SOVIET UNION

SOVIET UNION / СОЮЗ СОВЕТСКИХ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКИХ РЕСПУБЛИК.

50th Anniversary of Barguzin Nature Reserve (Buryatia).
Map of the Reserve on the shores of Lake Baikal and fauna.
First stamp in a set of 2, issued on 25.06.1966.
Face value: 4 Soviet kopek.
Design: Aleksei Sementsov-Ogievsky.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 4,000,000 copies.
Size: 84 x 30 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 3207.
- Michel No. 3233.
- Scott No. 3218.
- StampWorld No. 3024.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 3308.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2115.
- Zagorsky Bo. 3207.

Barguzin Nature Reserve (Russian: Баргузинский заповедник) is located in Buryatia (Russian Federation) on the west slope of the Barguzin Range, including the northeast shores of the Lake Baikal and a part of the lake itself. The name of the preserve (and the range) comes from the Barguzin River. The area of the reserve is 2,482 km² (958 sq mi). It was created in December 29, 1916 to preserve and increase the numbers of Barguzin Sable (Martes zibellina). Mountainous and taiga landscapes are also being preserved. Since 1986 it has been included in the list of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves. In the reserve the elk, the musk deer, the white hare, the brown bear, the shrew and the black-capped marmot are preserved among other animals; Baikal omul, sturgeon, grayling, taimen, lenok and other species of fish are found in the lake's waters. Taiga of cedar, fir and larch dominate at higher altitudes.