NOTES:
The author gives, for each zapovednik (information from Ministry of Environment, Russian Federation):
- the first name as used in his book, followed by alternative English names or adjectival extensions (eg Astrakhan(ski));
- whether it is a biosphere reserve (BR);
- the ministry or other body responsible if it is not simply the Russian Federation Environment Ministry or equivalent body;
- the republic or region in which the zapovednik is located;
- foundation year;
- area (thousands of hectares);
- the author's notes.

In square brackets are habitat and other notes, mostly from Zabelina N.M., Isayeva-Petrova L.S. & Kuleshova L.V. Zapovedniks & National Parks of Russia, Moscow: Logata, 1998 (in Russian and English, with introductory essay to each region by F.R.Shtil'mark).

It is hoped to add later a map, latitude and longitude of each zapovednik, and contact details.

'Cedar' refers to five-needle pines, usually Siberian Pine P.sibirica, but P.koraiensis in Russian Far East.
'Stlanik' refers to another, closely-related five-needle pine, P.pumila, which forms a low scrub in mountains, usually above the tree line.
'Pine' generally refers to Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris.

ABBREVIATIONS:
alt(itude); Aut(onomous); BR - biosphere reserve; c(irca); C(entral); EnvMin - RF Environment Ministry; km - kilometres; L(ake); m(etres); Mts - Mountains; N/S/E/W/&c - north/south/east/west/&c; R(iver); RCN - Russian Conservation News (followed by issue no., colon, page numbers); rep(ublic); th.ha - thousands of hectares.

Altay(skiy)
Gornyy Altay Rep., 1932, 881.2 th.ha, originally 1 million ha; not operational 1952-57 and 1961-65. [On N & E sides of L.Teletskoye in Altay Mts; mountainous, up to 3507 m alt.; alpine lakes; steppe; nearly half is taiga (fir, 'cedar', larch); dwarf birch; mountain tundra. See RCN 26:25.]

Astrakhan(skiy), BR
Astrakhan Region, 1919, 66.8 th.ha, originally 21.8 th.ha. [Three areas in River Volga delta at NW end of Caspian Sea; reedbeds, channels; some woodland (willow, ash, mulberry); important for birds.]

Azas
Tuva Rep., 1985, 285.3 th.ha (from 1992), originally 337.3 th.ha. [Founded on basis of existing beaver zakaznik on R.Azas in S Siberia, W of Irkutsk and SE of Krasnoyarsk; mountainous; taiga ('cedar', larch, fir, also pine, spruce). See RCN 26:24.]

Barguzin(skiy), BR
Buryatiya Rep., 1916, 374.4 th.ha, area changed several times. [Originally set up for sable; hills & lake shore, on E side of Lake Baykal; includes Barguzin Range, with cirques, cliffs, lakes, boulder fields, hot springs; taiga (larch, 'cedar', fir, spruce); alpine meadow & tundra.]

Basegi
Perm' Region, 1982, 56.2 th.ha, originally 19.4 th.ha. [In C Urals on Basegi Range, NE of Perm; alt. up to 1000 m; founded to preserve mountain taiga; also mountain tundra.]

Bashkirskiy
Bashkortostan Rep., 1930, 49.6 th.ha, not operational 1952-56. [In S Urals, NE of Orenburg; 2 sites; broadleaf forest (oak, lime, maple, elm); also pine; up to 930 m alt.]

Bastak
Evreyskaya Aut.Region, Khabarovsk Region, 1997, 91.4 th.ha.

Baykal(skiy), BR
Buryatiya Rep., 1969, 165.7 th.ha. [Located on terraces of S shore of L.Baykal, rising to 2300 m alt. in Khamar-Daban Range; taiga (fir, 'cedar', spruce, larch, pine, birch); bogs; alpine meadow & tundra; some steppe.]

