They certainly have an incredibly large range in the wild:
Takes a bit of scrolling, but go to this site, and scroll down to 2003 articles and read the abstract:
http://www.cebc.cnrs.fr/Fidentite/bonnet/bonnet_publication.htm
"Sex divergence in space utilisation in the steppe tortoise (Testudo horsfieldi). Canadian Journal of Zoology."
Male: 24 Hectares
Female: 57 hectares
1 hectare = 2.5 acres
Good grief, no wonder you need large enclosures for Russian torts.
Takes a bit of scrolling, but go to this site, and scroll down to 2003 articles and read the abstract:
http://www.cebc.cnrs.fr/Fidentite/bonnet/bonnet_publication.htm
"Sex divergence in space utilisation in the steppe tortoise (Testudo horsfieldi). Canadian Journal of Zoology."
Male: 24 Hectares
Female: 57 hectares
1 hectare = 2.5 acres
Good grief, no wonder you need large enclosures for Russian torts.