In 2010 ( a summer of record heat and widespread fires throughout Russia ) the forest was subject to a catastrophic forest fire which devastated large areas of the forest . This was one of the many 2010 Russian wildfires . The Lesnoye Sanatorium was saved ( although it had to be evacuated and was closed for more than four months ) , but crown fires and ground fires devastated large sections of the forest
2010 Russian wildfires
2010 Russian wildfires
Tolyatti Pine Forest