Baykal-Lena, Baykalo-Lenskiy
Irkutsk Region, 1986, 659.9 th.ha. [Headwaters of the River Lena in the hills to W of L.Baykal; includes 100 km of lake shore; taiga ('cedar', fir, larch, spruce, poplar); bogs; alpine meadow & tundra.]

Belgor'e: see Les-na-Vorskle.

Bol'shaya Kokshaga
Mari-El Rep., 1993, 21.4 th.ha. [N of R.Volga downstream from Nizhniy Novgorod; on R.Bol'shaya Kokshaga; undulating landscape including dunes; on border between S taiga and broadleaf forest zones (mostly pine & birch, also oak, lime). See RCN 17:13-14.]

Bolshekhekhtsir(skiy)
Khabarov Region, 1963, 45.1 th.ha. [Isolated highland region (Bolshoy Khekhtsir) near junction of R.Amur & R.Ussuri in Russian Far East; mountains up to 800 m alt.; mixed forest ('cedar', spruce, larch, birch, pine, oak, lime); Okhotsk & Manchurian taiga fauna.]

Botcha, Botchinskiy
Khabarov Region, 1994, 267.4 th.ha. [Basin of R.Botcha in N Sikhote-Alin' Mts, Russian Far East; taiga (fir, spruce, also birch, larch); some mixed 'cedar'-broadleaf forest.]

Bryansk Forest, Bryanksiy Les
Bryansk Region, 1987, 11.8 th.ha. [Near border with N Ukraine; mostly forest (pine, oak, ash); some raised bogs; bison introduced; bear cubs being released. See RCN 8:7, 14:10-12.]

Bureya, Bureyinskiy
Khabarov Region, 1987, 358.4 th.ha. [Mts in Russian Far East between R.Pravaya (Right) Bureya and R.Levaya (Left) Bureya, W of Komsomolsk; alt. up to 2325 m; waterfalls; small glacial lakes; Chosenia-poplar forest in valleys; larch & spruce higher; stlanik; mountain tundra. See RCN 14:7-9.]

Caucasus, Kavkaz(skiy), BR
Krasnodar Region and Adygeya Rep., 1924, 280.3 th.ha, originally 350 th.ha, area has changed. [W end of Caucasus Mts; 2 sites, up to 3346 m alt.; mostly forest (oak, hornbeam, beech, fir, spruce, &c); box & yew on Black Sea coast; alpine meadow. See RCN 13:8-10, 19:4-7, 21:14, 27:38-39.]

Central-Siberia(n), Tsentral'no-Sibirskiy, BR
Krasnoyarsk Region, 1985, 972.0 th.ha. [Near R.Yenisey between W and E Siberia, midway between Dudinka in the N and Krasnoyarsk in the S; mostly on W slope of C Siberian Plateau, up to 600 m alt.; mostly taiga ('cedar', spruce, larch, fir); bogs; alpine meadow; mountain tundra.]

Central-Black-Earth, Tsentral'no-Chernozemnyy, BR
Kursk & Belgorod Region, 1935, 5.1 th.ha, territory has changed. [S European Russia, NE of Belgorod; 6 sites in forest-steppe zone; landscape dissected by ravines; steppe and meadow-steppe in the black-earth belt; oak, also lime, maple, ash, elm; some limestone slopes; marshes; with a long tradition of environmental monitoring. See RCN 4:5, 13:10-11, 22:10-11, 27:34-35.]

Central-Forest, Tsentral'no-Lesnoy, BR
Tver Region, 1931, 21.4 th.ha, originally 35.0 th.ha; not operational 1952-57. [European Russia WNW of Moscow; southern taiga (spruce, also pine, alder); raised bogs. See RCN 24:4-5, 27:32-33.]

Chazy
Khakasiya Rep., 1991, 24.1 th.ha. [S Siberia, basin of R.Abakan, NW of town of Abakan on R.Yenisey; mostly steppe & forest-steppe; some semidesert; salt lakes; some forest (larch, birch). See RCN 17:7-8.]

