Every year we learn more and more interesting facts about our state. And today, the article will discuss another amazing corner of Russia. Zavidovsky reserve is located about 150 kilometers from the capital. This corner is unique in that it includes a national park, as well as the president’s suburban residence. The Zavidovo state complex is located on the banks of the Lama and Shosh rivers , as well as near the Ivankovo ​​reservoir or, as it is also called, the Moscow Sea. In general, the borders of the Zavidovsky Reserve are located on the territories of the Moscow and Tver Regions.
State facility
The residence of our president "Rus" is located on the territory of the complex. It covers an area of ​​15 and a half hectares. It included various hotel complexes, a base for hunters, numerous swimming pools and saunas, as well as a boat station and some buildings for household purposes.
The main building of the residence is two-story. It has huge windows, inside there is a fireplace. Inside there is oak furniture, which is an example of furniture art of the mid-twentieth century. There is also a hotel for senior officials. Each employee has separate apartments. In addition, Zavidovsky Reserve has a hunting ground, two swimming pools, several tennis courts and two artificially created lakes.
About the huge complex
The area of ​​the entire park is large - only 25,000 hectares. Zavidovsky reserve has a large number of animal species. Their maintenance is permissible due to the impressive size of the reserve and the founding of diverse lands in it. Biologists and ecologists count 33 species of fish in the park, and 11 species of reptiles and amphibians were also studied. Among the birds, almost 200 species were recorded, of which 163 nest in the park. Among mammals, more than 40 species have been observed. Here is such a rich fauna in the park. Scientists know that the Zavidovsky scientific-experimental reserve has become home to large animals. In these places, you can often find wild boar. There are also moose and roe deer in the forests. They say that even a brown bear, lynx, European mink, badger and otter are found. There are a lot of fish in the Ivankovo ​​reservoir. Ichthyologists found spawning grounds for pike and carp in these waters. They found rare fish for the Tver region, including sterlet, podust and others.
Origin history
Zavidovsky reserve began to form even before the 1917 revolution. At that time, his tenant was the Konstantinovsky hunting club. Then he was not far from the village of Kozlovo. These lands were very popular among Moscow hunters. One of the owners of the hunting dacha was the wealthy famous man Savva Morozov. At the beginning of the 20th century, Vladimir Lenin liked to hunt in this park. In the village called Shosha, the house where he stayed is still preserved. After the end of the civil war, hunting military societies appeared on Zavidovo land. They were organized by the commissars and commanders of the Red Army.
Land and farm conversion time
Two years later, namely, in 1931, the Zavidovsky Reserve received the status of a military hunting estate already officially. After another 10 years, in the winter of 1941, the front line passed through the borders of Zavidovo. Thus, the war caused great damage to our lands. The reserve was restored again. In August 1951, on the orders of Joseph Stalin, the economy had to be liquidated. Everything that belonged to the lands of Zavidovo was transferred to the ownership of the Kozlovskaya cloth factory. The territory and borders of the park for several years remained without close attention and control, so the poachers began to exterminate the game. After Stalin passed away in 1953, the leaders of our state began again to restore the Zavidovo scientific-experimental farm. Nikita Khrushchev decided to create several demonstration farms. So, in 1971, the national park receives the status of a state reserve of the USSR.
In the 60-70s, "Zavidovo" was the government residence of Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev. They really liked this place. They not only rested there, but also spent time with foreign statesmen. The chief secretaries of the USSR invited the leaders of the fraternal communist parties, chancellors, marshals, prime ministers, astronauts and writers to solve various political matters.
In February 1992, the first president of the Russian Federation, Boris Yeltsin, ordered the creation of a state complex on the basis of the Zavidovo hunting grounds. Thanks to this decision, Zavidovo became subordinate to the federal security service. In August 1996, the residence of the President of the Russian Federation under the name “Rus” was formed in the park. After perestroika in the 90s, various diplomatic meetings took place there, as well as negotiations between President Boris Yeltsin and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. These sites were attended by the premieres of Canada, Japan, as well as various leaders of near and far abroad. During the reign of Vladimir Putin, the prime ministers of Great Britain and Italy visited Zavidovo. In 2002, the king of Spain visited this beautiful place. And Dmitry Medvedev met with Cuban Minister Raul Castro. The list of distinguished guests does not end there: the presidents of Tajikistan, Belarus and Armenia also visited the Zavidovsky Reserve. The telephone number of the reserve and the residence is classified.