Kizhsky Zakaznik, Federal zoological reserve in the Republic of Karelia, Russia

Kizhsky Zakaznik is a federal zoological reserve in Medvezhyegorsk District, Karelia, established on 22 September 1989. It covers 500 km² of the Kizhi skerries of Lake Onega, including the Kizhi archipelago with a one-kilometre water zone, the Zaonezhsky Peninsula coast and Chyorny Island with a 500-metre water zone. The reserve also contains the Kizhi Museum-Reserve and geological monuments such as Yuzhny Oleny Island.

The reserve was established in 1989, marking an important expansion of Russia's network of protected natural areas. This designation reflected a growing focus on wildlife preservation efforts during that period.

The reserve overlaps the Kizhi museum-reserve and its buffer zone, so the open-air wooden architecture museum and the protected wildlife area share the same islands. Picking mushrooms and berries is reserved for local residents, a right written into the reserve rules. The Zaonezhye coast and Chyorny Island fall within its boundaries.

Some areas are open to visitors but may require permits and adherence to protection guidelines. Check access requirements in advance and plan your visit around the seasons when the landscape is most accessible.

Hunting is banned throughout the reserve, as are commercial logging and mushroom and berry picking except by local residents. The reserve also contains the Kizhi museum-preserve and three regional geological monuments: Southern Deer Island, the bogs near Boyarshchina village, and the Petrikov Bay and Zamoshye bog.