Bogolyubovo Meadow, Protected meadow in Vladimir Oblast, Russia.
Bogolyubovo Meadow is a regional historical-landscape complex established in 2003 at the confluence of the Nerl and Klyazma rivers south of Bogolyubovo. The flat, protected grassland is crossed by mown swathes and edged by trees; a pale dirt path runs along higher ground. The white Church of the Intercession on the Nerl with a green dome stands beside a pond at the meadow's edge.
The historical-landscape complex "Bogolyubovo Meadow — Church of the Intercession on the Nerl" was created by decree No. 318 of the Governor of Vladimir Oblast on 23 June 2003. It was reorganized by decree No. 1198 on 2 November 2011. The meadow had been studied scientifically since the late 1960s, when teachers and students of the Vladimir Pedagogical Institute began regular visits.
The complex's name links the meadow with the Church of the Intercession on the Nerl, which stands beside an oxbow lake at its edge. The church and the 0.44 ha plot around it form part of the protected zakaznaya zone. The meadow's flora has drawn Vladimir Pedagogical Institute teachers and students on near-annual scientific visits since the late 1960s.
The complex lies south of Bogolyubovo, where the Nerl flows into the Klyazma; its northern edge runs 100 m from the railway line, and a meadow dirt track forms the western boundary. The Church of the Intercession stands beside an old river channel, reached on foot across the meadow. Zones differ: 76.50 ha of strict protection in the centre, 63.11 ha of reserved regime in the north, 30.48 ha of recreation area along the rivers.
The meadow's flora has been studied since the late 1960s by teachers and students of the Vladimir Pedagogical Institute, who visited almost every year. By the early 1990s over 200 higher plant species were recorded; about 290 vascular plants grow here now, four of them in the Vladimir Oblast Red Book.
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