Sochi National Park covers 1,937.37 square kilometres (478,730 acres) within the Western Caucasus World Heritage Site.

The park does not include areas of settlement, such as the city of Sochi and various urban and rural settlements, nor does it include the area of the Caucasian Biosphere Reserve.In 2009, a Persian leopard reintroduction center was created in Sochi National Park, where two male leopards from Turkmenistan have been kept since September 2009.

[3][4] In 2012, a pair of Persian leopards were brought to the Sochi National park from Portugal's Lisbon Zoo.

In July 2013, the pair had a litter, the first Persian leopard cubs known to be born in Russia in 50 years.

The cubs will be released into the wild after learning survival skills from their parents, according to Natalia Dronova, the WWF-Russia species coordinator.