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Land of the Tiger

Anyuysky National Park is one of Russia's largest national parks, covering 430,000 hectares. The park is located on the right bank of the Amur River and in the lower reaches of the Anyuy River. It is one of the largest massifs of intact pine-broadleaved forest, which supports Himalayan and brown bears, Manchurian deer (East Asian deer), wild boar and the endangered Siberian (Amur) tiger.

The Siberian tiger is the main star of the national park. A total of about 30 adult tigers now live here, and there are no more than 750 Amur tigers left in Russia in total.

Anyuysky National Park is the country's main maternity home for the Siberian tiger: park staff and volunteers create comfortable conditions for the tiger, feed wild boars, which are the main food for tigers, monitor their movements, and protect them from poachers. The main task of the animal protectors is to expand the tigers' habitat to the north and bring their population to a plateau, safe for the species.

Mikhail Grebenshchikov

I'm a photojournalist and bild editor in RBC.ru. Education: Faculty of Journalism of Lomonosov Moscow State University (2015), Docdocdoc (2022) Finalist of the contests "Kolga Tbilisi Photo 2019", "LensCulture B&W awards 2018", "Photomania 2013/2015", PDN Photo Annual 2013, "Silver Camera 2012/2014", "Young photographers of Russia 2014/2018/2019", "The Best of Russia 2013/2018". Participant of group exhibitions: Rotterdam Photo Fair 2022 XL ("Planet Human"), Kolga Tbilisi Photo 2019, "Beyond Boundaries" (Aperture Gallery, New-York), V Biennale of Contemporary Photography (Russian Museum, St. Petersburg), The #Helloicp Project, New York (2015).