Khakassia Nature Reserve
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Khakasski Nature Reserve is a Russian 'zapovednik' covering two large mountain areas, and a cluster of seven steppe sites located within the left bank of the Minusinsk depression. The reserve is situa
Khakasski Zapovednik
Lake Itkul
Minusinsk Hollow
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Minusinsk Basin or Khakass-Minusinsk Basin is in Khakassia and Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia located among mountains of South Siberia.
Khakassia Nature Reserve
…nature reserve) covering two large mountain areas (alpine and mountain-steppe), and a cluster of seven steppe sites located within the left bank of the Minusinsk depression. The reserve is situated in the Tashtypsky District of Khakassia. It was originally created to preserve steppe ecosystems, wetlands and waterfowl nesting…
Yenisey River
Minusinsk steppe. Painting by Vasily Surikov.
Gora Afanasieva mountain, type site of the Afanasievo culture, Minusinsk Basin.