Nature reserves in Russia, or zapovedniks (Заповедник, from the Russian заповедный, "sacred, prohibited from disturbing") are inviolate protected areas in Russia and many former Soviet states. In Russia there are about 100 zapovedniks covering about 330,000 km² (~127,400 square miles). In its final decades of its existence, the Soviet Union consisted of 15 Soviet Socialist Republics (SSR), often called simply Soviet republics. ...

The system of zapovedniks was created during the Soviet era exclusively for scientific study and to preserve the wild nature. The first, Barguzin Nature Reserve on Lake Baikal, was created in 1916. There was initially little organised long term research due to the paucity of funds. State motto (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Socialist republics/ Communist state Area  - Total  - % water Largest on the planet 22,402,200 km² ?% Population  - Total  - Density 3rd before collapse 293,047,571 (July... Barguzinsky Nature Reserve (Баргузинский заповедник in Russian) is a nature reserve, located in Buryatia (Russia) on the west slope of the Barguzin Range, including the northest shores of the Lake Baikal and a part of the lake itself. ... Lake Baikal The Yenisei River basin, Lake Baikal, and the cities of Dikson, Dudinka, Turukhansk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk Lake Baikal (Russian: О́зеро Байка́л (Ozero Baykal)), a lake in southern Siberia, Russia, between Irkutsk Oblast on the northwest and Buryatia on the southeast, near Irkutsk. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ...

See also: List of national parks of Russia