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Yugyd Va National Park: Protected Boreal Wilderness and Mountain Geography in the Komi Republic
Exploring Europe's largest protected taiga and Ural mountain ecosystems.
Yugyd Va National Park offers a comprehensive look at the high-altitude geography of the Ural Mountains and the surrounding boreal taiga. As the largest protected wilderness area in Europe, this site showcases a dramatic transition from ancient lowland forest floors to alpine tundra summits. The park map highlights significant river corridors and granite mountain ranges that define this remote, undisturbed ecological landscape in the Russian north.
- Area
- 18,917 km²
- Established
- 1994
- IUCN
- II
- Visitors
- 4K annual

















