Jury on the XII Photo Contest «The Most Beautiful Country», 2026

President of the Russian Geographical Society.

Russian wildlife photographer. Best wildlife photographer of the year, according to the Wildlife Photographer of the Year – 2020 Award.

Roskosmos test cosmonaut. In April-October 2020, he made a space flight as a flight engineer of the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft. In orbit, in addition to his main work, he was actively involved in photography.

Theater and film actor, director, screenwriter.

Russian theater and film actor, director, producer. Artistic director at the Oleg Tabakov Moscow Theater.

Italian wildlife photographer and travel photojournalist. Worked for Oasis, Natura, Asferico, Image Mag, Go Nordic. Winner and prize-winner of many photo contests, including National Geographic, Nature Best, Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Travel Photography of the Year, Big Print, Glanzlic, European Photographer of the Year.

Russian photographer, specializing in art photography. She has worked in various genres of photography, created documentary, scientific, and educational projects.

British photographer. One of the most awarded wildlife photographers (over 80 awards from prestigious photography contests). He has become the overall winner of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award four times and the winner of the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year award five times. He has also received the award Big Picture Natural World award and Bird Photographer of the Year. Held more than 40 solo exhibitions, including those in Russian cities of Novosibirsk (2011), St. Petersburg (2017), and Moscow (2017, 2018).

Director of visual content at TASS, responsible for the work of two departments: the Editorial Office of Photo and Video Information and the Visual Product Development Office.

Chairman of the Union of Wildlife Photographers, Honored Ecologist of the Russian Federation. Professor, Doctor of Economics, Director of the Mining Institute of the University of MISIS.

Russian wildlife photographer, member of the Union of Wildlife Photographers (SFDP), representative of the All-Russian socio-ecological project “Volunteer expeditions in the Footsteps of the Snow Leopard”, author of the photo project “Snow Leopards of the Chikhachev Ridge”. A regular participant of the All-Russian Nature Festival “Primordial Russia”, he was twice recognized as the “Photographer of the Year” in 2022 and 2024 as part of the Altai Wildlife photo contest. The winner of the Wild Animals nomination and the winner of the audience award of the XI photo contest “The most beautiful country”.