Polistovsky Nature Reserve [SEP] located in the administrative territorial entity
Polistovsky Nature Reserve
Polistovsky Nature Reserve, Polistovsky Zapovednik () is a strict nature reserve (a "zapovednik") in the northwest of Russia, located in Bezhanitsky and Loknyansky Districts of Pskov Oblast, in the Polist-Lovat Swamp System. The reserve is about 120 km southeast of the city of Pskov. It was formally established on May 25, 1994. Previously, it functioned as a zakaznik. The nature reserve is created to protect the raised bog ecosystems of the Northwestern Russia. 
Location and geography.
Reserve (territorial entity)
Reserve is a term of art for some administrative territorial entities and may refer to:
- Biosphere reserve
- Game reserve, land set aside for maintenance of wildlife for tourism or hunting
- Indian reserve, in Canada, a tract of land reserved for the use and benefit of a band
- Indian reservation, an equivalent concept in the United States
- Nature reserve, a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest