Zavidovo scientific and experimental nature reserve is a protected natural area with the status of a national Park and which is the object of national heritage. Zavidovo national Park is located on the territory of Tver and Moscow regions, in the Upper Volga lowland.

The reserve was founded in 1972 on the basis of hunting, which existed here since 1929, the Area of the reserve is 125 thousand hectares, including more than 79 thousand hectares of forests, more than 17 thousand hectares of meadows, about 1, 1 thousand hectares of ponds.

In the 16th century, there was a hunting hut Tsar Ivan the terrible. In the 1920s, in these woods on spring hunting loved to come to V. I. Lenin

In July 1929, near the village of Kozlovo created Zavidovo hunting ground belonging to the Moscow military district to the forest, occupying an area of about 13 hectares. In 1935 the farm from the Far East and from Nalchik, and in 1941 – from Latvia were brought here by wild boar, Sika deer and red deer. In August 1951, military-hunting was disbanded, and the land transferred Kozlovskaya cloth factory.

In the 1960s it was decided to recreate in Zavidovo exemplary hunting ground. Here during visits to the Soviet Union came Fidel Castro, Josip Broz Tito, Eric Honecker, Janos Kada, Urho Kekkonen. In the times of Khrushchev and Brezhnev reserve further expanded. In the village of Kozlovo for Brezhnev was erected cottage, decorated outside and inside with marble, granite, precious woods; the tower of the pine trees, hotel with 12 Deluxe rooms with pool table and cinema room. Leonid Ilyich liked to go hunting in Zavidovo. Hunt served 463 soldiers. Dead game taken to the gantry, where the sausage-smokehouse, where the spoils would be disposed of, and of them was preparing sausage and stew. For the holidays the members of the Politburo, CPSU Central Committee Secretary and candidate member of the Politburo were brought here fresh meat, hams and other smoked meats, game, sausages hunting in ceramic barrels, selected fish, berries, honey.

In the early 1970s in Zavidovo was carried out reconstruction and construction of new facilities. In 1971, on the basis of hunting has established a scientific and experienced reserve. In February 1992, Boris Yeltsin signed a decree on the establishment of the State complex "Zavidovo", which included the national Park of the country and the presidential residence. In August 1996, godcomplex "Zavidovo" received the status of the residence of the President of Russia.

The topography of the reserve in Zavidovo – plain-moraine, the average height above sea level of less than 150 m. the reserve flow several rivers, among which the most notable is Yauza, Lama, Shosha. The rivers are low banks. There are many lakes, wetlands and other water bodies. The composition of the natural complex is Sosinski ples Ivankovo reservoir (Moscow sea).

The territory is divided into three categories: not guarded, guarded and protected. In the national Park border is 90 localities with 20,000 residents.

The reserve is occupied by mixed forests, swamps, swampy areas. The reserve vegetation is coniferous, mixed and deciduous forests, grasslands, aquatic vegetation shallow water. The predominant trees are pine, spruce, birch, there are also alder and aspen. Fauna is represented by 41 mammalian species; in these forests are full of valuable game animals : foxes, ROE deer, wild boar, weasel, hare hare and mountain hare, elk, ermine, lynx, brown bear; the birds — grouse, capercaillie, grey partridge, black grouse; on the waters nesting waterfowl — Teal crescono and common Teal, kravaskaste, shoveler, pochard, tufted duck, Goldeneye. Live in the lakes: carp, bream, silver bream, IDE, Rudd, perch, tench, pike, Chub, perch, burbot. In the reserve brought spotted deer, deer, beavers.

Zavidovo UNESCO estimates is one of the cleanest places on the planet.