Portal:Siberia
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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 to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has formed part of the sovereign territory of Russia and its predecessor states since the centuries-long conquest of Siberia, which began with the fall of the Khanate of Sibir in the late 16th century 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 sq mi), but home to roughly a quarter of Russia's population. Novosibirsk and Omsk are the largest cities in the area.
Because Siberia is a geographic and historic concept and not a political entity, there is no single precise definition of its territorial borders. Traditionally, Siberia spans the entire expanse of land from the
Siberia is known for its long, harsh winters, with a January average of −25 °C (−13 °F). Although it is geographically in Asia, Russian sovereignty and colonization since the 16th century have rendered the region culturally and ethnically European. Over 85% of its population are of
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- Forest brother Alfred Käärmann hid for 7 years from Soviet officials, spent 15 years in Siberian prison camps, had his passport stamped "annulled" and was banished from Estoniauntil 1981.
- Eruptions of Anyuyskiy Volcanoin Siberia may have inspired legends of places where hunting is banned and smoke and fire rise from the ground.
- In 1866 staged an uprising trying to escape to China.
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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- 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
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Koryak men starting a fire (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)
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throat singing, at Krasnoyarsk Regional Museum, Russia (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)Indigenous Siberian musical instrument used with
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Remezov Chronicle. (from History of Siberia)
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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)A 17th-century
- Siberia in 1636 (from
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Lamellar armour traditionally worn by the Koryak people (c. 1900) (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)
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Selkup man
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ANenet family in Novaya Zemlya (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)
- The Putorana Plateau is composed of Siberian Traps. (from
- The tower of the 17th-century Russian
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Kranoyarsk Regional Museum, Russia (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)An Indigenous Siberian shaman at
- Indigenous Siberian canoe at Krasnoyarsk Regional Museum, Russia (from
- The Khanate of Sibir in the 15th and 16th centuries (from
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Siberian Yupik woman holding walrus tusks (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)A
- A group of Kachin
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German) (from Siberian Traps)The extent of the Siberian Traps (map in
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Laminar armour from hardened leather reinforced by wood and bones such as this was worn by native Siberians (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)
- 1905 map of Siberia (from
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Nenets child (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)
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Nanai family in traditional costumes (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)A
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Siberia, made in the Russian Empire period, between 1890 and 1907 (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)An ethnographic map of 16th-century
- Ethnographic map of the Soviet Union, 1970 (from
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A sample of Siberian Traps basalt (dark) containingnative iron (from Siberian Traps)
- Layers of igneous rock from the Putorana Plateau. (from
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Russian exploration and conquest of Siberia. (from History of Siberia)
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Ket woman
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