The rocky banks of the Shchugor River
Yugyd Va is one of the largest national parks in Russia: its area is about 2 million hectares, it stretches from north to south - 280 km, and from west to east - 120 km ...
Pristine coniferous forests of the Altai Nature Reserve with Teletskoye Lake as a backdrop
Pristine coniferous forests in the Malaya Laba river valley upstream of the Umpyr ranger station
Nugush River near the Kashalya ranger station
The Caucasian fir reaches a gigantic height of over sixty metres
The national park protects Europe's largest area of primeval boreal forest
Caucasian bison in an ancient fir forest
Under the forest canopy
Red deer mating tournament in an old-growth fir forest
A remote outpost near Mastakan Creek gives respite to patrolling rangers in Kavkazsky Zapovednik. 2003
The Torgovaya River flows into the Shchugor River
Pristine forests occupy a large part of the Caucasus Nature Reserve
Coniferous forests in the upper reaches of the Abakan River
The trunk of an ancient beech tree
The trunk of a giant beech collapsed from old age The trunk of a giant beech tree collapsed from old age
Lower "gate" on the Schugor River
October stone birch forest. The folds of gorges form deep shadows in a brightly colored autumn forest
Pristine forests on the steep slopes of the Malaya Laba valley
The beginning of golden autumn in the forests of the Caucasus Nature Reserve