Chernyye Zemli, BR
Kalmykiya Rep., 1990, 121.9 th.ha. [Literally 'black lands'; WSW of Astrakhan, W of Caspian Sea; valleys & dunes; steppe and semi-desert; some saltmarsh.]

Dagestan(skiy)
Dagestan Rep., 1987, 18.9 th.ha. [Caspian coast N of Caucasus; 2 sites; coastal lagoons; desert & semidesert; some poplar woodland; important for bird migration.]

Darvinskiy, Darwin
Vologda & Tver' Region (northern European Russia), 1945, 112.7 th.ha (from 1961), originally 176.2 th.ha. [In taiga zone NE of Moscow; mostly marsh & waterlogged forest; some raised bog; set up to study effects on ecosystem of Rybinskiy Reservoir, which contains floating islands.]

Dauriya, Daurskiy
Chita Region, 1987, 44.8 th.ha. [On S border of E Siberia, SE of Chita; valley with steppe; up to 800 m alt.; seasonal lakes; important for migrating birds.]

Denezhkin Kamen'
north part of Sverdlovsk Region, 1991 (1946), 78.2 th.ha, 35 th.ha 1952-53, 135 th.ha 1946-60; not operational 1960-90. [N Urals; hills up to c.1500 m alt.; taiga (spruce, fir, cedar); meadows; mountain tundra.]

Erzi
Rep.of Ingushetiya, 2000, 6 th.ha.

Far-East Marine, Dal'ne-Vostochnyy Morskoy
Marine Biology Institute of Far-East Scientific Centre of Academy of Sciences, Primorskiy Region, 1978, 64.3 th.ha. [3 marine areas & 12 islands at edge of Japanese Sea S of Vladivostok in Russian Far East; forest on islands (lime, maple, hornbeam, oak).]

Galich'ya Gora
Minkomvuz RF and Voronezh University, Lipets Region, 1925, 200 ha; in 1952-70 it was classified as a teaching and experimental farm. [6 sites, mostly on steep slopes in R.Don basin, S European Russia; meadow; steppe; limestone cliffs; forest (oak, lime, birch, pine). See RCN 22:7-10.]

Great Arctic, Bol'shoy Arkticheskiy
Krasnoyarsk Region, 1993, 4,169.2 th.ha. [7 sites on mainland and islands of Taymyr Peninsula; tundra; arctic desert; coast, including delta.]

Gydan(skiy)
Yamalo-Nenetskiy Aut.Region, 1997, 878.2 th.ha.

Il'men(ski)
Urals Scientific Centre of Academy of Sciences, Chelyabinsk Region, 1920, 30.4 th.ha, area has changed. [Established as mineralogical reserve in S Urals; alt. up to c.750 m; mostly forest (larch, pine, birch); also meadow, steppe, bog.]

Jerginskiy, Dzherginskiy
Buryatiya Rep., 1992, 237.9 th.ha. [On upper reaches of R.Barguzin, E of N end of L.Baykal, in Barguzin Range; up to 2840 m alt.; mostly taiga (larch, also birch, pine, aspen, 'cedar'); some forest-steppe; alpine tundra.]

Jugjurskiy, Dzhugdzhurskiy
Khabarov Region, 1990, 860.0 th.ha. [Coast of Okhot Sea in Far East, including coastal ridge up to c.1900 m alt. and some islands; steep rapid rivers down to the sea; mountain & valley lakes; taiga (larch, also pine, spruce); stlanik.]

Kabardino-Balkarskiy
Kabardino-Balkariya Rep., 1976, 82.8 th.ha, originally 74.9 th.ha. [In Caucasus Mts; mostly glacier and bare rock; a little forest (birch, pine, alder, beech); rhododendron; meadows.]

Kaluzhskiye Zaseki
Kaluga Region, 1992 18.5 th.ha. [S of Moscow; hilly plain dissected by ravines; mostly broadleaf forest; 'zaseki' are strips of forest, formerly felled in time of war to create defensive barriers. See RCN 17:9-10.]

