A history of Russia through its trees — all 100 billion of them
- Posted on January 14, 2026
- By The Times
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A history of Russia through its trees — all 100 billion of them
Sophie Pinkham’s The Oak and the Larch shows how the country’s soul can be found in its forests. Her narrative spans goblins, the ‘Old Believers’ and Leo Tolstoy
