The extraordinary wilderness of Russia stretches across 11 time zones: from the tundra in the far north to the steppes in the south. Forests in Russia occupy the largest area in the world: more than eight million square kilometers of mixed forest, home to rare species of wild animals: tigers, bears and leopards. But the rest of the territory is occupied by semi-deserts and icy tundras, snow-capped mountain peaks and vast meadows.
