The Red Book of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug. Animals, plants, mushrooms. The book was printed by the order of the Government of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug.
The editor is A.M. Vasin. – Yekaterinburg, publishing house “Pakrus”, 2003. The circulation – 2000 copies.

The Red Book contains the information about morphological signs, spread, number, peculiarities of ecology, limiting factors, adopted and necessary measures for the protection of the mammalia, birds, reptiles, Amphibia, fish, insects, seminal, ferns, moss, lichens and mushrooms on the territory of the Autonomous Okrug.
Animals, plants, mushrooms, incorporated into the Red Book of the KMAO are subject to the withdrawal from the economic use.

Prunella atrogularis atrogularis

Pernis apivorus

Limosa lapponica

Grus leucogeranus

Lagopus mutus

Falco rusticolus

Cinclus cinclus uralensis

Haliaeetus albicilla

The Green Book of Siberia. Rare and protection needed plant associations. Under the editorship of I.Yu. Koropachinskogo. Issued by Siberian Branch of RAS Press, Central botanical garden of SB RAS, Russian Fund for Fundamental Research in Novosibirsk, 1996. 1055 copies.

The book is the first monographic summary on the protection needed and endangered plant associations of Western Siberia. A scientific foundation for criteria of finding protection needed plant associations is given. A unified passport for plant associations’ description is developed. There are given the passports for 196 associations of various geographic areas and regions of Siberia, with detailed data on their areals, ecotope conditions, categories and motives for preservation, plant formation and floristic characteristics.
The book should become very popular among the specialists in nature protection, ecology, botany and geography.

Information bulletin “On environmental conditions of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug in 2001”, Khanty-Mansiysk, 2002, 1000 exemplars. Edition of the Government of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug and Scientific Industrial Center “Monitoring”

…1598 accidents were registered by the authorities responsible for nature protection on the oil fields of the Khanty-Mansiysk Okrug in 2002. It makes 186 accidents more in comparison with 2000. As a result the environment received 1634,8 contaminants. The total area of pollution is 437 ha.

Khanty-Mansiysk autonomous district Environment in 1998. – Khanty-Mansiysk, 1999.
1000 copies.
The Survey is prepared by the State Committee for Environment of Khanty-Mansiysk autonomous district.

…In 1998, there were 1663 break-downs registered on the oil fields of the district. The polluted area reached 149.9 hectares, what is 54 hectares more than in 1997.
The break-downs were caused by the following:
- rust – 97.8%;
- mechanical damage – 0.6%;
- other – 1%.
The peak of break-downs (3137) was registered in the region in 1995. Since then the fault rate on the pipe-lines had been decreasing. In 1998 the number of break-downs reduced by 381 as compared with 1997.

G.N. Erokhin, V.N. Kopylov, Yu.M. Polishchuk, O.S. Tokareva. Space-information technologies for ecological analysis of petroleum production environmental impact. Issued by State public scientific-technical library, Institute of Oil Chemistry of the Siberian Branch of RAAS, Ugra Research Institute of Information Technologies. Series “Ecology”. Issue 71. – Novosibirsk, 2003. 300 copies.

According to the statistic data of State balance, there are 378 oil deposits stricken in KMAO. On the territory of KMAO there are 276 industrial objects of oil gathering and transportation, over 6,000 km of inter-oil-field pipelines and 6,280 km of trunk pipelines. The total length of the roads is over 13,000 km, including 8,750 km of hard surface highways.
In 1999, on the territory of KMAO, permanent sources and motor transport pollutants emissions into the air reached 1,803 thousand tons, 37% of it was motor transport pollutions. On the Okrug’s average, specific volume of emissions into the atmosphere was 3.4 t/km2. In the areas of intensive petroleum production (Surgut, Nizhnevartovsk, Nefteyugansk regions of KMAO) this index runs up to 5.5 t/km2.

