List of Ramsar sites in Russia

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 10323767 ha.

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.

Classification codes for Ramsar wetland types
Marine / coastal wetlands
 * Ramsar classification codes are listed for each site in descending order of area cover at the site.
 * A - permanent shallow marine waters
 * B - marine subtidal aquatic beds
 * C - coral reefs
 * D - rocky marine shores
 * E - sand, shingle or pebble shores
 * F - estuarine waters
 * G - intertidal mud, sand or salt flats
 * H - intertidal marshes
 * I - intertidal forested wetlands
 * J - coastal brackish/saline lagoons
 * K - coastal freshwater lagoons
 * Zk(a) - karst, other subterranean, marine/coastal

Inland wetlands
 * L - permanent inland deltas
 * M - permanent rivers/streams/creeks
 * N - intermittent rivers/streams/creeks
 * O - permanent freshwater lakes
 * P - intermittent freshwater lakes
 * Q - permanent saline/brackish/alkaline lakes
 * R - intermittent saline/brackish/alkaline lakes and flats
 * Sp - permanent saline/brackish/alkaline marshes/pools
 * Ss - intermittent saline/brackish/alkaline marshes/pools
 * Tp - permanent freshwater marshes/pools
 * Ts - intermittent freshwater marshes/pools on inorganic soils
 * U - non-forested peatlands


 * Va - alpine wetlands
 * Vt - tundra wetlands
 * W - shrub-dominated wetlands
 * Xf - freshwater, tree-dominated wetlands
 * Xp - forested peatlands; peatswamp forests
 * Y - freshwater springs; oases
 * Zg - geothermal wetlands
 * Zk(b) - karst other subterranean, inland

Human-made wetlands
 * 1-9 (various; see full list)