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Western Siberia or West Siberia (Russian: Западная Сибирь, IPA: [ˈzapədnəjə sʲɪˈbʲirʲ]; Kazakh: Batys Sıbır, IPA: [bɑˈtə̥s sɘˈbɘr]) is a region in North Asia. It is part of the wider region of Siberia that is mostly located in the Russian Federation , with a Southern part in Kazakhstan .
Western Siberian plain on a satellite map of North Asia Map of the West Siberian Plain showing its subdivisions. The West Siberian Plain (Russian: Западно-Сибирская равнина, romanized: Zapadno-Sibirskaya ravnina) is a large plain that occupies the western portion of Siberia, between the Ural Mountains in the west and the Yenisei River in the east, and the Altai Mountains ...
West Siberian Plain, large alluvial plain between the Urals to the west and the Yenisei River to the east, beyond which rises the Central Siberian Plateau. The lowland is bound by the coast of the Kara Sea to the north and by the foothills of the Altai Mountains to the southeast.
The areas of the circles indicathe the cities' sizes. The cities include Omsk, Novosibirsk, Tomsk, [[:en:Barna: 11:41, 23 June 2006: 974 × 447 (252 KB) Siberiano {{en|Main cities of Siberia with population about 500,000 and more. The areas of the circles indicathe the cities' sizes. The cities include Omsk, Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Barnaul,
Towns and cities. The town of Pevek. Northernmost — Pevek, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (69°42′N) Southernmost — Derbent, Republic of Dagestan (42°04′N) Westernmost — Baltiysk, Kaliningrad Oblast (19°55′E) Easternmost — Anadyr, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (177°30′E) Permanent settlements. Northernmost — Dikson (73°30′N)
This is a list of cities and towns in Russia. According to the data of 2010 Russian Census , there are 1,117 cities and towns in Russia. After the Census, Innopolis , a town in the Republic of Tatarstan , was established in 2012 and granted town status in 2015.
Tyumen is often regarded as the first Siberian city, from the western direction. [14] Tyumen was the first Russian settlement in Siberia. Founded in 1586 to support Russia's eastward expansion, the city has remained one of the most important industrial and economic centers east of the Ural Mountains. Located at the junction of several important ...
Jim Oliver and Dennis O'Neil rode motorbikes across Russia, along the Trans-Siberian Highway, during the last week of May and the first three weeks of June in 2004: back then, as described in Jim Oliver's book, Lucille and The XXX Road, the section between Chita and Khabarovsk was an extremely challenging undertaking among marsh, gravel, rock ...