Nature in Russia

Russia

Shantar Islands National Park
National park in Shantar Islands in the Sea of Okhotsk
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Official site: http://www.zapovedamur.ru/
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Russia

Zigalga National Park
National park of Russia
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Official site: https://zigalga.org/
Photo: Pesotsky / CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zigalga.jpg

Russia

Koygorodsky National Park
National park of Russia
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Official site: https://koygorodskiy.ru/
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Russia

Samursky National Park
National park of Russia
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Photo: Anzor Agamirzoyev / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samur_forest.jpg

Russia

Bikin National Park
Russian national park
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Russia

Losiny Ostrov National Park
National park in Moscow
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Official site: https://losinyiostrov.ru
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Russia

Gydansky
National park in Western Siberia
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Official site: https://gdanskiyzp.ru/
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Ostankinsky District, Russia

N.V. Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden
Botanical garden
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Official site: https://gbsad.ru
Photo: AlixSaz / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Botanical_Garden,_Moscow.jpg

Aptekarsky Ostrov Municipal Okrug, Russia

Peter the Great Botanical Garden
Oldest botanical garden in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Official site: http://www.botsad-spb.com
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Irkutsk, Russia

Botanic Garden of the Irkutsk State University
Botanical garden in Irkutsk, Siberia
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Photo: Виктор Яковлевич Кузеванов (Victor Kuzevanov) / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bgisu_P5200477_ss.jpg

Ufa, Russia

South Ural Botanical Garden-Institute
Botanical gardens in Ufa, Russia
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Official site: http://ufabotgarden.ru/
Photo: Vyacheslav Bukharov / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Botanical_garden_in_Ufa_(March_2025)_-0.jpg

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Federal Research Center "N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources"
Research institute of plant genetics, located in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Botanical garden — Russia
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Official site: http://www.vir.nw.ru
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Kaliningrad, Russia

Botanical Garden of the Baltic Federal University Kant
Botanical garden
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Official site: https://www.kantiana.ru/garden/
Photo: Bars 23 / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bot_gard_2352.JPG

Kirovsk, Russia

N.A. Avrorin Polar-Alpine Botanic Garden-Institute
Botanical garden in Russia
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Official site: https://pabgi.ru/
Photo: Владимир Ващенко / Copyrighted free use via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Khibini_polyarno-alpiisky_boyanichesky_sad_institut.JPG

Sovetsky City District, Russia

Central Siberian Botanical Garden
Facility in Novosibirsk, Russia
Botanical garden — Russia
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Official site: http://www.sbras.ru/sbras/db/show_doc.phtml?3+rus+21
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Meshchansky District, Russia

Aptekarsky Ogorod
Botanical garden, protected area of Russia, architectural landmark in Meshchansky District, Russia
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Official site: https://hortus.msu.ru/
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Yekaterinburg, Russia

Botanical Garden of the Urals Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Botanical garden in Yekaterinburg, Russia
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Official site: http://botgard.uran.ru/
Photo: Vyacheslav Bukharov / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Botanical_Garden_in_Yekaterinburg_(August_2025)_-_0_2.jpg

Vyborgsky District, Russia

Park of Saint Petersburg State Forestry Academy
Park & Botanical garden in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Photo: Alexey Komarov / CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Serdobolsky_pond_in_the_Saint-Petersburg_State_Forest_Technical_-_panoramio.jpg

Russia

Botanical garden of Samara State University
Botanical garden in Samara, Russia
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Photo: Travkin Vladimir / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Botanical_garden_of_Samara_State_University_1.JPG

Tverskoy District, Russia

Moscow Zoo
Zoo in Moscow, Russia
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Official site: http://www.moscowzoo.ru/
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Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Royev Ruchey Zoo
Zoo in Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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Official site: https://roev.ru/
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Saint Petersburg, Russia

Leningrad Zoo
Zoo in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Official site: http://www.spbzoo.ru/
Photo: A.Savin / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zoo_SPB_entrance.jpg

Krasnodar, Russia

Krasnodar Safari Park
Zoo in Russia
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Official site: https://zoo93.ru/
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Novosibirsk, Russia

Novosibirsk Zoo
Zoo in Novosibirsk, Russia
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Official site: http://www.zoonovosib.ru/
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Leninsky City District, Russia

Perm Zoo
Zoo in the city of Perm, Russia
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Official site: https://zoo.perm.ru
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Rostov-on-Don, Russia

Rostov Zoo
Zoo in Rostov Oblast, Russia
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Official site: http://zoopark-rostov.ru
Photo: Alexander Ivanov Dr.Stein / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rostov-on-Don-Zoo-Rhino.jpg

Yekaterinburg, Russia

Yekaterinburg Zoo
Zoo in Yekaterinburg, Russia
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Official site: http://www.ekazoo.ru/
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Russia

Sevastopol Zoo
Zoo in Sevastopol, Crimea
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Russia

Barnaul Zoo
Zoo — Russia
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Photo: Kraulinn / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barnaul-Zoo2.JPG

Russia

Belgorod Zoo
Zoo — Russia
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Official site: http://belzoopark.ru
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Russia

Bird Park
Zoo — Russia
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