Kandalaksha, Kandalakshskiy
Murmansk Region, 1932, 70.5 th.ha, originally 16.5 th.ha, area has changed. [Coast and islands around White Sea, also on N coast of Kola Peninsula; northern taiga; tundra; eutrophic fens; important seabird colonies. See RCN 23:4-9.]

Katun(ski)
Gorny Altay Rep., 1991, 150.1 th.ha; borders are being defined. [Upper reaches of R.Katun in S Altay Mts; alt. up to 4000 m; mountain taiga ('cedar', spruce, fir, larch); dwarf birch; subalpine meadow; mountain tundra. See RCN 13:7, 26:23, 27:22-23.]

Kedrovaya Pad'
Biology & Soil Institute of Far-East Branch of Academy of Sciences, Primorskiy Region, 1925, 17.9 th.ha. [Valley of R.Kedrovaya, S of Vladivostok in Russian Far East; mountain slopes up to c.800 m alt.; mostly forest (oak, also birch, lime, maple, ash, fir, spruce, Korean pine).]

Kerzhenskiy
Nizhegorodskiy Region, 1993, 46.9 th.ha; borders subject to change. [Near R.Volga downstream from Nizhniy Novgorod; on middle reaches of R.Kerzhenets; southern taiga (pine, spruce) with some broadleaf species; also steppe & bogs.]

Khanka, Khankayskiy
Primorskiy Region (Far East), 1990, 38.0 th.ha. [Part of L.Khanka and its surroundings, N of Vladivostok in Far East, on Chinese border; 5 sites; bogs; numerous small lakes; small area of forest (oak, also lime, cork tree, ash, elm); an important breeding and wintering area for waterbirds.]

Khingan(skiy)
Amur Region, 1963, 97.8 th.ha, originally 59.9 th.ha. [Spurs of Maly Khingan Range on border with China in Far East; up to c.500 m alt.; valleys between spurs; mostly forest on higher ground (oak, 'cedar', spruce, fir); on floodplain willow, alder, ash, elm; meadow; bogs. See RCN 22:5-7.]

Khoper(skiy)
Voronezh Region, 1935, 16.2 th.ha. [European Russia, S of Moscow, on R.Khoper; floodplain, terrace, plateau dissected by ravines; mostly forest (coppiced oak, also alder, aspen, poplar, elm); some steppe & meadow. See RCN 19:8-11.]

Kivach
Kareliya Rep., 1931, 10.9 th.ha. [Separate sections N & E of L.Onega, S of White Sea; central taiga (spruce, pine); numerous bogs; Kivach Waterfall is c.11 m high.]

Komandor(skiy)
Kamchatka Region, 1993, 3,648.7 th.ha. [Komandor islands in Pacific, off coast of Kamchatka in Far East; shrub-meadow on low ground; meadow tundra; sea-bird and seal colonies.]

Komsomolskiy
Khabarov Region, 1963, 64.5 th.ha; originally 32.2 th.ha; site changed in 1980. [Originally near (too near) Komsomolsk on lower reaches of R.Amur in Far East; then moved to mountainous area W of R.Amur, up to 500 m alt.; taiga ('cedar', fir, spruce, larch) and mixed forest; bogs.]

Koryak(skiy)
Koryak Aut.Region, 1995, 327.2 th.ha. [N end of Kamchatka Peninsula in Far East; lowland and highland sites; lakes; bogs; tundra; stlanik; important for waterfowl. See RCN 3:3-4.]

Kostamuksha, Kostamukshskiy
Kareliya Rep., 1983, 47.6 th.ha. [Part of international reserve Druzhba (Friendship) with Finland; mostly taiga (pine, also spruce); extensive bogs.]

Kronotskiy, Kronoki, BR
Kamchatka Region, 1934, 1,142.0 th.ha; not operational 1952-68. [E shore of Kamchatka in Far East, including L.Kronotskoye; 16 volcanoes, up to 3528 m alt.; 8 km glacier; includes Valley of Geysers; forest (birch, also larch, fir).]

