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Important Bird Areas of Russia

  • New Siberian IslandsYakov Permyakov brought the first news of these islands to the outside world in the early 1700s. A Cossack unit led by M.
  • Volga DeltaIn 1880, the Volga Delta covered an area of roughly 25,000 square kilometers. Today that number has grown to approximately 49,000 square kilometers across…
  • Wrangel IslandWrangel Island sits astride the 180th meridian, placing it in a unique geographic position. This location makes its north shore both the northeasternmost and…