Siberia

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Siberia is a vast, sparsely populated region in northern Asia known for its harsh climate, rich natural resources, and historical role as a place of exile and major battleground during the Russian Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
geographical region
area approximately 13 million square kilometers
borders Arctic Ocean
China
Kazakhstan
Mongolia
Pacific Ocean
Ural Mountains
characteristic harsh climate
sparsely populated
climate continental climate
subarctic climate
contains Lake Baikal
Lena River
Ob River
Yenisei River
continent Asia
country Russia
crossedBy Trans-Siberian Railway
ethnicGroup Buryats
Evenks
Russians
Sakha (Yakut) people
surface form: Yakuts
governedBy Russian federal subjects
hasSubregion Eastern Siberia
Russia Far East
surface form: Russian Far East

Siberia self-linksurface differs
surface form: Western Siberia
historicalEvent Russian Civil War
construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway
historicalRole major battleground during the Russian Civil War
place of exile in the Russian Empire
place of exile in the Soviet Union
knownFor extremely cold winters
permafrost
rich natural resources
taiga forests
tundra landscapes
language Russian
largestCity Novosibirsk
locatedIn Russia
surface form: Russian Federation

North Asia
surface form: northern Asia
majorCity Barnaul
Irkutsk, Russia
surface form: Irkutsk

Kemerovo
Krasnoyarsk
Omsk
Tomsk
Yakutsk
naturalResource coal
minerals
natural gas
oil
timber
partOf Eurasia
Russia
populationCharacteristic low population density
timeZone multiple time zones

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Russian Civil War location Siberia
Cyrillic script usedInRegion Siberia
Russian SFSR includedRegion Siberia
Eurasia contains Siberia
Russia hasRegion Siberia
Gulag system locatedIn Siberia
Ulmus laevis nativeTo Siberia
this entity surface form: western Siberia
Verkhoyansk Range locatedInRegion Siberia
this entity surface form: Northeastern Siberia
Verkhoyansk Range partOf Siberia
White Terror location Siberia
subject surface form: White Terror (Russian Civil War)
White Army territory Siberia
Lena River locatedIn Siberia
Amur Oblast partOf Siberia
Chukchi Sea locatedBetween Siberia
East Siberian Sea borderedBy Siberia
East Siberian Sea namedAfter Siberia
Laptev Sea locatedOffCoastOf Siberia
Laptev Sea borderedBy Siberia
Kara Sea locatedIn Siberia
this entity surface form: Northern Siberia
North Asia dominantArea Siberia
North Asia contains Siberia
Tatar language spokenIn Siberia
Siberia hasSubregion Siberia self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Western Siberia
Ugric languages historicalRegion Siberia
this entity surface form: Central Siberia
guberniyas (governorates) appliesToJurisdiction Siberia
subject surface form: guberniya
Capreolus pygargus nativeTo Siberia
Moschus isExcluded nativeTo Siberia
subject surface form: Moschus
Slavs locatedIn Siberia
Turkic world includesRegion Siberia
Whites areaOfOperation Siberia
subject surface form: White movement
Moschidae nativeTo Siberia
supercontinent Pannotia brokeUpInto Siberia
subject surface form: Pannotia
Siberian Army operatedIn Siberia
Tatars historicalRegion Siberia
Turkic languages areSpokenIn Siberia