Portal:Siberia
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A view of Katun Nature Reserve, a Russian 'zapovednik' (strict nature reserve) located in the highlands of the central Altai Mountains of south Siberia
Chuysky tract in Shebalinsky District, on the outskirts of the village of Kamlak. The district is an administrative and municipal district (raion), and one of the ten in the Altai Republic, Russia.
A view of Belukha Mountain. It is located in the Katun Mountains and is the highest peak of the Altai Mountains in Russia, and is the highest of the system of the South Siberian Mountains.
Introduction
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 Siberian Federal District |
Siberia (/saɪˈbɪəriə/ sy-BEER-ee-ə; Russian: Сибирь, romanized: Sibir', IPA: [sʲɪˈbʲirʲ] ⓘ) is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west (with the Ural River usually forming the southernmost portion of its western boundary) to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has formed a part of the sovereign territory of Russia and its predecessor states since the lengthy conquest of Siberia, which began with the fall of the Khanate of Sibir in 1582 and concluded with the annexation of Chukotka in 1778. Siberia is vast and sparsely populated, covering an area of over 13.1 million square kilometres (5,100,000 mi2) – about three-quarters of Russia's total area, but home to roughly a quarter of Russia's population. Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, and Omsk are its largest cities.
Because Siberia is a geographic and historic concept and not a political entity, there is no single precise definition of its territorial borders. It is further defined as stretching from the territories within the Arctic Circle in the north to the northern borders of Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and China in the south, although the hills of north-central Kazakhstan are also commonly included. The Russian government divides the region into three federal districts (groupings of Russian federal subjects), of which only the central one is officially referred to as "Siberian"; the other two are the Ural (which spans both Europe and western Siberia) and Far Eastern federal districts, named for the Ural and Russian Far East regions that correspond respectively to the western and eastern thirds of Siberia in the broader sense.
Siberia is known for its long, harsh winters, with a January average of −25 °C (−13 °F). Although it is geographically located in Asia, Russian sovereignty and colonization since the 16th century has led to perceptions of the region as culturally and ethnically European. Over 85% of its population are of European descent, chiefly Russian (comprising the Siberian sub-ethnic group), and Eastern Slavic cultural influences predominate throughout the region. Nevertheless, there are sizable ethnic minorities of Asian lineage, including various Turkic communities—many of which, such as the Yakuts, Tuvans, Altai, and Khakas, are Indigenous—along with the Mongolic Buryats, ethnic Koreans, and smaller groups of Samoyedic and Tungusic peoples (several of whom are classified as Indigenous small-numbered peoples by the Russian government), among many others. (Full article...)
Selected article -
The South Siberian Mountains (Russian: Южно-Сибирские горы, romanized: Yuzhno-Sibirskiye Gory) are one of the largest mountain systems in North Asia. The total area of the system of mountain ranges is more than 1.5 million km2. The South Siberian Mountains are located in the Siberian and Far Eastern Federal Districts of Russia, as well as partly in Mongolia. The territory of the mountain system is one of the Great Russian Regions. (Full article...)
Interesting facts -
- Jan Czerski (pictured), exiled to Siberia after the January Uprising, became a self-taught scientist and Siberian explorer, thrice decorated with the gold medal by the Russian Geographical Society.
- Orange snow fell in February 2007 in western Siberia.
- Members of Sub-Carpathian Reformed Church were persecuted by communists in the Soviet Union and were sent to Gulag labour camps in Siberia.
General topics
- Prehistory of Siberia
- History of Siberia
- Geography of Siberia
- North Asia § Geography
- Demographics of Siberia
- Indigenous peoples of Siberia
- Category:Flora of Siberia – includes flora taxa that are native to Siberia. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic.
- Siberia Governorate
- Siberian Republic
- Great Russian Regions
- Trans-Siberian Railway
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General images -
A Siberian Yupik woman holding walrus tusks (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)
Siberia in 1636 (from History of Siberia)
The Khanate of Sibir in the 15th and 16th centuries (from History of Siberia)
Siberian River Routes were of primary importance in the process of Russian exploration and conquest of Siberia. (from History of Siberia)_family.jpg)
A Nanai family in traditional garb (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)
Selkup man
Magnitude of Siberian Traps in comparison with other large igneous provinces and bolide impacts (from Siberian Traps)
Selenga Buryats (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)_1.jpg)
Daria Egereva at COP29 (Photo: Olga Kostrova) (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia).png)
1905 map of Siberia (from History of Siberia)
Koryak men starting a fire (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)
Yermak's Conquest of Siberia, a painting by Vasily Surikov (from History of Siberia)
Akademgorodok, a scientific town near Novosibirsk (from History of Siberia)_kvinner_og_barn_foran_inngangen_til_teltet_sitt._(6435260555).jpg)
Nenets family (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)_(Zeno_Fotografie).jpg)
A group of Kachin Khakas (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)
Indigenous Siberian musical instrument used with throat singing, at Krasnoyarsk Regional Museum, Russia (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)
The extent of the Siberian Traps showing where lava, tuff and tuffite were deposited. (map in German) (from Siberian Traps)
Ket woman (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)
Mount Belukha in the Altai Mountains (from History of Siberia)
A Yakut woman in traditional dress (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)
Tomsk was the largest Siberian city by the end of the 19th century, but was left aside of the Trans-Siberian Railway. (from History of Siberia)
An Indigenous Siberian shaman at Kranoyarsk Regional Museum, Russia (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)
Step-like geomorphology at the Putorana Plateau, which is a World Heritage Site (from Siberian Traps)
Indigenous Siberian canoe at Krasnoyarsk Regional Museum, Russia (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)
The map shows the origin of the first wave of humans into the Americas. Involved are the ANE (Ancestral Northern Eurasian, which represent a distinct Paleolithic Siberian population), and the NEA (Northeast Asians, which are an East Asian-related group). The admixture happened somewhere in Northeast Siberia. (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)
The tower of the 17th-century Russian Ilimsky ostrog, now in Taltsy Museum in Irkutsk, Siberia. (from History of Siberia)
A new (2003) apartment building in Novosibirsk (from History of Siberia)
Ethnographic map of the Soviet Union, 1970 (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)
Tara Gate in Omsk city, formerly a part of the Omsk fortress (from History of Siberia)_2_(17338266745).jpg)
A sample of Siberian Traps basalt (dark) containing native iron (from the Putorana Plateau) (from Siberian Traps)
Columnar jointing in igneous rock of the Putorana Plateau (from Siberian Traps)
An ethnographic map of 16th-century Siberia, made in the Russian Empire period, between 1890 and 1907 (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)
Modern distribution of Native Siberians (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)
A 17th-century koch in a museum in Krasnoyarsk. Kochs were the earliest icebreakers and were widely used by Russian people in the Arctic and on Siberian rivers. (from History of Siberia)- Ethnographic map of the Soviet Union, 1970 (from History of Siberia)
Laminar armour from hardened leather reinforced by wood and bones such as this was worn by native Siberians. (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)
Lamellar armour traditionally worn by the Koryak people (c. 1900) (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)
The 17th-century tower of Yakutsk fort. (from History of Siberia)
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