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The area of the East Siberian Mountains has a very low population density. [1] The territory of the mountain system is one of the Great Russian Regions . In some areas of the East Siberian Mountains, such as the Kisilyakh Range and the Oymyakon Plateau there are kigilyakhs , the rock formations that are highly valued in the culture of the Yakuts .
The Russian name Yugra was applied to the northern lands east of the Urals, which had been known of since the 11th century or earlier, while the name Siberia is first mentioned in Russian chronicles at the start of the 15th century in connection with the death of the khan Tokhtamysh, in "the Siberian land".
Anyuy Mountains East Siberian Mountains Chukotka Autonomous Okrug: Highest peak of the Anyuy Mountains Fussa [137] Фусса 1772 m 5,814 ft: 1630 m 5,348 ft: 15.58 km 9.68 mi Paramushir Kuril Islands Sakhalin Oblast: Tyatya [138] Тятя 1772 m 5,814 ft
The Verkhoyansk Range (Russian: Верхоянский хребет, Verhojanskiy Hrebet; Yakut: Үөһээ Дьааҥы сис хайата, romanized: Üöhê Câñı sis xayata) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Russia near the settlement of Verkhoyansk, well-known for its frigid climate. It is part of the East Siberian Mountains.
South Siberian Mountains, stretching roughly from east to west in the Siberian and Far Eastern Federal Districts of Russia, as well as partly in Mongolia. Area approximately 1,500,000 km 2 (580,000 sq mi). [7]
The worst hit areas in Russia are just to the south of the Ural Mountains, about 1,200 km (750 miles) east of Moscow. ... fires in Siberian peatlands and more frequent flooding of Russia's Arctic ...
The Yana-Oymyakon Highlands are a mountain region of the East Siberian System located between the southern reaches of the Verkhoyansk Range to the west, the Suntar-Khayata Range to the southwest and the Chersky mountain range to the northeast.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Flood waters were rising in two cities in Russia's Ural mountains on Sunday after Europe's third-longest river burst through a dam, flooding at least 10,000 homes and forcing ...