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Siberia

/saɪˈbɪəriə/, sy-BEER-ee-ə
Also Known As North Asia
Asia

Siberia is the vast region of North Asia running from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east, covering roughly 13.1 million square kilometres, about three-quarters of Russia's territory, while holding only about a quarter of its population. The West Siberian Plain is a low, flat expanse of Cenozoic alluvium; the Central Siberian Plateau to its east is an ancient craton rich in gold, diamonds and metal ores. Its severe continental climate produces short warm summers and long, extremely cold winters, and towns such as Oymyakon and Verkhoyansk rank among the coldest permanently inhabited places on Earth.

Facts
Classification
Region Type
Cultural Region 1
Region Type
Cultural Region 1
Area (sq km)
13,100,000 1
Population
36,800,000 1
2023 figure.
FAQs

Where does the name Siberia come from?

Nobody is sure; the name came into Russian through the Khanate of Sibir and has several competing explanations.

The origin of the name is uncertain. Russian reached the name through contact with the Khanate of Sibir, and it first appears in Russian chronicles at the start of the 15th century. Several explanations are offered. The Mongolist György Kara links it to a Mongolic word sibir, related to the Buryat word for dense forest. Another hypothesis ties it to the Sibe people, and another to an ancient tribal name, Sihirtia or Sirtya. A popular story that it means sleeping land in Siberian Tatar does not match the actual Siberian Tatar language.
Connections

Associated With

Asia, Continents
Source Asia (Wikipedia)
Lake Baikal, Bodies of Water

Lake Baikal lies within southern Siberia, one of the region's best-known landmarks.

Russia, Countries

Siberia makes up about three-quarters of Russia's territory.

Source Siberia (Wikipedia)
The Pacific Ocean, Bodies of Water
Source Siberia (Wikipedia)

Demonstrates

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, Physical Processes
Source Permafrost (Wikipedia)

Shaped By

Volcanism, Physical Processes
Source Siberia (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Origin Of

Pelmeni

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source The Paradox of Pelmeni (The Moscow Times)Pavel and Olga Syutkintier 1
Reindeer

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Yak

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Location Of

Peopling of the Americas

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Source Settlement of the Americas, WikipediaLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
It is believed that the peopling of the Americas began when Paleolithic hunter-gatherers (Paleo-Indians) entered North America from the North Asian Mammoth steppe via the Beringia land bridge, which had formed between northeastern Siberia and western Alaska due to the lowering of sea level during the Last Glacial Maximum (26,000 to 19,000 years ago).
Russian conquest of Siberia

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Source Russian conquest of Siberia (Wikipedia)Infobox: location
Quote, Infobox: location
Siberia

Site Of

Avvakum

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Source Avvakum (Wikipedia)Article text
Quote, Article text
First he was exiled to Siberia, to the city of Tobolsk, and partook in an exploration expedition under Afanasii Pashkov to the Chinese border.

Found There

Reindeer

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Permian-Triassic Extinction Event

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Source Permian-Triassic Extinction Event (Wikipedia)
Algonquian-Wakashan languages

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Central Russian Dialects

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Chukotko-Kamchatkan

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Chukotko-Kamchatkan LanguagesLead sentence 1tier 2
Quote, Lead sentence 1
The Chukotko-Kamchatkan or Chukchi–Kamchatkan languages are a language family of extreme northeastern Siberia.
Dene-Yeniseian

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Dene-Yeniseian languages, WikipediaLead sentence 1
Quote, Lead sentence 1
Dene–Yeniseian (, dih-NAY YEN-ih-SAY-ən) is a proposed language family consisting of the Yeniseian languages of central Siberia and the Na-Dene languages of North America.
East Asian languages

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Khanty

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Source Khanty language - WikipediaLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
It is varyingly considered a language or a collection of distinct languages spoken in the Khanty-Mansi and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrugs in Siberia.
Pumpokolic languages

