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The Siberian branch of the Russian Geographical Society was founded at the same time in Irkutsk, and afterwards became a permanent centre for the exploration of Siberia; while the opening of the Amur and Sakhalin attracted Richard Maack, Schmidt, Glehn, Gustav Radde, and Leopold von Schrenck, who created works on the flora, fauna, and ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... History of Siberia; 0–9. 2007 Siberian orange snow; A. ... Free City Incident; F. First exile of Trotsky;
A Map History of Russia (Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1974), new topical maps. Channon, John, and Robert Hudson. The Penguin historical atlas of Russia (Viking, 1995), new topical maps. Chew, Allen F. An atlas of Russian history: eleven centuries of changing borders (Yale UP, 1970), new topical maps. Gilbert, Martin.
Death mask from a grave of the Tashtyk culture (1st-5th century AD, Minusinsk Hollow). The Prehistory of Siberia is marked by several archaeologically distinct cultures. In the Chalcolithic, the cultures of western and southern Siberia were pastoralists, while the eastern taiga and the tundra were dominated by hunter-gatherers until the Late Middle Ages and even beyond.
Coats of arms of the Russian Empire art detail, from- Nansen F. - Through Siberia. The Land of the Future - 1914 (page 1 crop).jpg; Fridtjof Nansen detail, from- Nansen F. - Through Siberia. The Land of the Future - 1914 (page 6 crop).jpg; Fridtjof Nansen and Mr Wourtzel of the Russian Imperial Rail Service.jpg
The Siberian Chronicles are incomplete and contradictory as are the secondary sources in English. George V. Lantzeff and Richard A. Pierce's Eastward to Empire (1973) is one of the fuller accounts in English, [1] and follows S. V. Bakhruskin. The main questions are the year the expedition started, details of the route, and the location of the ...
Siberia is a vast region spanning the northern part of the Asian continent and forming the Asiatic portion of Russia.As a result of the Russian conquest of Siberia (16th to 19th centuries) and of the subsequent population movements during the Soviet era (1917–1991), the modern-day demographics of Siberia is dominated by ethnic Russians and other Slavs.
Discusses pivotal events in the history of Siberia; Examines the effects on Siberia of the fall of Communism at the end of the twentieth century; Breathtaking photography of the area's natural beauty; Interviews with historians and scholars; Interviews with residents of Siberia. A DVD containing the documentary was released in 2004.