Siberia
About Siberia
Siberia is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. 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. Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, and Omsk are the largest cities in the area. Siberia is comparable in area, population, and, to some extent, geography and climate, to Canada.
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Some cows in Siberia wear bras, because it is so cold that their nipples would freeze without them.
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Prisoners in Siberia used to eat prehistoric animals, including mammoths, that they found frozen in the ice.
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The Mir mine in Siberia is one of the biggest holes in the world, and Russia has banned helicopters from flying over it in case they get sucked down.
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As the permafrost melts in Siberia because of global warming, it exposes the long-dead bodies of things that died there.
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The Great Vasyugan Mire in Siberia is twice the size of Wales.
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