Regional Decree No. 174-pa validating the Regulation on protected natural area of regional significance “Park “Patriot”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Kursk Document type Regulation Date 2020 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Protected area Ecosystem preservation Cultural heritage Tourism Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract Protected natural area of regional significance “Park “Patriot” constituted with a view of conservation of objects representing the historical and cultural heritage of the city of Kursk and the Kursk region, associated with the perpetuation of the memory of the fallen in the years of the Great Patriotic War, the labor and military feat of the Soviet people, and the creation of conditions for recreation and tourism development. The natural park is an elongated from northwest to southeast narrow territory of the artificially created landscape of the park complex and includes natural and historical-cultural zones. Natural objects are represented by tree and shrub plantations, as well as flower beds distributed throughout the natural park. The natural park is a historical and cultural complex of exceptional values as a phenomenon of the historical heritage of the Kursk region, which is expressed in high level of preservation of the spatial structure of the complex and representativeness of its constituent objects, as well as in the significance of the associative-sacral content. The natural park has cultural, historical, religious, aesthetic and recreational value. Full text Russian Website oopt.aari.ru References - Legislation Implements Regional Law No. 118-ZKO “On protected areas”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2007 Keyword: Protected area, Ecosystem preservation, Classification/declassification, Education Source: FAO, FAOLEX