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| | Rostovsky Zapovednik - Russian Nature Reserve |
 | | The reservoir cut off Vodny from the mainland, and though owners tried to collect their horses, the animals kept returning to the island to graze on the lush grasses. |
 | | The sections of the reserve (Ostrovnoy, Starikovsky, Krasny Partizansky, and Tsagan-khag), separated by 5-25 kilometers, are islands in the Manych-Gudilo Reservoir or adjacent lands. |
 | | The reservoir was created in 1953 with the damming of the Manych River, which once connected the Azov and Caspian seas. |
| www.wild-russia.org /bioregion3/Rostovsky/3_rostov.htm (1538 words) |
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