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Semyon Remezov. Semyon Ulyanovich Remezov ( Russian: Семён Улья́нович Ре́мезов; ca. 1642, Tobolsk - after 1720, Tobolsk) was a Russian historian, architect and geographer of Siberia. He is responsible for compiling three collections of maps, charts and drawings of Siberia, which effectively became atlases of the area. [1]
Siberia ( / saɪˈbɪəriə / sy-BEER-ee-ə; Russian: Сибирь, romanized : Sibir', IPA: [sʲɪˈbʲirʲ] ⓘ) is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. [3] It has formed part of the sovereign territory of Russia and its predecessor states since ...
The early history of Siberia was greatly influenced by the sophisticated nomadic civilizations of the Scythians ( Pazyryk) on the west of the Ural Mountains and Xiongnu ( Noin-Ula) on the east of the Urals, both flourishing before the common era. The steppes of Siberia were occupied by a succession of nomadic peoples, including the Khitan ...
1549 map of the region, in upper-right hand corner depicted Yugra (IVHRA, Homeland of the Hungarians) (located within Siberia before its unification with Russia) 1595 map of Russia (yellow borders) The Russian conquest of Siberia took place during 1580–1778, when the Khanate of Sibir became a loose political structure of vassalages that were ...
Geographical region. Siberia ( / saɪˈbɪəriə / sy-BEER-ee-ə; Russian: Сибирь, romanized : Sibir', IPA: [sʲɪˈbʲirʲ] ⓘ) 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 part of the sovereign territory of Russia and its ...
Siberian cat characteristics also include medium to large heads that are vaguely wedge-shaped. They have short, rounded muzzles. Siberian heads are topped by moderately large ears that are rounded ...
The plateau occupies a great part of central Siberia between the Yenisei and Lena rivers. It is located in the Siberian Platform and extends over an area of 3,500,000 km 2 (1,400,000 sq mi), between the Yenisei in the west and the Central Yakutian Lowland in the east. To the south it is bound by the Altai Mountains, Salair Ridge, Kuznetsk ...
Map of language families in Xinjiang The ancient people of the Tarim Basin originally spoke different languages, such as Tocharian , Saka (Khotanese), and Gandhari . The Turkic people who moved into the region in the 9th century brought with them their languages, which slowly supplanted the original tongues of the local inhabitants.