Childrens Illustrated World Atlas

Anadyrskiy

Zaliv

Aral Sea

Laptev Sea

Zaliv

Shelikhova

Sea of Okhotsk (Okhotskoye More)

East Siberian Sea

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Sea of Japan (East Sea)

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El’brus 18,510ft (5642m)

Gora Belukha 14,783ft (4506m)

Vulkan Klyucheyskaya Sopka 15,381ft (4688m)

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Ostrov Oktyabr’skoy
Revolyutsii
Ostrov
Bol’shevik
Ostrov Kotel’nyy
Shantarskiye
Ostrova
Ostrov
Urup
Ostrov Iturup
Ostrov
Paramushir

North Cape

(Nordkapp)

Ostrov Bol’shoy Lyakhovskiy

Ostrov Sakhalin

Franz Josef

Land

Ostrov Novaya Sibir'

Ostrov Karaginskiy

Severnaya Zemlya

New Siberian

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Lake Lagoda

Lake Onega

Lake Balkhash

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Ozero Taymyr

Lake Baikal

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RUSSIAN FEDERATION

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Central Siberian

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West

Siberian

Plain

Vel’sk

Zhanaozen

Nar’yan-Mar

Alga

Emba Chelkar

Aral’sk Novokazalinsk

Salekhard

Arys’

Khanty-Mansiysk

Shchuchinsk

Karatau Shu

Tekeli

Ayaguz

Igarka

Kyakhta

Mirnyy

Bodaybo

Olovyannaya

Olëkminsk

Ust’-Olenëk

Olenëk

Skovorodino Kuril’sk

Tiksi

Bikin

Khor

Susuman

Cherskiy

Ust’-Kamchatsk

Pevek

Fort-Shevchenko

Zhosaly

Atbasar

Dikson

Shar

Strelka

Zabaykal’sk

Suntar

Nyurba

Kazach’ye

Okhotsk

Atka

Mil’kovo

Atlasovo

Ambarchik

Ossora

(administered by Russian Federation, claimed by Japan)

Anadyr’

Tulun

Kandalaksha

Kotlas

Tobol’sk

Turkistan Kentau

Ishim

Saran’

Balkhash

Ridder Zyryanovsk

Tynda

Svobodnyy

Birobidzhan

Nyagan’

Talnakh

Neryungri

Ust’-Kut

Kyzyl Krasnokamensk

Nadym

Velikiy Novgorod

Pskov

Smolensk

Murmansk

Bryansk

Petrozavodsk

Tver’

Belgorod

Cherepovets

Sochi

Severodvinsk

Vologda

Vladimir

Arkhangel’sk

Tambov

Stavropol’

Kineshma

Nal’chik

Vladikavkaz Groznyy Makhachkala

Syktyvkar

Ural’sk

Glazov

Sterlitamak

Orsk

Magnitogorsk

Serov

Rudnyy

Kostanay

Vorkuta

Kyzylorda

Tyumen’

Zhezkazgan

Petropavlovsk

Kokshetau

Taraz

Temirtau

Nizhnevartovsk

Taldykorgan

Semey

Ust’-Kamenogorsk

Noril’sk

Abakan

Kansk Bratsk

Usol’ye-Sibirskoye Angarsk

Ulan-Ude

Chita

Blagoveshchensk

Yakutsk

Ussuriysk

Nakhodka

Komsomol’sk- na-Amure

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Magadan

Petropavlovsk- Kamchatskiy

Aktau

Atyrau Aktobe (Aktyubinsk)

Shymkent

Solikamsk

Kirov

Surgut

Ukhta

Ust’-Ilimsk

Pavlodar

Krasnodar

Saint Petersburg

(Sankt-Peterburg)

Tula

Voronezh

Ryazan’

Rostov-na-Donu

Yaroslavl’

Nizhniy Novgorod

Volgograd

Penza

Saratov

Astrakhan’

Ul’yanovsk

Kazan’

Tol’yatti Samara

Naberezhnyye Chelny

Izhevsk

Orenburg

Ufa

Perm’

Yekaterinburg

Chelyabinsk

Karagandy

Omsk

Novosibirsk

Barnaul

Tomsk

Kemerovo

Novokuznetsk

Krasnoyarsk

Irkutsk

Vladivostok

Khabarovsk

Almaty

(Alma-Ata)

MOSCOW

(MOSKVA)

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Trans-Siberian

Railway train

TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY

The longest railway in the world

runs 5,772 miles (9,289 km) from

Moscow’s Yaroslavl Station in the

west, across Siberia to the Pacific

port of Vladivostok in the east. The

railway was started in 1891 and

took 14 years to finish. Trains take

eight days to complete the journey

and cross eight time zones.

SIBERIAN WILDLIFE

Siberia is home to a huge

range of wildlife, including

the rare Siberian tiger

(the biggest tiger in the

world), wolves, reindeer,

and black and brown bears.

The Baikal seal—found

only in Lake Baikal—is the

world’s only freshwater seal.

OLD CUSTOMS

The communists tried to

impose a Russian national

culture on the native peoples

of Siberia, but many of their

customs survived in remote

areas. Today, traditional

costume, music, and

dance are all flourishing

throughout Siberia.

Russian dancer

in traditional dress

RUSSIAN LANGUAGE

Russian is the official language

of the Russian Federation,

but many of the 152 other

nationalities inside the

federation speak their

own language as

well. The Russian

language uses the

Cyrillic alphabet,

which was devised

by Greek missionaries.

NATIVE PEOPLES

During the winter months, temperatures

in Siberia regularly drop to below –45°F

(–43°C). The native people who live here,

such as the Nenets people of the Yamal

Peninsula region, have adapted well

to their environment and survive by

herding reindeer, hunting, and fishing.

TAIGA FOREST

Russia’s forests cover more than

two-fifths of the country’s territory.

The taiga forest type extends

across the Urals to cover much

of Siberia. This type of forest is

formed by small, widely spaced

trees, with large areas of poorly

drained marsh grasses.

Nenets man

guiding a sledge

and reindeer

Siberian tiger

Russia and Kazakhstan

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