Ramsar sites are natural locations under the protection of the Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands. As of March 2013 there were 35 Ramsar sites in Russia, totalling an area of .
The first Russian sites registered in the Ramsar Convention, on 11 October 1976 (during the Soviet era), were Kandalaksha Bay Lake Khanka and the Volga River delta.
In July 2025, Russia announced its withdrawal from Ramsar Convention.
List of Ramsar sites in Russia Name Image Location Area (km2) Wetland Type(s) * Other Des. Description Area between the Pura River & Mokoritto River TaymyriaBorders (PP) Vt, Tp, O, Ts, M, N(PDF) IBA Hilly plains with diverse network of streams, rivers and lakes distinguish this area from surrounding flat tundra in the central Russian Arctic, in Taymyr Autonomous Okrug. Overlaps the Purinsky Zakaznik. Supports the vulnerable red-breasted goose. Ramsar map (pdf) Beryozovye Islands Leningrad OblastBorders (IBA) G, A, D(PDF) IBA "Birch Islands", on the north coast of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, on the southeast of Vyborg Bay. 300,000 to 500,000 birds migrate through in the spring - gulls, ducks, geese and swans. Indented shores with many inlets. Ramsar wetland type classifications: G, A, D.(PDF) Brekhovsky Islands Taymyr Autonomous OkrugBorders (PP) L, Ts, U, W, O, M(PDF) IBA Brekhovsky Islands in the Yenisei estuary; wetlands and tundra in northern Siberia. Habitat for whitefish (Coregonus) and the endangered Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii). Chany Lake Novosibirsk OblastBorders (PP) Q, O, R, Tp, M(PDF) Chany Lake area is a network of Lacustrine plain wetlands characteristic of West Siberian forest-steppe. Enclosed fresh water systems, 100 km north of Kazakhstan border. Mire, meadows, reedbeds, forest-steppe floral communities. Gorbita River Delta TaymyriaBorders (IBA) Vt, Tp, O, Ts, M, N(PDF) IBA Lower valley of the Gorbita River, and adjacent mire complex. Important breeding ground for geese on the Taymyr Peninsula. Islands in Ob River Estuary Yamalo-NenetsiaBorders (PP) F(PDF) Large floodplain islands where the Ob River opens to Ob Gulf; the Kara Sea is still 500 km to the north. 40% of the islands surfaces are covered with temporary bodies of water (sors). Breeding birds with a density of 500 to 2,000 birds per 10 km2. One of the world's richest habitats for whitefish. Islands in Onega Bay, White Sea KareliaBorders (PP) A, D, E, U, Xp(PDF) IBA Kuzov Islands at the mouth of Onega Bay, the southernmost bay of the White Sea, 150 km west of Arkhangelsk. The islands are rocky and of glacial origin, covered in dwarf forests with stunted pine-birch communities, crowberry, moss and lichen. Supports rare plant and bird species, including the near-threatened razorbill (Alca torda) and the black guillemot (Cepphus grylle). Kama-Bakaldino Mires Nizhny Novgorod OblastBorders (PP) U, Xp, O(PDF) Located just north of the Volga River as it flows east, 100 km east of Nizhny-Novgorod. The largest peatland south of the northern European taiga zone. Bogs, fens, raised mires, streams and other wetlands intermixed with stands of pine, birch, and aspen. Important stopover sight for migrating birds. Kandalaksha Bay Murmansk OblastBorders (PP) A, B, G, D, H(PDF) IBA The northwestern bay of the White Sea, Kandalaksha divides the Kola peninsula from Karelia. Over 850 rocky islands dot the shallow waters, whose rich benthic (sediment-dwelling) sealife support large flocks of migratory waterfowl. Much of the upper bay is protected by the Kandalaksha Nature Reserve, which was formed in 1932 to protect the sea duck. Karaginsky Island Kamchatka KraiBorders (PP) A, D, F, G, E, M, O(PDF) IBA Karaginsky is a 2,404 km2 island located 40 km east of the northeast coast of the Kamchatka peninsula in the western Bering Sea. The island is covered with elfin forests (stunted birch and dwarf pine), meadows, and low-bush alpine tundra. The numerous bays and inlets support large populations of diving ducks, gulls, terns, and cormorants; the island is on an important migration route for seabirds. Khingano-Arkharinskaya Lowland Amur OblastBorders (PP) Ts, Tp, O, M(PDF) IBA A "wet forest-steppe" (prairie) ecosystem along the Amur River on the Russian/Chinese border in the Russian Far East, between the Bureya River and the Khingan River. The landscape is an extensive floodplain, with streams, oxbow lakes, marshes, and other wetlands. Grass meadows and reed-beds are extensive, supporting aquatic wildlife that attracts migratory waterfowl (ducks, geese). A large portion is protected by the Khingan Nature Reserve. Kuban River Delta: Akhtaro-Grivenskaya group of limans Krasnodar KraiBorders (PP) F, O, Q, J, Ts, M, 6,