E.D. Lapshina. Flora of swamps in the south-east of West Siberia. It is the edition of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and Tomsk State University. It is published by the recommendation and support of the Yugorski Research Institute of Information Technologies (Khanty-Mansiysk). Tomsk, publishing-house “TGU”, 2003. The circulation – 300 copies.

Peat swamps are unique natural eco-systems, which hare possessed of the ability to accumulate the died vegetal material in the form of peat. According to different estimations, they occupy from 50 to 70 % of the area , covered by swamps and water basin of the world and occupy over 4 million sq.km or 3 % of the whole surface of the our Planet land.
Swamps contain about 10 % of global reserves of drinking water and play an important role in the maintenance of the hydrological balance in biosphere.

I.V. Semechkin. Dynamics and structure of Siberian cedar forests. Issued by SB RAS, Sukachev Institute of forest SB RAS. Novosibirsk, 2002. 300 copies.

…The forests of Siberian cedar in Russia occupy 36.8 million hectares with the total wood stock of 7.08 billion of cubic meters (36.1 mill. ha. and 6.94 billion cu. m. in Siberia respectively, 1998). Only 4.6% of Siberian cedar forests grow out of Siberia: the Urals and the North European part of Russia – 1.8%, Kazakhstan – 0.1%, Mongolia – 2.7%, that is why this tree is fairly called Siberian cedar pine.

I.L. Kuzin. The contemporary tectonics of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug territory. The issue of the Russian Federation State Committee for environment protection, Committee for environment protection of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug, SPC “Monitoring”. San-Petersburg, 2002. 300 copies.

…The wide spread of swamps in this region, as well as in any other region of the humid zone, is the reason of organic substances (humic acid and organic remains) accumulation by the surface waters. These are so called black rivers and lakes typical for the northern planes of Eurasia, North America and other regions of excessive humidity. Depending on the local conditions, their water colour varies from several dozens to several hundreds degrees of platinum-cobalt scale. On the black lakes background, there are scattered lakes which are very distinguished. Their water scarcely contains any organic substances. Its colour is zero or about it. On the bottom of these lakes with water such clear, like aqua destillata, there are blue-green algae massively growing. Due to these algae the lakes look green-blue from above. These lakes are called blue for short and in order to distinguish them from the black ones…

B.A. Smolentsev. Siberian Uvals soil covering structure. Novosibirsk, SB RAS Press, 2002. 300 copies.

…Siberian Uvals form a watershed plain between the right affluents of the river Ob in the middle-river, and the up-river basins of the rivers Kazym, Nadym, Pura and Taza flowing to the north. According to hydrological demarcation, the studied territory is in the taiga and nearly level land northern regions and Siberian Uvals form a border line between them.

V.D. Bogdanov, E.N. Bogdanov, O.A. Goskova, L.N. Stepanov, M.I. Yarushina. The Ob lower-river affluents (the rivers Synya, Voikar, Sob) ecological condition. Ekaterinburg, 2002. Russian Academy of Science Press, the Ural branch of RAS, Institute of plants and animals ecology UB RAS. 150 copies.

… Nowadays, all water reservoirs situated in the places of intensive oil production, are polluted with oil hydrocarbons. The most polluted areas of the Ob basin on the Tumenskaya Oblast territory are in the Ob middle-river in Nizhnevartovsk and Surgut regions. The small affluents are the most exposed to pollution and the Ob stream-way is the least. Besides, the pollution, as a rule, is chronic. The water and soil quality evaluation of the rivers Ob and Irtysh in Nizhnevartovsk, Surgut and Khanty-Mansiysk regions, based on the data taken in 1968-1982 on the zoobenthos structural characteristics, even then showed that the rivers in those regions can be characterized as “polluted” and “dirty”.

…Despite the high pollution of the Ob lower-river basin, some of its affluents have been retaining their natural quality up to quite a recent time. The Urals affluents belong to this category. This can be explained by the fact that the Arctic Urals eastern slope territory hasn’t been industrialized very much.

