Russia's oldest nature reserve, Barguzinsky, was established on January 11, 1917. On this day, the country marks the anniversary of its system of protecting natural areas with Nature Reserves and National Parks Day. The most beautiful corners of Russian nature in this gallery by TASS
Russia's most beautiful national parks and reserves
On January 11, 1917, Russia established its first nature reserve, Barguzinsky, located in Buryatia, on the northeast shores of Lake Baikal
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Barguzinsky Nature Reserve was created in 1917 and is the oldest one in Russia. It is located in Buryatia on the west slope of the Barguzin Range, including the northeast shores of the lake Baikal and a part of the lake itself. Photo: Barguzinsky bay of Lake Baikal in Buryatia
© Yevgeny Yepanchintsev/ITAR-TASS The Ushkany Islands of Lake Baikal in Buryatia, part of Transbaikal National Park
© Yevgeny Yepanchintsev/ITAR-TASS
Transbaikal National Park in Buryatia. Photo: Balkal seals choose stones of Ushkany islands for a period of shedding
© Zorikto Dagbaev/ITAR-TASS Lazovsky Nature Reserve and the Petrov and Beltsov Islands in Primorye territory
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS Far East Marine Reserve is Russian's first marine reserve, covering large portions of the sea and 30 islands in Peter the Great Gulf, on the west side of the Sea of Japan. Photo: Largha seals in Telyakovsky Bay, part of the Far East Marine Reserve
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS Crab in Far East Marine Reserve
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS 17 km long sand spit running to the False Island cape in the Far East Marine Reserve
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS A view of Yearning Heart Island in Telyakovsky Bay in Far East Marine Reserve
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Valley of Geysers in the Kronotsky State Biosphere Nature Reserve on Kamchatka peninsula
© Roman Denisov/ITAR-TASS A bear in the Valley of Geysers in the Kronotsky State Biosphere Nature Reserve
© Alexander Petrov/ITAR-TASS Tyatya volcano located in the northeastern part of Kunashir Island, one of Kuril Islands and part of Kurils Nature Reserve. It is the highest peak on the island with an elevation of 1,819 metres.
© Vladislav Titov/Fotokhronika TASS Cape Stolbchaty at east shore of Kunashir Island, famous for its columnar basalt formations, in Kurils Nature Reserve
© Sergei Krivosheev/ITAR-TASS Saiga antelope in Chyornye Zemli (or 'Black Lands') Nature Reserve in Republic of Kalmykia
© Valeriy Matytsin/ITAR-TASS Przewalski's horses at the Orenburgsky nature reserve
© Alexei Druzhinin/Russian Presidential Press and Information Office/TASS Caucasus Nature Reserve, covering a heavily mountainous section of the Northwest Caucasus Mountains
© Artur Lebedev/TASS Khuko, a beautiful montain lake, located in Caucasus Nature Reserve
© Viktor Klyushkin/ITAR-TASS Erzi, a complex of medieval Ingush towers, in the Caucasus Mountains, in Erzi Nature Reserve
© Mikhail Japaridze/TASS