Bialowieza Primaeval Forest, known as Belaveskaya Pushcha (Белавеская пушча) or Belovezhskaya Pushcha in Belarus and Puszcza Białowieska in Poland, is an ancient virginal forest straddling the border between Belarus and Poland, located 70 km north of Brest. It is the only remaining part of the once immense forest spreading across the European Plains ^{[citation needed]}. The purpose of this page is to lay out our policies for handling sounds, and give people some useful information for handling sound files. ... Brest (Belarusian: ; Russian: , formerly Брест-Литовск (Brest-Litovsk); in Polish as Brześć Litewski, Brześć nad Bugiem or Brześć BiaÅ‚oruski; Lithuanian: Lietuvos Brasta (literally meaning shallows of Lithuania) is a city (population 290,000 in 2004) in Belarus close to the Polish border where the Western Bug and Mukhavets Rivers meet. ...

This UNESCO World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve lies in south-western Belarus, in parts of the Brest voblast (Kamenets and Pruzhany districts) and Hrodna voblast (Svisloch district), and near the town of Białowieża in the Podlasie Voivodship (62 km south-east of Białystok and 190km north-east of Warsaw) in Poland. On the Polish side it is partly protected as Białowieski Park Narodowy, or Białowieża National Park, and occupies over 100 km². On the Belarusian side the Biosphere Reserve occupies 1,771 km²; the core area covers 157 km²; the buffer zone - 714 km²; and the transition zone - 900 km²; with the National Park and World Heritage Site comprising 876 km². The border dividing 2 countries runs across the forest and it is closed for big animals and tourists as well, for the time being. UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ... Site #86: Memphis and its Necropolis, including the Pyramids of Giza (Egypt). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Brest voblast is one of the administrative regions in the Republic of Belarus located in the south-west of Poland and Ukraine. ... Kamianiec (also spelled Kamenets) (Belarusian: Камяне́ц) is a town in the Brest voblast of Belarus and the center of the Kamianiec District. ... Categories: Belarus-related stubs | Regions of Belarus ... Podlasie Voivodship or Podlachia Voivodship (Polish: województwo podlaskie) is an administrative region, or voivodship, in northeastern Poland. ... Białystok (pronounce: [bȋa:wistɔk]) (Belarusian: Беласток, Lithuanian: Balstogė) is the largest city (pop. ... Warsaw (Polish: , (?), in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto StoÅ‚eczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and its largest city. ... Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales A national park is a reserve of land, usually owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. ... A buffer zone is any area that serves the purpose of keeping two or more other areas distant from one another, for whatever reason. ...

Wisent (żubr) in Bialowieza Forest.

European wisent (żubr) photographed by Henryk Kotowski in Białowieża, Eastern Poland released under the terms of GFDL File links The following pages link to this file: Wisent Wikiportal:Poland/Did you know Categories: GFDL images ... European wisent (żubr) photographed by Henryk Kotowski in Białowieża, Eastern Poland released under the terms of GFDL File links The following pages link to this file: Wisent Wikiportal:Poland/Did you know Categories: GFDL images ... Binomial name Bison bonasus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Wisent (pronounced vE-zent) is the European bison, species Bison bonasus. ...

Belarusian part

The Belovezhskaya Pushcha headquarters at Kamieniuki, Belarus include laboratory facilities, a zoo where wisent (reintroduced into the park in 1929), konik (a semi-wild horse), wild boar, elk, and other indigenous animals may be viewed in their natural habitat, as well as a small interpretive museum, restaurant, snack bar and hotel facilities which were built during the Soviet era and are currently in a state of disrepair. Due to the lack of facilities and internal tourist regulations (special registration in Brest, Belarus is needed in the Visa office of the Ministry of the Interior Affairs, or in the Intourist hotel) few foreign tourists visit the Belarusian Pushcha annually. Binomial name Bison bonasus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Wisent (pronounced vE-zent) is the European bison, species Bison bonasus. ... The konik is a small Polish horse, a kind of wild pony. ... Binomial name Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 The Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) is the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig. ... Binomial name Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758) Moose range map Alces alces, called the moose in North America and the elk in Europe (see also elk for other animals called elk) is the largest member of the deer family Cervidae, distinguished from other members of Cervidae by the form of the... Brest (Belarusian: ; Russian: , formerly Брест-Литовск (Brest-Litovsk); in Polish as Brześć Litewski, Brześć nad Bugiem or Brześć Białoruski; Lithuanian: Lietuvos Brasta (literally meaning shallows of Lithuania) is a city (population 290,000 in 2004) in Belarus close to the Polish border where the Western Bug and Mukhavets Rivers meet. ...

