
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