Kurils(kiy)
Sakhalin Region, 1984, 65.4 th.ha. [At S end of Kuril Island Arc in Far East, north of Japan; 3 sites, 2 being on Kunashir Island; volcanic hills up to 1822 m alt.; mostly forest (mixed, or spruce-fir); stlanik; mountain tundra.]

Kuznetskiy-Ala-Tau
Kemerov Region, 1989, 408.6 th.ha; area has changed. [Mountains E of Novosibirsk in S Siberia, up to c.1900 m alt.; steppe, forest-steppe, & taiga; alpine meadow; mountain tundra.]

Lapland(skiy), BR
Murmansk Region (north of White Sea), 1930, 278.4 th.ha, site and area have changed. [Mountainous area of Kola Peninsula, up to c.1100 m alt.; taiga (pine, spruce, birch); mountain tundra; cold desert; established to protect wild reindeer. See RCN 27:24-25.]

Lazovskiy (formerly Sudzukhinskiy)
Primorski Region, 1940, 120.0 th.ha, originally 339 th.ha; not operational 1952-57. [Originally part of Sikhote-Alin' Zapovednik, in S part of the range; up to 1400 m alt.; includes 2 islands in Japan Sea; mostly forest (oak, 'cedar', fir, spruce; tiger, goral). See RCN 15:5-8.]

Lena-Delta, Ust-Lenskiy
Sakha State Nature-protection Committee, Sakha Rep. (Yakutiya), 1985, 1,433.0 th.ha. [On delta of River Lena on Arctic coast of E Siberia; 2 sites; tundra; many lakes, channels, bogs; willow thickets.]

Les-na-Vorskle, Forest on R.Vorskla
EnvMin and St Petersburg University, Belgorodskiy Region, 1925, 1.2 th.ha, classified as teaching and experimental farm 1952-78. [Now called Belogor'e; near Belgorod and Ukrainian border in S European Russia; plateau dissected by ravines; mostly forest (oak) in forest-steppe zone (oak, maple, lime, ash, &c); some steppe plants in clearings. See RCN 12:8-10.]

Little Abakan, Malyy Abakan
Khakasiya Rep., 1993, 97.8 th.ha. [In basins of R.Malyy Abakan & R.Bol'shoy (Great) Abakan, on N side of Sayan Mts; alt. up to c.2400 m; some glaciers; mostly forest ('cedar', also fir, spruce, birch); meadows, wetlands; alpine lakes; alpine meadow & tundra. See RCN 17:8.]

Little Sosva, Malaya Sos'va
Khanty-Mansiysk Aut.Region, 1976, 225.6 th.ha (from 1992), originally 92.9 th.ha. [W Siberia between R.Ob & Urals, W of Khanty-Mansiysk; mostly taiga (spruce, also pine, larch, fir, birch, 'cedar', &c); bogs; occupies part of former Kondo-Sosva Zapovednik; established to protect beavers.]

Lower Svir, Nizhne-Svir
Leningrad Region, 1980, 41.4 th.ha. [Lake shore and lower reaches of R.Svir where it flows into Lake Ladoga, east of St Petersburg; also bogs and forest (pine, aspen, birch, alder); important for migrating birds. See RCN 9:8-9.]

Magadan(skiy)
Magadan Region, 1982, 883.8 th.ha. [4 sites around Magadan on N coast of Okhot Sea in Russian Far East; coast, islands, mountains; northern taiga (larch); mixed forest in valleys (poplar, Chosenia, larch, birch); bogs; stlanik; alpine meadow; mountain tundra.]

Mordovskiy
Mordoviya Rep., 1936, 32.2 th.ha. [S of Nizhniy Novgorod; mostly forest (pine, also lime, oak); some floodplain meadows.]

Nenets(skiy)
Nenetskiy Aut.Region, 1997, 313.4 th.ha.