Polish part

Białowieża National Park

On the Polish side, in the Białowieża National Park, one finds the Białowieska Glade, originally built for the tsars of Russia — the last private owners of the forest (from 1888 to 1917) when the whole forest was within the Russian Empire. The Glade is equipped with a hotel, restaurant and parking areas. Guided tours into the strictly controlled areas of the park can be arranged by horse drawn carriage. Approximately 100,000 tourists visit the Polish part of the Forest annually. ImageMetadata File history File links Poland_Bialowieza_-_BPN.jpg Poland, BiaÅ‚owieża National Park. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Poland_Bialowieza_-_BPN.jpg Poland, BiaÅ‚owieża National Park. ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...

History

This area of eastern Europe was originally covered by virginal forests like the Belovezhskaya Pushcha. People traveled along river routes until the 14th century; roads and bridges appeared much later. Limited hunting rights were granted throughout the forest in the 14th century. In the 15th century the forest became a property of king Władysław Jagiełło who used the forest as a food reserve for his army marching towards the Battle of Grunwald. A wooden manor in Białowieża became his refuge during the 1426 plague. The first recorded piece of legislation on the protection of the forest dates to 1538 when a document issued by king Sigismund the Old instituted the death penalty for poaching a wisent (European bison). He also built a new wooden hunting manor in Białowieża, which became the namesake for the whole forest. This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... Wladislaus II on Jan Matejkos painting Wladislaus II Jagiello (Polish Władysław II Jagiełło, Lithuanian Jogaila, and in Belarusian as Jahajla (Ягайла)) (c. ... Combatants Kingdom of Poland Grand Duchy of Lithuania Teutonic Order Commanders WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw JagieÅ‚Å‚o, Vytautas the Great Ulrich von Jungingen Strength 39,000 27,000 Casualties Unknown 8,000 dead 2,000 captured The Battle of Grunwald or Battle of Tannenberg took place on July 15, 1410 between... Events March 6 - Battle of St. ... A pandemic (from Greek pan all + demos people) is an epidemic (an outbreak of an infectious disease) that spreads worldwide, or at least across a large region. ... Events Treaty of Nagyvarad. ... Reign From December 8, 1506 until April 1, 1548 Coronation On January 24, 1507 in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland Royal House Jagiellon Parents Kazimierz IV JagielloÅ„czyk Elżbieta Rakuszanka Consorts Katarzyna Telniczanka Barbara Zapolya Bona Sforza Children with Katarzyna Telniczanka Jan Regina Katarzyna with Barbara Zapolya Jadwiga... Binomial name Bison bonasus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Wisent (pronounced vE-zent) is the European bison, species Bison bonasus. ...

The forest was declared a hunting reserve in 1541 for the protection of wisent. In 1557, the forest charter was issued, under which a special board was established which examined forest usage. In 1639 king Władysław IV Waza issued the "Białowieża royal forest decree" (Ordynacja Puszczy J.K. Mości leśnictwa Białowieskiego). The document freed all peasants living in the forest in exchange for their service as osocznicy, or royal hunters. They were also freed of taxes in exchange for taking care of the forest. The forest was divided onto 12 triangular areas (straże) with a centre in Białowieża. Events The first official translation of the entire Bible in Swedish February 12 - Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile. ... Events Spain is effectively bankrupt. ... Events January 14 - Connecticuts first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, is adopted. ... Reign in Poland From November 8, 1632 until May 20, 1648 Reign in Russia From 1610 until 1635 Elected in Poland On November 8, 1632 in Wola, today suburb of Warsaw, Poland Elected in Russia In 1610 Coronation On February 6, 1633 in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland Royal House...

