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Far Eastern Federal District (Russian Far East), population ca. 7.02 million Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, capital — Yakutsk, population 949,280 (2002) — the only Far Eastern region that is sometimes counted as part of Siberia. Excluding territories of north-central Kazakhstan, Siberia has
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It covers an area of 13,100,000 square kilometres (5,100,000 sq mi), or 8.8% of Earth's total land area; and is the largest subregion of Asia by area, occupying approx. 29.4% of Asia's land area, but is also the least populated, with a population of around 37 million, accounting for merely 0.74% of Asia's population.
The Russian Far East: A History (Illustrated, reprint ed.). Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0804727013; Wood, Alan (ed.)(1991). The History of Siberia: From Russian Conquest to Revolution. London: Routledge. Wood, Alan (2011). Russia's Frozen Frontier: A History of Siberia and the Russian Far East 1581–1991 (illustrated ed.). A&C Black.
Siberia is a vast region spanning the northern part of the Asian continent and forming the Asiatic portion of Russia.As a result of the Russian conquest of Siberia (16th to 19th centuries) and of the subsequent population movements during the Soviet era (1917–1991), the modern-day demographics of Siberia is dominated by ethnic Russians and other Slavs.
Given the vast territory of the Russian Far East, 6.3 million people translates to slightly less than one person per square kilometer, making the Russian Far East one of the most sparsely populated areas in the world. The population of the Russian Far East has been rapidly declining since the dissolution of the Soviet Union (even more than for ...
South Siberian Mountains, stretching roughly from east to west in the Siberian and Far Eastern Federal Districts of Russia, as well as partly in Mongolia. Area approximately 1,500,000 km 2 (580,000 sq mi). [7]
Map of the Yeniseian Peoples with Ket being the northern most group. The Kets have a rich and varied culture, filled with an abundance of Siberian mythology, including shamanistic practices and oral traditions. Siberia, the area of Russia in which the Kets reside, has long been identified as the originating place of the Shaman or Shamanism.