E.I. Kuzmenko, E.P. Smolonogov. Western Siberia Plain moderate and southern zones taiga forest ecosystems (structure and spatiotemporal dynamics). Novosibirsk, SB RAS Press, 2002. 260 copies.

…The forest cover of Western Siberia Plain taiga landscapes, as well as of any other forests, is in the process of constant changes. The gradation and the result of the changes differ, one of them show themselves in dozens of years, others in hundreds and thousands…

E.I. Valeeva, D.V. Moskovchenko. The wetlands role in the Western Siberia North sustainable development. Tumen, IPOS SB RAS, 2001. 5000 copies.

N.A. Ivanova, Yu.V. Titov. Ecology of plants. Regional component. Surgut State University. Published by means of the Committee on environmental protection of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug. Tomsk, MGP “Rasko”, 2002, 500 editions.

… all territory of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug is situated in the taiga zone. The Okrug forest resources are huge and makes 48,4 million ha.(as for 01.01.1998). Forest area makes 51,5 %. General timber reserve in forests is 3,07 billion square miters, coniferous timber – 1,3 billion square meters.

B.P. Tkachev, V.I. Bulatov. Small rivers: temporary condition and ecological problems. Novosibirsk, 2002, 400 exemplars. Edition of the Russian Academy of Science Siberian Branch, of the State Public Scientific and Technological Library of the Russian Academy of Science Siberian Branch. “Ecology” series has been publishing since 1989, 64-th edition.

… pollution of small rivers becomes more broad. For the last years not only surface waters but also ground waters were polluted with the industrial and agricultural sewage, underground nuclear explosion and use of water on oil fields, which became the main problem of the nature and environment protection in Tatarstan, Bashkiria and in the north of the Tyumen region.

Biological resources and nature management. Scientific works annual digest. It was founded by professor V.Yu. Titiov in 1997. Published by the Ecological Foundation of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug and the Surgut State University. 5-th edition. Surgut, 2002, 500 exemplars. Financed by the Committee on nature management and ecology of the city Surgut.

…mammals of the wildlife sanctuary “Yugansky”. There are 36 species of mammals on the territory of the wildlife sanctuary. They belong to 6 groups and 13 kinds.
Even-toed mammals – Artiodactyla (L.). Group of reindeers – Cervidae (L.). Elk – Alces alces (L.) is the general kind of mammal on the territory of the wildlife sanctuary. Favorite habitat areas are dark coniferous forest at the bottomland and mixed forest. The high density of elks is specific for the watershed of the river Negusyah. Population density in the favorite habitat areas reaches 1,2 species per
1 000 ha.

F.R Shtilmark. Serving to nature and science. Moscow, Ltd. “Logata”, 2002. 1000 exemplars. The book was published by the means of targeted ecological budget fund of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug.

…It should seem wild and “unfamiliar”, but indeed the taiga territory on the watershed of the rivers Konda and Sosva presented very clearly structured specific hunting area with its own borders and even “kailyards”. Many paths crossed the territory, clearly defined with cut marks (the local name of such cut marks is “yusha”). With these marks local hunters felt themselves much comfortable…

Actual problems of information technologies and remote sensing. The materials of an international conference. Khanty--Mansiysk, Ugra Research Institute of Information Technologies , 2002. 200 copies.

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From Vakha to Agan. Ecological almanac. Tyumen, Publishing house Yu. Mandriki, 2002, 1000 exemplars. Edition of the Municipal Information and Cultural Institution “Library system” of the Nizhnevartovsky District and Nizhnevartovsk State Pedagogic Institute.

Ecological problems of the tourist industry at the Nearpolar Ural. Edited by professor L.N. Dobrinsky. Publishing house of the Ural State University, 2002, 5000 exemplars. Published by the Plant Ecology and Animals Institute of the Russian Academy of Science Ural Branch and by the Division responsible for environmental protection of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug.

Reverse tasks and information technologies. Volume 1-2. Ugra Institute of Information Technologies.

