Tyumen – The First Russian Town in Siberia
Tyumen is a Siberian city located on the Tura River which crosses the city from the north-west to the south-east. It is the administrative center and the largest city of Tyumen Oblast.
The Tyumen area was annexed to Russia by a Cossack Yermak Timofeyevich in 1585. It originally belonged to Siberia Khanate – Tatar Turkic political [...]
Khanty-Mansiysk – The Mountain Skiing Centre
Khanty-Mansiysk is the city located in the central part of Western Siberia on the bank of the Irtysh River. It is a small town with an area of 534,8 thousand sq. km surrounded by coniferous wood. The population is just above 1500 people.
The history of the city began in 1930 as a working settlement. Afterward [...]
Novosibirsk – The Third Capital of Russia
Founded in 1893 Novosibirsk is the third largest city in Russia, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and the largest city of Siberia.
Novosibirsk means “New Siberian city”
Novosibirsk obliges its birth to the construction of the Trans-Siberian railroad. The railway demanded in 1893 a bridge across the Ob river and the town was established next to the bridge. Novonikolaevsk was the [...]
Tomsk – Siberian Athens
Siberian Athens
Tomsk is a city on the Tom River in the southwest of Siberia which borders on Tyumen, Omsk, Novosibirsk, and Kemerovo regions and Krasnoyarsk Territory.
In 1604, Tomsk was established under the order of Tsar Boris Godunov. 200 Cossacks were sent to construct a fortress on the bank of the Tom River. Thus began the [...]
Frozen Remains
The stuffed Adams mammoth, in The Museum of Zoology, St. Petersburg, Russia
While frozen mammoth carcasses had been excavated by Westerners as early as 1728 (by German scientist Daniel Messerschmidt), the first mammoth fossil fully documented by modern science was unearthed by a hunter in Siberia during 1799, on the banks of the Lena River. The [...]
Omsk – The Treasure City of Siberia
Omsk is the treasure city of Siberia. it is one of the biggest and oldest city of Siberia and located in its Western part.
Omsk was founded as a fortress on the left bank of the river Om in 1716, during the reign of Peter the Great. Nowadays the gates remained from former strengthenings are historical [...]
Imagine 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 [...]
What’s in Western Siberia?
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 [...]
SiBEARia
One of the most amazing and widespread myths about Siberia is that bears frequently walk the city streets.
Of course this is only a myth but its occurrence is not accidental. The bear is a very important symbol and a big part of Siberian culture.
Historically, in the view of East Slavic People or “Slavs” the belief [...]
In Search of Siberia
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 [...]