Norskiy
Amur Region, 1998, 211.2 th.ha. [See RCN 30:2-4.]

North-Osetia, Severo-Osetinskiy
North Osetiya Rep., 1967, 29.1 th.ha. [North slope of Great Caucasus Mountains, up to 4250 m alt.; karst; steppe meadows; some forest (pine, birch, beech, maple).]

Nurgush
Kirov Region, 1994, 5.9 th.ha. [N of Kazan' & NE of Nizhniy Novgorod; floodplain of R.Vyatka, with numerous channels & ox-bow lakes; mixed conifer-broadleaf forest; bogs.]

Oka, Okski, BR
Ryazan' Region, 1935, 55.7 th.ha, from 1992 32.8 th.ha biosphere polygon, originally 22.9 th.ha. [On R.Oka, SE of Moscow; many bogs; pine forest on former dunes; eutrophic fens between; some mixed conifer-broadleaf forest.]

Olekma, Olekminsk(iy)
Sakha State Nature Committee, Sakha Rep. (Yakutiya), 1984, 847.1 th.ha. [On right bank of R.Olekma in E.Siberia, midway between Yakutsk and L.Baykal; hills & mountains up to c.1200 m alt.; central taiga (larch, also pine, 'cedar', fir, spruce); stlanik.]

Orenburg(skiy)
Orenburg Region, 1989, 21.7 th.ha. [4 sites E & W of Orenburg, S Urals; undulating hills; mostly steppe; some solonets; alder woodland in ravines.]

Pasvik
Murmansk Region, 1992, 14.6 th.ha. [In R.Paz basin on Norwegian border; proposed as part of international reserve (with Norway & Finland); northern taiga (mostly pine & birch); birch elfin woodland; bogs; rocky tundra.]

Pechora-Ilych(skiy), BR
Komi Rep., 1930, 721.3 th.ha, originally 1 million ha, territory has changed. [On upper reaches of R.Pechora in N Urals; lowland plain, and mountains up to 1280 m alt.; taiga (pine, spruce, 'cedar', fir); meadows; tundra; with elk nursery for domestication.]

Pinega, Pinezhskiy
Arkhangelsk Region, 1974, 41.2 th.ha. [E of Arkhangelsk (Archangel), itself on E side of White Sea; on middle reaches of R.Pinega; mostly northern taiga (spruce, also pine, larch, birch); also swampy valleys; plateau karst. See RCN 8:8-9.]

Polist(ovskiy)
Pskov Region, 1994, 36.0 th.ha. [Between Novgorod & Pskov in European Russia, between R.Lovat & R.Polist, adjoining Rdeyskiy Zapovednik; part of largest raised-bog system in Europe (Polisto-Lovatskaya); also several lakes & some forest (aspen, birch); formerly a game zakaznik.]

Poronayskiy
Sakhalin Region, 1988, 56.7 th.ha. [2 sites on Sakhalin Island in Pacific; lowland & hills up to 350 m alt.; taiga (spruce, fir, birch); bogs; important for migratory birds.]

Prioksko-Terrasnyy, BR
Moscow Region, 1945, 4.9 th.ha. [S of Moscow; floodplain & terraces of R.Oka; mostly forest (pine, also spruce, oak, lime, &c); bogs; unusual meadow-steppe vegetation ('Oka Flora'); bison nursery.]

Prisurskiy
Chuvash Rep., 1995, 9.0 th.ha. [SW of Kazan', in R.Sury basin; many lakes; bogs; pine, spruce, some birch.]

Privolzhskaya Forest-steppe, Privolzhskaya Lesostep'
Penza Region, 1989, 8.2 th.ha. [5 sites in forest-steppe zone, Lower Volga region, E of Penza; Stipa steppe; pine forest.]

Putorana, Putoranskiy
Taymyr Aut.Region, 1988, 1,887.3 th.ha. [Mountains in northern E Siberia, E of Dudinka; lakes; taiga in valleys; mountain tundra; wild reindeer migrate through the zapovednik.]

