered with mountain steppes. Local flora and fauna are quite typical for the mid Southern Urals. The preserve's main activity is preservation and study of this typical natural complex. In the preserve there works the Museum of Nature, where you can attend lectures on importance and typical features of the given natural zone as well as excursions along an ecological path. The Bashkir State Preserve cooperates with many foreign and Russian organizations engaged into the preservation of nature.
Address: Abzelilovsky, Burzyansky and Beloretsky Regions, Bashkortostan.