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Originally Posted by hunterseat
Met a young person who will be doing research in. .. some Stan country in Siberia.
I thought there might be someone here who had been there and could share their experience.
Not exactly a tourist destination but I think it would be a great experience!
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First of all the Stan countries of central Asia and Siberia are two different things, though geographically northern Kazakhstan is part of Siberia and most people who live there are also Russian, but other than that there is nothing that links them together.
I have never been there but I'm fairly knowledgeable so feel free to ask any questions and I will try my best to answer, though you will get more answers on the European forum.
A common misconception is that most people think that Siberia is just the Asian part of Russia, however technically it's the inland areas of Asian Russia, the Pacific coast is referred to as the Russian far east.
The red and red-orange color is geographically Siberia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberia
Some people compare it to as the Russian version of Alaska, however that's not really the case. The Russian version of Alaska would probably just be Kamchatka, but not all of Siberia, in reality it's more like Western/Central Canada since Siberia has many large cities including Russia's third largest city, Novosibirsk with 1.6 million people.
Also some people have the misconception that since Siberia is in Asia then that means everyone there is Asian, however the vast majority of people there are ethnic Russians with many regions having over 90% being Russian. There are natives still around and in some places make up the majority or a large minority particularly in the various federal republics and other autonomous regions, such as;
The
Sakha Republic is home to the Yakuts a Turkic speaking people making up 49.9% of the population, and is also the coldest inhabited place in the world. It's capital is Yakutsk with 311,760 people.
The
Republic of Buryatia is home to the Buryats a Mongolic speaking people who make up 30% of the population. The capital is Ulan-Ude with 434,869 people.
The
Tuva Republic is home to the Tuvans a Turkic speaking people making up 82.0% of the population. The capital is Kyzyl with 116,983 people.
The
Altai Republic is home to the Altaians who are a Turkic speaking people making up 34.5% of the population. The capital is Gorno-Altaysk with 63,214 people.
The
Republic of Khakassia is home to the Khakas a Turkic speaking people who make up 12.1% of the population. the capital is Abakan with 184,168 people.
The
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug is home to the Khanty and Mansi who are a Uralic speaking peoples making up 1.3% and 0.8% of the population respectively. It's administrative center is Khanty-Mansiysk with 80,151 people.
The
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug is home to the Nenets who are a Uralic speaking people making up 5.9% of the population. The Administrative center is Salekhard with 49,214 people.
As far as Tourist attractions go there is obviously the Trans-Siberian railway and Lake Baikal (deepest lake in the world) which you can find many English speaking vloggers making that journey across Siberia and stopping at he various cities and sites along the way.
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