Siberia
Siberia (Russian: Сиби́рь, Sibir’) is the name given to the vast region constituting almost all of Northern Asia and for the most part currently serving as the massive central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, having served in the same capacity previously for the U.S.S.R. from its beginning, and the Russian Empire beginning in the 16th century. Geographically, it includes a large part of the Eurasian Steppe and extends eastward from the Ural Mountains to the watershed between Pacific and Arctic drainage basins, and southward from the Arctic Ocean to the hills of north-central Kazakhstan and the national borders of both Mongolia and China[1]. It makes up about 77% of Russia’s territory (13.1 million square kilometres), but only 30% of Russia’s population (42.2 million people).
( Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberia )
Novokuznetsk (Russian: Новокузне́цк) is a city in Kemerovo Region, Russia with a population of 549,870 (2002 Census). It is located c. 3,000 km east of Moscow.
Founded as a Cossack outpost on the Tom River, it was initially called Kuznetsk (Кузне́цк). It was here that Fyodor Dostoevsky married his first wife, Maria Isayeva (1857). Joseph Stalin’s rapid industrialization of the Soviet Union transformed the sleepy town into a major coal mining and industrial center in the 1930s. In 1931–1932 the city was known as Novokuznetsk and in 1932–1961 as Stalinsk (Ста́линск), after Stalin.
( Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novokuznetsk )
Below you will find an Interactive map of where Team Siberia will be visiting. You may zoom in and out to see where we will be or choose the satellite or hybrid view to get more detail. Enjoy!