Białowieża National Park

Until the reign of Jan Kazimierz the forest was mostly unpopulated. However, in late 17th century several small villages were established for development of local iron ore deposits and tar production. The villages were populated with settlers from Masovia and Podlachia and many of them still exist. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (640x960, 167 KB) Poland, Bialowieża National Park - Royal Oaks. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (640x960, 167 KB) Poland, Bialowieża National Park - Royal Oaks. ... Reign From November, 1648 until September 16, 1668 Elected In November 1648 in Wola, today suburb of Warsaw, Poland Coronation On January 19, 1649 in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland Royal House Vasa Parents Zygmunt III Waza Anna Austriaczka Consorts Ludwika Maria Children with Ludwika Maria Maria Anna Teresa... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... This heap of iron ore pellets will be used in steel production. ... This article is about the black liquid. ... Historical division of Masovia Masovia (Polish: Mazowsze) is a geographical and historical region situated in central Poland with its capital at Warsaw. ... Podlasie (Latin Podlachia) is a historical region in eastern part of Poland and western Belarus. ...

After the Partitions of Poland tsar Paul turned all foresters into serfs and handed them over along with parts of forest which they lived in to various Russian aristocrats and generals. Also, a large number of hunters entered the forest since all protection was abolished. The number of wisents fell from more than 500 to less than 200 in 15 years. However, in 1801 tsar Alexander I reintroduced the reserve and hired a small amount of peasants for protection of the animals. By the 1830s there were 700 wisents. However, since most of the foresters took part in the November Uprising (500 out of 502), their posts were abolished, leading to a breakdown of protection. The Partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, commonly known as the Partitions of Poland (Polish: Rozbiór Polski or Rozbiory Polski; Lithuanian: Padalijimas) took place in the 18th century and ended the existence of the sovereign Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. ... Paul I of Russia Paul I of Russia (Russian: Pavel Petrovich, Павел I Петрович) (October 1, 1754 - March 23, 1801) was an Emperor (Tsar) of Russia (1796 - 1801). ... Costumes of Slaves or Serfs, from the Sixth to the Twelfth Centuries, collected by H. de Vielcastel, from original Documents in the great Libraries of Europe. ... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... Aleksander I Pavlovich Romanov (Russian: Александр I Павлович) (December 23, 1777–December 1, 1825), was Emperor of Russia from March 23, 1801–December 1, 1825 and King of Poland from 1815–1825, as well as the first Grand Duke of Finland. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Alexander II visited the forest in 1860 and decided that the protection of wisents must be reintroduced. Following his orders, locals killed all predators: wolves, bears and lynxes. In 1888 the Russian tsars became the owners of all of primeval forest. Once again the forest became a royal hunting reserve. The tsars started sending the wisents as gifts to various European capitals while at the same time populating the forest with deer, elk and other animals brought from all over the empire. The last major tsarist hunt took place in 1912. Alexander II (1818-1881) Alexander (Aleksandr) II Nikolaevitch (Russian: Александр II Николаевич) (April 17, 1818, Moscow–March 13, 1881) was the Emperor (Czar) of Russia from March 2, 1855 until his assassination. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... ŒœáħŐųŁġĖĞɮʙ[[]] It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with predation. ... Wolf Wolf Man Mount Wolf Wolf Prizes Wolf Spider Wolf 424 Wolf 359 Wolf Point Wolf-herring Frank Wolf Friedrich Wolf Friedrich August Wolf Hugo Wolf Johannes Wolf Julius Wolf Max Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf Maximilian Wolf Rudolf Wolf Thomas Wolf As Name Wolf Breidenbach Wolf Hirshorn Other The call... Genera Ailuropoda Ursus Tremarctos Arctodus(extinct) A bear is a very large mammal of the order Carnivora, family Ursidae. ... The range of the lynx. ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... Look up Tsar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary For the US community of Czar, see Czar, West Virginia. ... Subfamilies Capreolinae Cervinae Hydropotinae Muntiacinae A deer is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. ... Binomial name Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758) Moose range map Alces alces, called the moose in North America and the elk in Europe (see also elk for other animals called elk) is the largest member of the deer family Cervidae, distinguished from other members of Cervidae by the form of the... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

During the World War I the forest suffered heavy losses. The German army seized the area in August 1915 and started to hunt for the animals. During 3,5 years of German occupation more than 200 kilometres of railway tracks were laid in there in order to ease the industrial development of the area. Three big lumber-mills were built in Hajnówka, Białowieża and Gródek. Until September 25 when an order was issued not to hunt in the reserve at least 200 wisents were killed. However, German soldiers, poachers and Soviet marauders continued the slaughter until February 1919 when the area was captured by the Polish army. The last wisent was killed just a month earlier. Combatants Allies: • Serbia, • Russia, • France, • Romania, • Belgium, • British Empire and Dominions, • United States, • Italy, • ...and others Central Powers: • Germany, • Austria-Hungary, • Ottoman Empire, • Bulgaria Casualties Military dead: 5 million Civilian dead: 3 million Total: 8 million Full list Military dead: 3 million Civilian dead: 3 million Total: 6 million Full... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Hajnówka is a town in north-eastern Poland with 24,300 inhabitants (1995). ... Białowieża is a village or a small town in Poland, in Podlasie Voivodship, in the middle of Biebrza Marshes and Białowieża Forest, for which it is a namesake. ... September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

