Rdeysky Nature Reserve, Rdeysky Zapovednik (Russian: Рдейский заповедник) is a nature reserve (a zapovednik) in the northwest of Russia, located in Poddorsky and Kholmsky Districts of Novgorod Oblast, in the Polist-Lovat Swamp System.
The nature reserve is created to protect the raised bog ecosystems of the Northwestern Russia.
[1] The area of the reserve is elongated from southeast to northwest and is adjacent to the border between Novgorod and Pskov Oblasts.
This ecoregion is situated in Northern Europe between tundra in the north and temperate mixed forests in the south.
This climate is characterized by large swings in temperature, both diurnally and seasonally, with mild summers and cold, snowy winters[4][5] The area mostly consists of raised bogs.