“…When the earth’s surface temperature is being restored using satellite data it becomes necessary to conduct an under-satellite monitoring. A land surface temperature monitoring should be conducted by two separate depth temperature measurements with the following recalculation into the surface temperature…”

Quoted from the article by V.P. Sheryshev, S.A. Atabaev, P.A. Kozhabekov “Land surface temperature restoration by the means of a reverse heat conduction task under a synchronic under-satellite experiment”.

V.V. Markhinin, I.V. Udalova. The northern aborigines’ traditional household and the gas and oil industry. The issue of SB RAS, Institute of Philosophy and Law SB RAS against the order of the Committee on Polygraphy and Mass Media of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug Government and under SB RAS support (integration grant N41). Novosibirsk, “Science”, 2002.

…The traditional seat (inhabitation) territories make about 95% of the Okrug’s territory, spreading over the countryside. There are 140 villages of aboriginal small number peoples’ traditional seat out of 180 villages of the Okrug. The territories of traditional nature management are being formed inside the traditional seat territories, occupying about 40% of their areas…

V.N. Kopylov. Program and technological complex of regional center for space monitoring on environment. Novosibirsk, 2001, 100 exemplars.

… There is now unique monitoring system able to provide the solution of all set tasks in a full scale. However combining a range of systems already existed and developing which solve particular problems, lets in near future to approach the creation of complex means for monitoring on ecology and nature resources…

Swamp systems of the Western Siberia and their nature protection importance. The issue was made with the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug Government’s and SPC “Monitoring” participation and support. Moscow, MSU Press, 2001. 500 copies.

…Swamp systems are not only a natural resource but a landscape cover performing a number of functions. …Swamps are the only land-surface ecosystems constantly able to absorb atmospheric carbon which becomes excluded out of the further cycle being accumulated in the form of peatlands…

Strelnikova O.G., Strelnikov E.G. Rare species of Ugra. – Tyumen, publishing-house Yu. Mandriki, 2001. The edition – 5000 copies.
The album is published with the support of the Environmental Protection Division of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug, Department on land use, nature management and ecology of the Administration of Surgut

V.I. Bulatov. Ecology of Russia: differentiation and integrity. Analytical review. Novosibirsk, 2001, 400 exemplars. Edition of the Russian Academy of Science Siberian Branch, of the State Public Scientific and Technological Library of the Russian Academy of Science Siberian Branch, of the Institute of Water and Ecological Problems of the Russian Academy of Science Siberian Branch. “Ecology” series has been publishing since 1989, 61-th edition.

… History of the development of ecology as a fundamental science, its scientific components and scholars were represented in many publications. The issue about structure of the modern ecology as complex multi-disciplinary science is not enough presented…

B.E. Chizhov, Forest and oil of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug. – Tyumen, Publishing house Yu. Mandriki, 1998. The book was published by the Ecological Foundation of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug.

A. Baikalova, E. Strelnikov, O. Strelnikova. Wildlife sanctuary “Yugansky”. Tymen, Municipal Unitary Enterprise “Editorial office of newspaper Vestnik”, 1998, 500 exemplars.

V.N. Sedykh. Forest of the West Siberia and oil and gas complex. Moscow, Publishing house “Ecology”, 1997, 500 exemplars

Birch forests are spread all over the territory of the Western Siberia

Oil polluted area and damaged birch trees

Appearing of herbaceous plants on the oil polluted grounds

Ecology of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug. Team of authors. Compilers: L.N. Dobrinsky, V.V. Plotnikov. Edited by V.V. Plotnikov. Tyumen, 1997, 1000 exemplars. The book is published by the order and with financial support of the Ecological Foundation of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug.

Peafowl’s eye is commonly spread near located areas, in deserted areas and gardens, which are rich in peafowl’s eye feeding plants - nettle

Apollo is one of the rare butterflies of the Okrug, needs to be protected.

Anglewing is one of the many species of butterflies in the Okrug.

Small forest ace is found only in the south parts of the Okrug.