Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve (, , ) is a Russian '

zapovednik A zapovednik is an established term on the Post-Soviet states, territory of the former Soviet Union for a protected area which is kept "forever wild". It is the highest degree of environmental protection for the assigned areas, which are strictly ...

' (strict nature reserve) in

Primorsky Krai Primorsky Krai, informally known as Primorye, is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (a krais of Russia, krai) of Russia, part of the Far Eastern Federal District in the Russian Far East. The types of inhabited localities in Russia, ...

. It is a reserve for the endangered

Siberian tiger The Siberian tiger or Amur tiger is a population of the tiger subspecies ''Panthera tigris tigris'' native to Northeast China, the Russian Far East, and possibly North Korea. It once ranged throughout the Korea, Korean Peninsula, but currently ...

. It was founded on February 10, 1935, to protect a population of the

sable The sable (''Martes zibellina'') is a species of marten, a small omnivorous mammal primarily inhabiting the forest environments of Russia, from the Ural Mountains throughout Siberia, and northern Mongolia. Its habitat also borders eastern Kaz ...

. The Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve is located in a

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on the eastern slopes of Central

Sikhote-Alin The Sikhote-Alin (, , , ) is a mountain range in Primorsky and Khabarovsk Krais, Russia, extending about to the northeast of the Russian Pacific seaport of Vladivostok. The highest summits are Tordoki Yani at above sea level, Ko Mountain () ...

in the Terneysky and Krasnoarmeysky Districts and the area of Dalnegorsk City Council. The area of the

is 401,428 ha (2,900 ha - aquatic). Hunting and fishing in Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve are forbidden. The reserve is featured in the 1999 documentary titled ''In The Shadow Of The Tiger''. Along with Ussurisky Nature Reserve, it is also featured in the natural film ''Operation Snow Tiger'' by the

BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...

, which initially aired in 2013.

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