 It was founded on February 10, 1935 to protect a population of the sable.The Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve is located in a watershed on the eastern slopes of Central Sikhote-Alin in the Terneysky and Krasnoarmeysky Districts and the area of Dalnegorsk City Council.The area of the zapovednik is 401,428 ha (2,900 ha - aquatic).