We studied the history of F.E. Falz-Fein Biosphere Reserve “Askania-Nova”, which can be divided into several periods. The first period is founding Askania-Nova estate by German Duke F. Anhalt-Kothen (1841). second associated with activities: organization a zoo semi-free animals (1874), establishment dendrological park artificial irrigation (1887), bequest virgin steppe territories (1898). next ...