Rdeyskiy
Novgorod Region, 1994, 36.9 th.ha. [Between Novgorod & Pskov in European Russia, adjoining Polist Zapovednik; part of largest European raised-bog system (Polisto-Lovatskaya); with pine, birch, alder, aspen & spruce on ridges.]

Rostov(skiy)
Rostov Region, 1995, 9.5 th.ha. [ESE of Rostov-on-Don, N of Caucasus; 4 sites; steppe.]

Sayano-Shushenskiy, BR
Krasnoyarsk Region, 1976, 390.4 th.ha. [In Sayan mountains in southern Siberia, S of Abakan; alt. up to 2770 m; deep valleys; mostly taiga ('cedar', larch, fir, spruce); some forest-steppe; alpine meadow & tundra. See RCN 1:6, 2:6-7, 3:5, 26:22, 27:26-27.]

Shulgan-Tash
Bashkortostan Rep., 1986 (1957), 22.5 th.ha, earlier a branch (Pribelskiy) of Bashkirskiy Zapovednik. [S Urals, SE of Ufa; plateau at c.600 m alt.; at boundary between forest & steppe zones; mostly broadleaf forest (lime, oak, maple, elm, pine, &c); also tall-herb glades & stony meadow-steppe. See RCN 11:7.]

Sikhote-Alin'(skiy), BR
Primorskiy Region, 1935, 349.9 th.ha, originally 1.7 million ha, territory has changed. [Southern Sikhote-Alin' Mts on Pacific coast N of Vladivostok, including shore; up to c.1600 m alt.; mostly forest (oak, fir, spruce, 'cedar', broadleaf species); stlanik; mountain tundra; tiger, goral. See RCN 27:30-31.]

Sokhondo, Sokhondinskiy, BR
Chita Region, 1973, 211.0 th.ha. [Sokhondo Massif near southern border of E Siberia; forest-steppe up to 1200 m alt. (larch, birch); taiga (larch, 'cedar', spruce, fir); bogs; mountain tundra.]

Stolby
Krasnoyarsk Region, 1925, 47.1 th.ha, 3 th.ha 1925-46. [Southern E Siberia, on N edge of Sayan Mts, close to Krasnoyarsk; taiga (pine, larch, fir, 'cedar'); some steppe; named after the rock 'pillars' along the R.Yenisey. See RCN 26:23.]

South Urals, Yuzhno-Ural'skiy
Bashkortostan Forestry Ministry, Bashkortostan Rep., 1978, 254.9 th.ha. [S Urals, E of Ufa; hills up to 1640 m alt.; mountain taiga (fir, spruce, also pine); tall-herb communities; alpine meadow & tundra.]

Taymyr(skiy), BR
Taymyr Aut.Region, 1979, 1,781.9 th.ha (from 1994), originally 1,348.3 th.ha. [Taymyr Peninsula in the N of E Siberia; includes part of L.Taymyr; tundra; 2 areas of Dahurian larch (the northernmost forest in the world); Arctic desert on spurs of Byrranga Mts.]

Teberda, Teberdinskiy
Karachayevo-Cherkesiya Rep., 1936, 85.0 th.ha. [In Caucasus Mts, S of Cherkessk; 2 sites; up to 4042 m alt.; forest (beech, oak, birch, pine, &c); meadow; glaciers; some steppe vegeation. See RCN 27:28-29.]

Tigirekskiy
Altay Region, 1999, 40.7 th.ha.

Tungusska, Tungusskiy
Evenkiyskiy Aut.Region, 1995, 295.6 th.ha. [In central E Siberia, on the River Tungusska, set up to study the site of the 'Tungusska Event' of 1908, when a meteorite is thought to have exploded above the ground (but for other explanations see New Scientist 28.vii.01 p.17 and 7.ix.02 p.14), flattening a vast area of forest but leaving no crater; taiga (larch, pine).]