After the Polish-Soviet War in 1921 the core of Puszcza Białowieska was declared a National Reserve. In 1923 it was discovered that only 54 wisents survived the war in various zoological gardens all around the world - none of them in Poland. In 1929 a small herd of 4 wisents was bought by the Polish state from various zoological gardens and from the Western Caucasus (where the wisent was to become extinct just several years afterwards). To protect them, most of the forest was declared a Białowieża National Park in 1932. Combatants Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic Second Polish Republic Commanders Mikhail Tukhachevsky Józef PiÅ‚sudski Edward Rydz-ÅšmigÅ‚y Strength 950,000 including reserves 5 million 360,000 including reserves 738,000 Casualties Unknown, dead estimated at 100,000 - 150,000 Unknown, dead estimated at 60,000 The Polish... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The last wild wisent in the world was killed by poachers here in 1927. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ...

The reintroduction proved successful and in 1939 there were 16 wisents in the Białowieża National Park. Two of them were from the zoological garden in Pszczyna and were direct descendants of a pair of wisents from the forest given to Duke of Pszczyna by tsar Alexander II in 1865. 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Białowieża Primaeval Forest, known as Belavezhskaya Pushcha (Белавеская пушча) in Belarus and Puszcza Białowieska in Poland, is an ancient virginal forest straddling the border between Belarus and Poland, located 70 km north of Brest. ... Poland Silesian Voivodship Old Katowice Voivodship Pszczyna (German: Pleß) is a town in southern Poland with 26,827 inhabitants (2003) within the immediate gmina rising to 50,121 inhabitants in the powiat , which includes the town of Pszczyna, itself, Brzeźce (1041), Czarków (1852), Ćwiklice (2569), Jankowice (2591), Łąka... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ...

In 1939 the local inhabitants of Polish ethnicity were deported to remote areas of the Soviet Union. They were replaced with Soviet forest workers, but in 1941 the forest was occupied by Germans and the Soviet inhabitants were also deported. Hermann Göring planned to create the biggest hunting reserve in the world there. Since July 1941 the forest became a refuge for both Polish and Soviet partisans. German authorities organized mass executions of people suspected of aiding the resistance. In July 1944 the area was liberated by the Red Army. Withdrawing Wehrmacht demolished the historical Białowieża hunting manor. 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Not by Their Own Will. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... Hermann Göring Hermann Wilhelm Göring (also Goering in English) (January 12, 1893 – October 15, 1946) was an early member of the Nazi party, Commander of the Luftwaffe, and one of the main leaders of Nazi Germany. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... A resistance movement is a non-military group or collection of individual groups, dedicated to fighting an invader in an occupied country through either the use of physical force, or nonviolence. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... The short forms Red Army and RKKA refer to the Workers and Peasants Red Army, (in Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия - Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya), the armed forces first organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918. ... German cavalry and motorized units entering Poland from East Prussia during the Polish Defensive War of 1939 Wehrmacht (help· info) (Defence force) was the name of the armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945. ...

After the war part of the forest was devided between Poland and the Belarusian SSR of the USSR. The Soviet part was put under public administration while in the Polish part the Białowieża National Park was reopened in 1947. language None. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ...

Belovezhskaya Pushcha was protected under: Decision No. 657 of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR, 9 October 1944; Order No. 2252-P of the USSR Council of Ministers, 9 August 1957; and Decree No.352 of the Byelorussian SSR Council of Ministers, September 16, 1991. October 9 is the 282nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (283rd in Leap years). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Reserve was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1992 and internationally recognised as a Biosphere Reserve under UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme in 1993. Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

A new attraction in the Belarusian part of the Reserve is a museum of the "New Year" and the residence of Father Frost (Dzied Maroz or Ded Moroz, literally: Grandfather Frost; the East Slavic counterpart of Santa Claus). Thousands of tourists have visited this museum as of 1 January 2004. The New Year is an event that happens when a culture celebrates the end of one year and the beginning of the next. ... Ded Moroz is the name of the person who plays the role of Santa Claus for Eastern Slavs. ... Russian Ded Moroz In the culture of the eastern Slavs the traditional character Ded Moroz (Russian: ) plays a role similar to that of Santa Claus. ... Ded Moroz is the name of the person who plays the role of Santa Claus for Eastern Slavs. ... The East Slavic languages constitute one of three regional subgroups of Slavic languages, currently spoken in Eastern Europe. ... A common portrayal of Santa Claus. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in...

