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Siberia Bolshiye Koty on Lake Baikal A tundra landscape in summer on the Yamal Peninsula, Siberia, with grassy hills, scattered rocks, and shallow lakes or streams under a cloudy sky. Oil pumpjack with a red counterweight operating in a snowy field in western Siberia, Russia, with industrial equipment and trees in the background.
Yakut reindeer herders journeying through Siberia
Siberian Yakut nomads and their reindeer herds
Map of northern Eurasia showing the route of the Trans-Siberian Railroad in green, running from Moscow in western Russia across Siberia to Vladivostok on the Pacific coast. The map also marks the Trans-Manchurian Railroad in yellow, the Trans-Mongolian Railroad in purple, and the Baikal-Amur line in red, with major cities and international borders labeled. An inset map shows the railroad's location within Europe and Asia. Rails and snow Mount Belukha Lake surrounded by dense evergreen forest and grassy wetlands in the taiga of Altai, Russia, with rocks in the foreground and a blue sky above.
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Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: Brookings - The Siberian Curse: Does Russia’s Geography Doom its Chances for Market Reform? Apr 17, 2026
Add new Web site: Library of Congress - Meeting of Frontiers - The Russian Discovery of Siberia. Oct 03, 2025
Updated section on prehistory. Jun 27, 2025
Add new Web site: College of DuPage Digital Press - The Western World: Daily Readings on Geography - Russian Domain: Regional Example � Siberia. May 09, 2024
Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Siberia. Oct 20, 2022
Add new Web site: JewishEncyclopedia.com - Siberia. Mar 17, 2022
Media added. Nov 12, 2015
Added video. Dec 19, 2014
Article restructured. Aug 13, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Geography of Siberia. Jul 08, 2008
Added new Web site: Mantle Plumes - Siberia. Jan 20, 2008
Added new Web site: National Geographic - East Siberian Taiga. Jan 11, 2008
Media added. Oct 10, 2007
Article revised. Jun 06, 2005
Article revised. Nov 16, 2001
Article revised. Jan 29, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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