South European Russia
About Russia's Protected Areas
Protected Area Resources
Protected Areas Galleries Alania NP Altaisky Baikalo-Lensky Bryansky Les Cherniye Zemli Darvinsky Kabardino-Balkarsky Kandalakshsky Katunsky Kavkazsky Kenozersky NP Khakassky Khingansky Khopersky Koryaksky Kostomukshsky Kronotsky Kurilsky Kuznetsky Alatau Lenskie Stolby NP Oksky Olekminsky Orlovskoye-Polesye NP Rdeisky Rostovsky Russky Sever NP Sayano-Shushensky Severo-Osetinsky Shulgan-Tash Ugra NP Go
The steepest and most inaccessible mountains in the Central Caucasus are found in this reserve, created in 1967 in Northern Ossetia-Alania.