Ubsunurskaya Kotlovina, Ubsunurskiy Depression, BR
Tuva Rep., 1993, 39.6 th.ha. [On Mongolian border in E Siberia, S of Kyzyl; 5 sites; steppe & semidesert; mountain taiga (larch, 'cedar'); alpine meadow. See RCN 26:22.]

Upper Taz, Verkhne-Tazovskiy
Yamalo-Nenetskiy Aut.Region, 1986, 631.3 th.ha. [Northern W Siberia; on R.Taz, NW of junction of R.Podkamannaya Tungusska with R.Yenisey; bogs & northern taiga ('cedar', spruce, fir).]

Ussuri(yskiy)
Biology & Soils Institute of Far-East Branch of Academy of Sciences, Primorskiy Region, 1932, 40.4 th.ha, originally 17 th.ha. [On western spurs of Sikhote-Alin' Mountains draining into R.Ussuri; up to 700 m alt.; mostly forest, mixed conifer-broadleaf up to 600 m, then fir-spruce. See RCN 8:10-11, 24:6-7.]

Vishera, Visherskiy
N part of Perm' Region, 1990, 241.2 th.ha. [N Urals; part of R.Vishera basin; mostly mountain taiga (spruce, fir); alpine meadow; mountain tundra.]

Visim(skiy)
Sverdlovsk Region, 1971 (1946), 13.5 th.ha; in 1946-51 Visim was 56.4 th.ha. [C Urals, NW of Yekaterinburg; hills up to 700 m alt.; taiga (fir, spruce, also pine, birch, aspen, 'cedar'.]

Vitim(skiy)
Irkutsk Region, 1982, 585.0 th.ha. [E Siberia, NE of N end of L.Baykal, in R.Vitim basin in Kodar Range; taiga (larch, spruce, pine, 'cedar'); alpine meadow & tundra.]

Volga-Kama, Volzhsko-Kamskiy
Tatarstan Rep., 1960, 8.0 th.ha. [On left bank of R.Volga downstream from Kazan; 2 sites; mostly forest (spruce, fir, pine, oak, lime, &c); bogs; steppe-herb communities; contains an arboretum.]

Voronezh(skiy)
Voronezh Region , 1927, 31.1 th.ha (from 1934), originally 2.7 th.ha. [S European Russia, on terraces of R.Voronezh, including N half of Usmanskiy Forest; mostly pine, some oak; long associated with breeding beaver and other species for distribution to other areas.]

Vorona, Voroninskiy
Tambov Region, 1994, 10.8 th.ha. [S European Russia, SE of Tambov; valley of R.Vorona; forest-steppe zone; meadow; steppe; wetlands; forest (oak, pine, alder). See RCN 19:16-17.]

Vrangel Island, Wrangel Island, Ostrov Vrangelya
Magadan Region, 1976, 795.7 th.ha. [Island in the Arctic Ocean west of Bering Strait, with surrounding sea; tundra, steppe and intermediate associations; some mountains; bogs.]

Yugan(skiy)
Khanty-Mansiysk Aut.Region, 1982, 622.9 th.ha. [W Siberia, SE of Khanty-Mansiysk, in R.Yugan basin; taiga (fir, spruce, also 'cedar'); bogs.]

Zeya, Zeyskiy
Amur Region, 1963, 99.4 th.ha; originally 82.3 th.ha. [Part of Tukuringr Range and basin of R.Zeya, adjacent to Zeyskiy Reservoir, N of Blagoveshchensk, Russian Far East; mostly taiga (larch, spruce higher up); stlanik; mountain tundra. See RCN 17:17-19.]

Zhiguli, Zhigulevskiy
Samara Region, 1927, 23.1 th.ha; not operational 1952-65. [Near Samara, on Samarskaya Luka Peninsula with R.Volga on 3 sides, S European Russia; hills, and islands in river; mostly forest (lime, aspen, oak, pine, &c); stone steppe on S-facing slopes.]