Shchuchye Lake Sanctuary

The Shchuchye Lake Nature Reserve is located in the Kurortny District of St. Petersburg on the territory of Zelenogorsk and the Komarovo village, covering an area of 1157 hectares. In the Druzhinnoye Lake, which is part of the reserve, the lake quillwort grows; it is listed in the Red Book of Russia, and among hoofed animals, moose enter the territory. On the Vesely Cape there is a former dacha with a memorial room of Academician N. N. Petrov, the founder of the oncology institute in the Pesochy settlement. The area is characterized by weakly pronounced erosional landforms represented by valleys of small streams, and the bryophyte flora includes 138 species, of which 8 are listed in the Red Book of St. Petersburg.