![](/images/photo/395-D6DUHLGVGWPY4BHGVBFPB7R3XUDDW3F3.jpg)
The rocky banks of the Shchugor River
![](/images/photo/369-P23P7VK3ZW6OKF4QYMXYZURDFA2SEPHE.jpg)
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 ...
![](/images/photo/355-6XCL7QS72EQUR7ES4HVBS5XQLJDWVKKZ.jpg)
Pristine coniferous forests of the Altai Nature Reserve with Teletskoye Lake as a backdrop
![](/images/photo/306-HUZXOJRYKIOY6YN6NWTCEABYR6PE3JBI.jpg)
Pristine coniferous forests in the Malaya Laba river valley upstream of the Umpyr ranger station
![](/images/photo/344-IBI3NR5SKECA3O4Z5VPSFYDJMZLPORUD.jpg)
Nugush River near the Kashalya ranger station
![](/images/photo/298-FZ4OIECXFXEBR25T3EJVFC5GSFU3YGFD.jpg)
The Caucasian fir reaches a gigantic height of over sixty metres
![](/images/photo/375-MEV2JLKCX6KV5V2XVHHOLNY2FCXUGXK3.jpg)
The national park protects Europe's largest area of primeval boreal forest
![](/images/photo/299-4HSEGHQXM3DDTGQ2ZMO4U7SLMOPHQZSD.jpg)
Caucasian bison in an ancient fir forest
![](/images/photo/382-V466XOZJYJRW4AV4ZRTF7HLYQXDHVRAW.jpg)
Under the forest canopy
![](/images/photo/300-ILKWYREMSQLB6UW4SFOXMCHEC3JKXRAT.jpg)
Red deer mating tournament in an old-growth fir forest
![](/images/photo/372-4D4K3D543JMK6D5EHQGDD3V2ULC7Y4G5.jpg)
![](/images/photo/301-V62Z4CWOM6T5RRYZ5KPOQLA22MQ4VVCI.jpg)
A remote outpost near Mastakan Creek gives respite to patrolling rangers in Kavkazsky Zapovednik. 2003
![](/images/photo/376-4DRLCGWXLLR2G37NEIIFVBHALYGSVKLM.jpg)
The Torgovaya River flows into the Shchugor River
![](/images/photo/302-KJA2HAS4UXZI5JBK6EU4CFFKUQYIDCH4.jpg)
Pristine forests occupy a large part of the Caucasus Nature Reserve
![](/images/photo/315-QLAAQZ6DPB4K7ZOBMMIPGYCRFHOIY2OM.jpg)
Coniferous forests in the upper reaches of the Abakan River
![](/images/photo/303-DINZLVSHV2LWZWW7ZTKQWWOGEGQUH4EB.jpg)
The trunk of an ancient beech tree
![](/images/photo/304-2VWRDJRCHNCRCRDOFBPIH3JKPAEDD5MC.jpg)
The trunk of a giant beech collapsed from old age The trunk of a giant beech tree collapsed from old age
![](/images/photo/373-Z74ZFY52BWSE3OITUVIQJQGFBXIMSHGW.jpg)
Lower "gate" on the Schugor River
![](/images/photo/139-AHTSHKVTRYWH7R3F5PABGS4AWXTVWOI5.jpg)
October stone birch forest. The folds of gorges form deep shadows in a brightly colored autumn forest
![](/images/photo/308-RUTQRGC5ESGXU5VM3IBWRHQ5AHZQJMGT.jpg)
Pristine forests on the steep slopes of the Malaya Laba valley
![](/images/photo/309-2WN5SQLMFJUAX3Q4MCEL4S5OMWY4YQAM.jpg)
The beginning of golden autumn in the forests of the Caucasus Nature Reserve