The author of the beaver photograph is Natasha Golovina. It was with this very shot that my reserve story began...

The tall, straight pines, nicknamed "ship pines," are the most recognizable tree of the reserve.

Keeper of the Sanctuary’s Tale.

The beaver is the main and most famous symbol of the reserve. Today the beaver is out of sorts.

Life in the reserve just isn’t the same without a cat!

Siberian squill (Scilla siberica) — a bright blue symbol of the coming spring.

The "Cherepakhinskaya" ecological trail. April.

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Sleep-grass (pasqueflower) — Pulsatilla patens.

"You’re gonna get it!"

The "Cherepakhinskaya" ecological trail. September.

"The One Who Sits in the Pond"

Моменты осени.

European spindle (Euonymus europaeus).