The Belarusian part of the reserve also became the place where the Belavezha Accords were signed by leaders of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus to dissolve the USSR. The Belavezha Accords is the agreement signed at the state dacha in the BiaÅ‚owieża Forest (a. ... The rise of Gorbachev Although reform stalled between 1964–1982, the generational shift gave new momentum for reform. ...

Named oaks

• Oak Great Mamamuszi
• The King of Nieznanowo
• Oak - Emperor of the South
• Oak - Emperor of the North
• Oak - Southern Cross

• The Guardian of Zwierzyniec
• Barrel Oak
• Tsar Oak
• The Jagiełło Oak
• Dominator Oak

Great Mamamuszi Great Mamamuszi in winter Great Mamamuszi is the thickest oak of the Bialowieza Forest. ... The King of Nieznanowo-winter The King of Nieznanowo-winter The King of Nieznanowo – an oak growing in the forest area of Nieznanowo (trunk circumference at 130cm from the trunks basis – 620cm, height 38m). ... Oak Emperor of the South – one of the most beautiful forest oaks – with the most beautiful setting in the ground among the Białowieża oaks (circumference at 130cm from trunks basis – 610cm, height 40m). ... Oak Emperor of the North - one of the most beautiful oaks of the Puszcza Białowieska – with a very regular trunk (circumference at 130cm from trunks basis – 605cm, height 37m). ... Oak Southern Cross – one of the most beautiful oaks of the Puszcza Białowieska – (circumference at 130cm from trunks basis – 630cm, height 36m). ... The Guardian of Zwierzyniec – trunk The Guardian of Zwierzyniec – one of the thickest oaks of the Puszcza Białowieska in Poland. ... Barrel Oak – the oak which reached the greatest trunk circumference among the Białowieża oaks (at 130cm from the basis 740cm, height above 30m). ... Tsar Oak – trunk Tsar Oak – one of the mightiest trees of the Bialowieza Forest (circumference at 130cm from trunks basis – 640cm, height 41m). ... The Jagiełło Oak – the most famous of the Puszcza Białowieska oaks. ... Dominator Oak – one of the thickest oaks of the Puszcza Białowieska (circumference at 130cm from trunks basis – 680cm, height above36m). ...

In culture

The forest is the subject of a famous Russian ballad, "Belovezhskaya Pushcha", composed in 1975 by Aleksandra Pakhmutova, with lyrics by Aleksei Dobronravov. It includes the lines: Aleksandra Nikolayevna Pakhmutova (Russian: ; born November 9, 1929) has remained one of the best known figures in Russian popular music since she first achieved fame in her homeland in the 1960s. ...

Здесь забытый давно наш родительский кров.

И, услышав порой голос предков зовущий,

Серой птицей лесной из далёких веков

Я к тебе прилетаю, Беловежская пуща.

Here is our long-forgotten family home.

And, having heard now and then the voice of ancestors calling,

Like a grey little forest bird, from far-away centuries,

I fly to you, Belovezhskaya Pushcha.

See also

• List of national parks of Poland
• Virgin Komi Forests - the largest forest in Europe
• Western Caucasus - the largest wisent habitat

There are 23 national parks in Poland: See also List of Biosphere Reserves in Poland External links Polish National Parks Categories: National parks of Poland | Lists of national parks ... The Virgin Komi Forests is a natural UNESCO World Heritage site in the Northern Ural mountains of the Komi Republic, Russia. ... The last wild wisent in the world was killed by poachers here in 1927. ...

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Białowieski Park Narodowy

• The UNESCO official site
• Bialowieza photographs
• Belovezhskaya Pushcha dedicated conservation/environmental website
• Białowieża National Park
• U.N. Environment Programme information
• Music and lyrics of the song "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" (in Russian)
• Oaks in Bialovieza(English)
• Primal Nature Alert: Help Save Bialowieza Forest