Every year, nature photographers from across the country take part in the Primordial Russia Nature Festival. They present rare images of UNESCO-protected natural monuments in Russia, plus unique photos of IUCN red-listed animals in their natural habitat.
Here are the best photos of 2020.
1. Snowy owl returns to her nest after an unsuccessful hunt, Wrangel Island
Alexey Bezrukov/Courtesy of ROSPHOTO
2. Bear in the Valley of Geysers, Kamchatka
Igor Shpilenok/Courtesy of ROSPHOTO
3. Start of the reindeer migration to the Putorana Plateau
Sergey Gorshkov, Wildlife Photographer of the Year/Courtesy of ROSPHOTO
4. Lower Gate on the Shchugor River
Elena Shubnitsina/Courtesy of ROSPHOTO
5. Trans-Ural pelicans
Oleg Panteleev/Courtesy of ROSPHOTO
6. Singing cliffs: the Sinsk Pillars in Yakutia
Alexey Kharitonov/Courtesy of ROSPHOTO
7. Blue River in Yakutia, left tributary of the Lena. Sinsk Pillars natural monument
Sergey Gazetov/Courtesy of ROSPHOTO
8. “Where the Dragon sleeps” — Kamchatka. River of incandescent lava from the eruption of Tolbachik Volcano
Denis Budkov/Courtesy of ROSPHOTO
9. Crystal shores
Andrey Grachev/Courtesy of ROSPHOTO
10. Baikal seal
Andrey Sidorov/Courtesy of ROSPHOTO
The exhibition Primordial Russia runs at the ROSPHOTO State Museum and Exhibition Center in St Petersburg from Nov. 9 to Dec. 6, 2020.