Protected areas of Russia, (official Russian title:Russian:Особо охраняемые природные территории, literally "Specially Protected Natural Areas"), is governed by the corresponding 1995 law of theRussian Federation.^[1]

The law establishes the following categories ofprotected areas:

1. State naturezapovedniks, includingBiosphere reserves (biosphere preserve)^[2]
2. National Parks
3. Nature parks
4. State naturezakazniks
5. Natural Monuments
6. Dendrological parks andbotanical gardens
7. Health recuperation areas andhealth resorts

Other areas that are protected in Russia include:

• UNESCOWorld Heritage Sites.
• city and regional parks.
• Ramsar sites —wetlands of international significance.
• Russian Cultural heritage monuments.
• Historic buildings and gardens —e.g.: Imperial Russian palaces and their landscape parks.

On May 21, 2019, theMoscow Times cited aWorld Wildlife Fund report indicating that Russia now ranks first in the world for its amount of protected natural areas^[3] with 63.3 million hectares of specially protected natural areas. However, the article did not contain a link to WWF's report and it may be based on previously gathered data.

• List of national parks of Russia
• List of zapovedniks of Russia
• Territory of Traditional Natural Resource Use

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