falzwein introduced animals atypical for these latitudes.n the world to receive purebred prizhevalsky horses and began breeding them in captivity. after the revolution and into the civil one, the reserve miraculously succeeded. protect from ruin. friedrich falzwein went into exile, but lived far from his native land not for long. 33. beautiful wild nature. today we managed to not only preserve all this, but also replenish the flora and fauna of the reserve. in askania nova there are more than 500 species of plants, hundreds of rare birds and animals. many of which are listed in the red book. about history and people devoted to this... incredibly, the world-famous askania nova reserve grew out of a childhood dream of having its own zoo. when friedrich falsfein turned 11 and entered the kherson gymnasium, his father gave him a wire enclosure. his first birds of the local fauna became the inhabitants, and after that they created their own collection of animals... zebras from africa, india, antelopes, that is , such a very large collection of un