Braslawskiya azyory; Russian: Браславские озёра, romanized: Braslavskiye ozyora) is one of the four national parks in Belarus.
[1] The territory of the national park is separate[clarification needed] and is in the Braslaw Raion in the northwest of Belarus, near the border with Lithuania.
Through the latest glacial period, about 18,000-29,000 years ago, the area of Braslav Lakes was covered with vast ice fields, up to several hundred metres thick.
Of the rare species listed in the Belarusian Red Book, the area is the home of the badger, lynx, brown bear, and swan.
Other native species include the black stork, common crane, silver seagull, willow grouse, and dunlin.
Also widespread are boar, roe deer, squirrel, brown and white hare, fox, raccoon, wolf, marten, otter, and mink.