The Wildlife of Central Russia – A Cinematic Showreel

Back in early spring, when the temperatures were still much below zero, I had decided to visit Mari El and Chuvashia in Russia. These republics contain the majority of the representative wildlife of Central Russia. Then the pandemic happened and I stayed in the area for another two months before returning to the capital — the centre of the epidemic in Russia. Stuck between two nature reserves, I was lucky enough to find and observe hundreds of species in the wild. Some I managed to film, other encounters wi