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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, Krasnoyarsk, 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 Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, with the Ural River usually forming the southernmost portion of its western boundary, and includes most of the drainage basin of the Arctic Ocean. 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 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 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 European descent, chiefly Russian (comprising the Siberian sub-ethnic group), and Eastern Slavic cultural influences predominate throughout the region. Nevertheless, there exist 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...)
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- His fine bass voice turned Leonid Kharitonov from a poor villager in Siberia into a renowned singer performing all around the Soviet Union.
- Polish and Italian prisoners taken by the Russians after the Battle of Krzykawka were deported to Siberia.
- TheKumarakom Bird Sanctuary in Kerala, India, receives migratory birds from far away 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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- A group of Kachin
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Ket woman
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throat singing, at Krasnoyarsk Regional Museum, Russia (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)Indigenous Siberian musical instrument used with
- Ethnographic map of the Soviet Union, 1970 (from
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Nanai family in traditional costumes (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)A
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Siberian Yupik woman holding walrus tusks (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)A
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Koryak men starting a fire (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)
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German) (from Siberian Traps)The extent of the Siberian Traps (map in
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Kranoyarsk Regional Museum, Russia (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)An Indigenous Siberian shaman at
- 1905 map of Siberia (from
- The tower of the 17th-century Russian
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Siberian river routes were of primary importance in the process of Russian exploration and conquest of Siberia. (from History of Siberia)
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native iron (from Siberian Traps)A sample of Siberian Traps basalt (dark) containing
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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
- The Khanate of Sibir in the 15th and 16th centuries (from
- The Putorana Plateau is composed of Siberian Traps. (from
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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)
- Indigenous Siberian canoe at Krasnoyarsk Regional Museum, Russia (from
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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
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Nenets child (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia)
- Siberia in 1636 (from
- Layers of igneous rock from the Putorana Plateau. (from
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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
- 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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