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Some information on the Kenozersky National Park
The Kenozersky National Park was organized to execute the Russian Federation Government’s Resolution of December 28, 1991.
The territory of the Park is a natural, historical and cultural complex situated in the south-west of the Arkhangelsk Region where the Plesetsk and Kargopol administrative districts border. The western borderline of the Park is the border with the Republic of Karelia.
Administratively and territorially the Park is divided into two sectors:
• the Plesetsk Sector is on the territory of the Plesetsk District, the administrative sector centre is in the village of Vershinino
| |  | The village of Vershinino, the Plesetsk District, the Arkhangelsk Region, 164260 |  | +7 (81832) 4 93 48 |
• the Kargopol Sector is on the territory of the Kargopolsky District of the Arkhangelsk Region, its administrative centre is in the village of Morshchikhinskaya
| | | The village of Morshchikhinskaya, the Kargopolsky District, the Arkhangelsk Region, 164110 | | +7 (81832) 3 16 75 |
• the Park Office in Arkhangelsk
| | | 78, Naberezhnaya Severnoi Dviny, Arkhangelsk, 163000 | | +7 (8182) 28 65 23 |  | kenkadr@atnet.ru |
Geographic position: in the latitude 61° 36’ - 62° 15’ North; in the longitude 37° 47’ - 38° 33’ East. The configuration of the Park territory is a polygon extended in the meridian direction. The maximum distance from south to north is 72 km, from west to east -27.
The Park is a reference system of man’s historical environment, a place where centuries-old history and culture of the Russian North have been preserved. Well kept natural complexes, numerous monuments of material and spiritual culture, architecture, monumental painting, icon painting, archeology, and rich ethnographical material are good illustration of its purpose. In 2004 the Park was entered the world’s network of biosphere preserves and was officially announced the world’s heritage.
Reference information for tourists
To visit the Park one has to buy a voucher (in one of the administrative centres of the Park or at the entrance to it). To preserve the unique nature in the Park its territory is divided into areas of different levels of recreation capacity. Prohibited for visitors areas (zones of particular protection) are usually far from the roads of general purpose and it is impossible to come there by car. The rest of the Park territory requires only to observe the usual regulations of ecological tourism (‘do not harm’ principle), they are listed on information stands in the Park, in booklets and guides.
The Park provides diverse accommodation for tourists from the small hotels in administrative centres in the village of Vershinino (25 places), in the village of Morshchikhinskaya (10 places) to the tourists shelters for 5-10 in the village of Krivtsovo and on the Pochozero shore. Commonly used for accommodation in the ‘private sector’ are the peasants’ houses with the interiors of the end of the 19th - the beginning of the 20th century. There are also a number of sites for rest in tents along the routes in the Park. Longer stays in the tents on the routes, in shelters and hotels, in the private sector should be agreed upon in the Park administrative centres in the village of Vershinino and in the village of Morshchikhinskaya. There one can order an excursion or a guide to accompany tourists along the ecological and tourists’ routes in the Park.
Mobile telephone communication
 
The official Internet site of the Kenozero National Park
Map of the Kenozero National Park
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