Have you ever wondered what it is like in Siberia? I have. Syberia is from Turkic meaning sleeping land.
Siberian nature
Siberia is mostly forest and fields with bright blue sky’s. Maybe being so far north makes the colors seem richer and more intense.
Baikal Syberian sky
From the Urals the Eurasian Steppe go to the watershed between Pacific and Arctic drainage basins live the Siberians, including all the wild animals from tigers to bears.
Siberian lands extent from the Arctic Ocean to north-central Kazakhstan mountains.
Eastern Russian also borders Mongolia, China the Pacific, with the biggest city being Vladivostok, which is currently a post industrial city. I think in the future it will be a very avant-guard city like Vancouver once Russia changes its economy towards more free market and generally when East Asia develops more.
Most of central Siberia is taiga while the southern regions are temperate broad leaf forest and the northern Tundra, with the far south being steppe.
Mountains in Siberia
The if you have ever gone through Siberia on the train, the trans-Siberian railroad you will mostly see endless forests of birch and pine trees. Fresh green colors or white beautiful birches. These aromas are uplifting. These are softwood trees, because hardwood trees usually grow in a warmer region.
You will see wildflowers with vibrant colors, deep purples and blues.
In fact there is not a lot to see in Siberia except nature. And if you’re on the train for week you might get bored or not depending on your love of nature. But the people who I have talked to all said they love the train Siberian railroad. I have not been on it myself.
The air in Siberia is dry not like the desert but like a clean and fresh winter day. Therefore, despite the cold it is very invigorating and refreshing to breathe clean fresh crisp Siberian air.
Siberian civilization
It makes up 77% of Russian land but only 25% of the Russian population. The region grew in population from the 1950s to 1980s, basically under the Soviet Union.
In Siberia of a art be their small villages which are agrarian or in some way is connected to an industrial purpose such as mining strategic minerals like copper ore Nickle.
There are mountains in Siberia however they are more on the perimeter such as the Ural mountains or the mountains to the south. and of course Siberia is surrounded by emotion and see but the sea is very cold and for all practical purposes is not accessible.
My childhood Siberian fantasy
One of my childhood dreams was always to go to Siberia and even have a small little house in Siberia and in and a wooden cottage in Siberia. Of course is just a fantasy during and I would imagine in real life that’s very difficult to live there, but maybe not, as long as you have Internet.
Here is a beautiful mapping of Siberia.
If anyone has ever been to Сибирь please let me know and share this experience with me by leaving a comment. if you have thought of going to Siberia also let me know.
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