Siberia

Siberia ({{lang-ru|???????}}, common English transliterations: Sibir?, Sibir; from the Tatar for ?sleeping land?) is a vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan constituting almost all of northern Asia. It extends eastward from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean and southward from the Arctic Ocean to the hills of north-central Kazakhstan and the borders of both Mongolia and China. All but the extreme south-western area of Siberia lies in Russia, and it makes up about 56% of that country's territory.

Administrative subdivisions

Geographically, Siberia includes the federal subjects of the Urals Federal District, Siberian Federal District and Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, which is a part of the Far Eastern Federal District (see a list of subjects below). From the historical point of view, the whole Russian Far East is considered a part of Siberia.

Related Topics:
Federal subjects - Urals Federal District - Siberian Federal District - Sakha (Yakutia) Republic - Far Eastern Federal District - Russian Far East

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• Altai Krai, administrative center — Barnaul
• Altai Republic, capital — Gorno-Altaisk
• Buryat Republic, capital — Ulan Ude
• Chita Oblast, administrative center — Chita
• Irkutsk Oblast, administrative center — Irkutsk
• Republic of Khakassia, capital — Abakan
• Kemerovo Oblast, administrative center — Kemerovo
• Koryakia Autonomous District, administrative center — Palana
• Krasnoyarsk Krai, administrative center — Krasnoyarsk
• Novosibirsk Oblast, administrative center — Novosibirsk
• Omsk Oblast, administrative center — Omsk
• Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, capital — Yakutsk
• Tomsk Oblast, administrative center — Tomsk
• Tuva Republic, capital — Kyzyl

Major cities include:

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• Irkutsk
• Krasnoyarsk
• Novosibirsk
• Omsk
• Tomsk