Secrets of the Sayano-Shushensky Nature Reserve. Nature reserves of Russia 

The Sayano-Shushensky Nature Reserve is located in Russia, in the inaccessible region of Western Sayan in the south of the Krasnoyarsk Territory on the left bank of the Yenisei River in the zone of influence of the Sayano-Shushensky reservoir. Most of the reserve is occupied by forests. The main protected species is the snow leopard.