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Samoyedic

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Source Wikipedia: Samoyedic LanguagesLead sentence 1tier 2
Quote, Lead sentence 1
The Samoyedic () or Samoyed languages () are spoken in Siberia and the northeasternmost part of European Russia by approximately 25,000 people, the Samoyedic peoples.
Siberian Turkic

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Tungusic

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Source Wikipedia: Tungusic LanguagesLead sentence 1tier 2
Quote, Lead sentence 1
The Tungusic languages (; also known as Manchu–Tungus and Tungus) form a language family spoken in eastern Siberia and northern China by Tungusic peoples.
Turkic

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Ugric

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Uralic-Yukaghir hypothesis

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Yeniseian

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Source Wikipedia: Yeniseian LanguagesLead sentence 1tier 2
Quote, Lead sentence 1
The Yeniseian languages ( YEN-ih-SAY-ən; sometimes known as Yeniseic, Yeniseyan, or Yenisei-Ostyak; occasionally spelled with -ss-) are a family of languages that are spoken by the Yeniseian people in the Yenisei River region of central Siberia.
Chinese sparrowhawk

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Source Chinese sparrowhawk (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, where it lives
Quote, Distribution and habitat, where it lives
It breeds in Southeast China, Taiwan, Korea and Siberia; winters in Indonesia and Philippines, passing through the rest of Southeast Asia.
Cicuta virosa

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Garden Lettuce (Lactuca sativa)

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Source Lettuce (Wikipedia)Distribution: Siberia
Quote, Distribution: Siberia
Lettuce's native range spreads from the Mediterranean to Siberia, although it has been transported to almost all areas of the world.
Helichrysum arenarium

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Ice Crawler

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Katydid

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Lobophora halterata

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Source Lobophora halterata (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
The species can be found in central and northern Europe and a few localities in southern Europe, Siberia, Amur, Primorye, Sakhalin and Japan.
Papaver nudicaule

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Oreomecon nudicaulis (Wikipedia)Taxonomy, subspecies
Quote, Taxonomy, subspecies
Oreomecon nudicaulis subsp. nudicaulis – Siberia and the Russian Far East
Pleistocene small cave bear

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Ursus rossicus (Wikipedia)Lead, system
Quote, Lead, system
lived in the steppe regions of northern Eurasia and Siberia during the Pleistocene
Siberian roe deer

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Source Siberian roe deer (Wikipedia)Lead, range (siberia)
Quote, Lead, range (siberia)
In addition to Siberia and Mongolia
Bunnock

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Bunnock (Wikipedia)History
Quote, History
Bunnock originated in Northern Siberia during the early 19th century
Sources
1. Siberia (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Siberia ( 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 (with the Ural River usually forming the southernmost portion of its western boundary) to the Pacific Ocean in the east.
  • Lead section
    It has formed a part of the sovereign territory of Russia and its predecessor states since the lengthy conquest of Siberia, which began with the fall of the Khanate of Sibir in 1582 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 mi2) - about three-quarters of Russia's total area, but home to roughly a quarter of Russia's population.
  • Lead section, IPA pronunciation
    /saɪˈbɪəriə/ sy-BEER-ee-ə
  • Introduction
    Siberia ( 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 (with the Ural River usually forming the southernmost portion of its western boundary) to the Pacific Ocean in the east.
  • Shaped By: Volcanism, Formation statement for target 23656
    The Siberian Traps were formed by one of the largest-known volcanic events of the last 251 million years of Earth's geological history.
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Wikidata: Siberia
Wikidata Q5428, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Asia (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Asia, Geography section, Main regions subsection
Quote, Associated With: Asia, Geography section, Main regions subsection
North Asia (Siberia), Central Asia, West Asia (the Middle East or Near East and part of the Caucasus), South Asia (Indian subcontinent), East Asia (Far East), Southeast Asia (East Indies and Indochina).
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Permafrost (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationDemonstrates: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, Lead section
Quote, Demonstrates: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, Lead section
Around 15% of the exposed land surface of the Northern Hemisphere, and 11% of the global land surface, is underlain by permafrost, covering a total area of around 18 million km2 (6.9 million sq mi). This includes large areas of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Siberia.
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