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The appropriate order was signed on November, 30th, 2006 by the Russian Federation Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov.

According to the document, the new national park is founded on the lands which total area makes 74400 hectares within the borders of the City of Kostomuksha urban district (Republic of Karelia), including 74343 hectares of forest resources and 57 hectares of land of other users.

According to the order of the Russian Federation Government, mode of special protection of land, excluding any activity which may cause damage to natural complexes, flora and fauna objects, cultural and historical objects and which conflict with the national park purposes and tasks is introduced in territory of the park. Kalevalsky park is the first national park founded within the past 7 years.

Kalevalsky national park is founded for preservation of a large natural forestland remained in the territory of the Republic of Karelia, as well as for protection of natural and cultural landscape which became the basis of the world-famous Karelian epos Kalevala. By the degree of safety of many types of wood ecosystems, mainly dry pine woods on rocks and fluvio-glacial sediments, Kalevalsky park is unique and has no analogues in Fennoscandia. Except for unique woods, Kalevalsky park includes many rare marsh and lake ecosystems requiring special protection.

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