Discover Siberia

The Far East is the largest part of the Siberian region. People can confuse the Russian “Far East” with the bigger area that includes several Asian countries. In regard to Siberian geography, the Far East is only the portions of the Russian territory.
The Far East is divided into two sub districts based on their economic [...]

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Think you know all about Siberia? The following facts might surprise you…

Siberia makes up 75% of the Russian Federations territory, approximately 9,653 square kilometers  or 3,727 square miles. That’s almost the same size as Canada and 1.5 times bigger than Europe!
There are three distinct regions in Siberia: Western Siberia, Eastern Siberia [...]

Eastern Siberia is one of the largest regions of Russia with an area of 4122,8 km² full of mystery and amazing beauty. Eastern Siberia is composed of: Krasnoyarsk region, Republic of Khakassia, Republic of Tuva, Irkutsk region, Chita region, Buryat Republic, and four Autonomous Regions: Taimyr, Even, Ust-Ordynsky Buryatskiy andAginsky Buryat.

Eastern Siberia is situated at a great [...]

The territory of Western Siberia is a large plain. You could drive for hours from West to East and enjoy the boundless open spaces, fields, meadows and forests. Geographically, this area is clearly defined: from the Ural Mountains in the West to the Yenisei River in the East and from the coast of the Kara Sea in the North [...]

You can encounter different maps defining the Siberian territory and which can confuse even those who live in Russia. For example look in the map below:
You can see that Siberia consist of three parts: Western, Eastern and Far East. Maps can mislead based on this reason, because many consider Siberia the sum of Western and [...]