List of nature reserves of Ukraine

The nature reserves of Ukraine are protected areas of Ukraine, nature conservation and science researching institutions of state importance that are part of the Nature-Preservation Fund of Ukraine.

Main article: Categories of protected areas of Ukraine

List
Name Photo Location Website Area Year Description
Gorgany Gorgany Nature Reserve Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
48°27′09″N 24°14′00″E
 Reserve:
 5,344 ha (20.6 sq mi) 1996 Covers a part of the Gorgany mountain range of the Outer Eastern Carpatians in southwest Ukraine. The reserve is 46% old-growth forest, one of the last and largest such stands in Europe.[1]
Dniprovsko-Orilskyi Floodplain of Lake Grobovo Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
48°30′43″N 34°47′4″E
 Reserve:
No URL		 3,766 ha (14.5 sq mi) 1990 Located in the center of the country in the valley of the Dnieper River, the reserve protects two river terraces, the first a strip 2 km wide along the left bank of the Dnieper, and the second a higher inland terrance. It also covers a floodplain of the Oril River. 30% of the reserve is water (some of which was backed up during construction of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station), and 89% of the floodplain land is forest, mostly oak.
Drevlyans Dervlyans Zhytomyr Oblast
51°12′10″N 29°4′53″E
 Reserve:
 66,816 ha (258.0 sq mi) 2009 follows along the Uzh River in the Polesia region of north-central Ukraine. Created to protect representative forests and wetlands of the Polesia region, the area experienced contamination from the Chernobyl disaster. The site is 80 km due west of Chernobyl.[2]
Yelanets Steppe Yelanets Steppe Nature Reserve Mykolaiv Oblast
47°38′05″N 31°54′30″E
 Reserve:
 1,675.7 ha (6.5 sq mi) 1996 Covers a section of the largest virgin steppe tract in the Northern Black Sea Coast area. It is the only steppe reserve in Right-bank Ukraine (the area on the west side of the Dnieper River).[3]
Kaniv Kaniv Nature Reserve Cherkasy Oblast
49°44′40″N 31°27′21″E
 Reserve:
 2,027 ha (7.8 sq mi) 1923 Covers a portion of the right bank of the Dnieper River, and two floodplain islands in the river itself. The reserve is in the center of Ukraine, along the northeast edge of the Dnieper Upland. It was created to protect valuable forest-steppe and floodplain habitat. The site is known for an abundance of archaeological sites left by cultures back to the Paleolithic.[4]
Karadag Karadag Nature Reserve Crimea
44°56′09″N 35°13′59″E
 Reserve:
 2,874 ha (11.1 sq mi) 1979 Covers a portion of the southeast coast of the Crimean peninsula. Encompassing mountains, forest-steppe, shoreline and marine areas, Karadag is an area of high biodiversity and the subject of much scientific study throughout the past 100 years. It supports a high number of Crimea's endemic species, and important bird colonies.[5]
Kazantypskyi Kazantypskyi Nature Reserve Crimea
45.4616°N 35.8434°E / 45.4616; 35.8434
 Reserve:
None		 4,500 ha (17.4 sq mi) 1998 Includes both territory of Cape Kazantyp and coast-aquatic-complex, on the Kerch Peninsula.[6]
Crimean Crimean Nature Reserve Crimea
44°40′00″N 34°21′00″E
 Reserve:
http://zapovednik-crimea.udprf-crimea.com/		 44,175 ha (170.6 sq mi) 1991 Located on a portion of the Crimean Mountains, on the south coast of the Crimean Peninsula. It is the largest and oldest nature reserve in Ukraine[7]
Swan Islands Swan Islands Nature Reserve Crimea
45°52′30″N 33°32′30″E
 Reserve:
 9,612 ha (37.1 sq mi) 1949 The Swan Islands Reserve protects a series of islands off the northwest coast of the Crimean Peninsula that this an important resting place for migratory birds in the summer and fall, and a nesting place in winter. It is a sub-unit of the Crimean Nature Reserve.[8]
Luhansk Luhansk Nature Reserve Luhansk Oblast
48°45′06″N 39°22′32″E
 Reserve:
None		 8,000 ha (30.9 sq mi) 1968 Luhansk Nature Reserve is an administrative collection of four individual national nature reserves of Ukraine. Located in Luhansk Oblast, the easternmost province of Ukraine, the Luhansk reserves were affected by hostilities in the area in 2014. Originally established as a strict reserve for conservation and scientific study, public access is prohibited. The four components each exhibit a different aspect of the steppe ecology of eastern Ukraine.
Stanichno-Luhansk Stanichno-Luhansk Reserve Luhansk Oblast
48°45′25″N 39°21′30″E
 Reserve:
 498 ha (1.9 sq mi) 1968 Covers a portion of the left bank of the Donets River floodplain. The reserve is about 30 km north of Luhansk, near the town of Stanytsia Luhanska.[9]
Provallya Steppe Provallya Steppe Nature Reserve Luhansk Oblast
48°09′01″N 39°51′29″E
 Reserve:
 588 ha (2.3 sq mi) 1975 Covers two tracts of representative steppe on the eastern Ukrainian border with Russia. As of 2014, the reserve was no longer under the control of the Ukraine government.[10]
Striltsevsky Steppe Striltsevsky Steppe Nature Reserve Luhansk Oblast
49°17′59″N 40°5′46″E
 Reserve:
 1,037 ha (4.0 sq mi) 1948 Covers representative steppe habitat in eastern Ukraine. The site has been a nature reserve since 1931, providing scientists with a long history of study of steppe ecological processes. It is known for its population of European Marmot.[11]
Medobory Medobory Nature Reserve Ternopil Oblast
49°12′00″N 26°10′00″E
 Reserve:
 10,521 ha (40.6 sq mi) 1990 Located in the Podolian Upland in the western part of the country. It protects a representative portion of the "Tovtry" region, known for rocky limestone ridges.[12]
Cape Martyan Cape Martyan Reserve Crimea
44.5068713°N 34.2508710°E / 44.5068713; 34.2508710
 Reserve:
None		 240 ha (0.9 sq mi) 1973 The reserve was created to save naturally valuable systems of Cape Martyan in natural state, to protect and to preserve rare species of flora and fauna, and to conduct scientific research.
Michael's Virgin Land Michael's Virgin Land Nature Reserve Sumy Oblast
50°55′N 34°45′E
 Reserve:
None		 883 ha (3.4 sq mi) 2009 Covers meadow-steppe and forest-steppe in the northeast of Ukraine near the border with Russia. It exhibits plants found in both northern and southern steppes. First created as a reserve in 1928, it was expanded over the years and formally upgraded to a national reserve in 2009.[13]
Opuksky Opuksky Nature Reserve Crimea
45°01′50″N 36°11′10″E
 Reserve:
 1,592 ha (6.1 sq mi) 1998 Located on the southern coast of the Kerch Peninsula on the Black Sea. It is centered on a limestone massif (Mount Opuk) rising from the kerch plains, and a salt lake (Lake Koyashske). The site is a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance.[14]
Polissya Polissya Nature Reserve Zhytomyr Oblast
51°32′05″N 28°06′20″E
 Reserve:
 20,104 ha (77.6 sq mi) 1968 Dedicated to the conservation and scientific study of representative woodland marshes of the Pinsk Marshes in the Polissya region.[15]
Rivne Rivne Nature Reserve Rivne Oblast
51.3944°N 26.8472°E / 51.3944; 26.8472
 Reserve:
 42,289 ha (163.3 sq mi) 2003 This is the largest area Ukraine has taken under protection, and the best preserved area of bog massifs. The reserve was created to preserve the natural state of typical and unique natural complexes of the Ukraine Polissya. As a result of Ukraine's geographical position, the reserve belongs to the Volyn Polissya zone of mixed forests.
Cheremske Cheremske Nature Reserve Volyn Oblast
51°22′25″N 25°28′40″E
 Reserve:
None		 2,976 ha (11.5 sq mi) 2001 Covers forest and wetlands of the Western Polesia region, in the northwest of the country. The area is one of high biodiversity because of the varied habitat in transitional ecological zones.[16]
Ukrainian Steppe Ukrainian Steppe Nature Reserve Donetsk Oblast
47°06′N 38°00′E
 Reserve:
 2,768 ha (10.7 sq mi) 1961 Protects a collection of primitive steppe tracts in Donetsk Oblast region of the Ukrainian southeast. Each tract is a different sub-type of Ukrainian steppe.[17]
Chalk Flora Chalk Flora Nature Reserve Donetsk Oblast
48°52′23″N 37°53′09″E
 Reserve:
 1,134 ha (4.4 sq mi) 1988 Lies on open chalk slopes of the riverine hills along the Donets River. The ridge is about 50–70 meters above the surrounding territory, and steep - up to 70 degrees.[18]
Yalta Mountain-Forest Yalta Mountain-Forest Nature Reserve Crimea
44°27′29″N 34°05′24″E
 Reserve:
 14,523 ha (56.1 sq mi) 1973 Covers the southwestern ranges of the Crimean Mountains, along the south coast of the Crimean Peninsula.[19]

