A third of the territory of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation is covered with forests. This is over 328 million hectares, or 3.28 million sq. m. Such data was provided by Roslesinforg. Most of the Arctic forests are located in the Krasnoyarsk Territory – 67.8 million hectares.
The three leaders also include Yakutia (54.3 million hectares) and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District (16 million hectares).
This is followed by the Murmansk Region (5.4 million hectares) and Chukotka (4.9 million hectares), on the territory of which long-lived trees grow: they are on average 134 years old.
The celebration began with the All–Russian action "Museum Days on Amur" - museum workers from Kaliningrad to Chukotka gathered to share their experience
Every year, reindeer herders from the camps gather in villages to see their relatives and demonstrate their skills in traditional competitions for the northern peoples
Authorities in Norway's northernmost county, Finnmark, have put forward an unusual proposal. They have asked the European Commission to create a separate time zone that would add two hours to the day in the region
Applications for participation in the second All–Russian competition for the best trip "Far East - Land of Adventures" will begin in May, Deputy Prime Minister and Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev told reporters