Zakaznik (, transliterated:
zakaznik, zakazniki; , transliterated:
zakaznyk,
zakaznyky;
Belarusian: заказнік, заказнікі, transliterated: zakaznik, zakazniki) is a type of
protected area in
Russia and some other
former Soviet republics such as
Belarus and
Ukraine that meets World Conservation Union's (
IUCN) category III, or more frequently category VI criteria.