See also

References
  1. "Gorgany (Official Reserve Website)" (in Ukrainian). Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources (Ukraine). Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  2. "Drevylans Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Official Reserve Website. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  3. "Yelanets Steppe Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Official Reserve Website. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  4. "Kaniv Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Official Reserve Website. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  5. "Karadag Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Official Reserve Website. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  6. "Kazantypskyi Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). (Reserve Site; Internet Archive). Archived from the original on September 6, 2009. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  7. "Crimean Nature Reserve - History" (in Ukrainian). Official Reserve Website. Archived from the original on June 15, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  8. "Swan Islands Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Official Reserve Website. Archived from the original on June 15, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  9. "Stanichno-Lugansk Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Official Reserve Website. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  10. "Provallya Steppe" (in Ukrainian). Official Reserve Website. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  11. "Striltsevsky Steppe Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Official Reserve Website. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  12. "Medobory Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Ukraine Incognita. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  13. "Michael's Virgin Land Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Zapovedniks of Ukraine. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  14. "Opuksky Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Official Reserve Website. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  15. "Polissya Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Official Reserve Website. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  16. "Cheremske Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Volyn Oblast. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  17. "Ukrainian Steppe Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Official Reserve Website. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  18. "Chalk Flora Nature Reserve" (in Ukrainian). Official Reserve Website. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  19. "Yalta Mountain-Forest Nature Reserve" (in Russian). Official Reserve Website. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
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