Siberia Collection (page 2)

Red-breasted Goose - female by nest with 5 eggs laid in gooses down - at riverbank cliff (Branta ruficollis). river Maksimovka near Kara sea - near Dikson - Russian Arctic - summer - July

Snow melts in arctic tundra spring. Aerial view from a helicopter. landscape near Kara sea, Taimyr peninsula, North of Siberia, Russian Arctic. July

Peregrine Falcon - adult warms a chick after feeding him in the nest (a single chick because of the bad year due to the lack of lemmings as food, a natural fluctuation), (Falco peregrinus)

Siberian Lemming - adult by its burrow in tundra (Lemmus sibiricus ). near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August. Entrance overgrown with mosses and lichens

FUNGI False Morel - on taiga-forest floor near river Bolshoi Ugan, near Ugut settlement (Gyromitra esculenta). Uganskii Nat. reserve, Siberia, Russia

Weasel in white winter fur - adult (Mustela nivalis). common predator in taiga-forests, Russia

Pine taiga - forest with forest floor covered in lichens; typical in the basin of river Bolshoi Ugan, near Ugut settlement; spring. Uganskii Nat. reserve, Siberia, Russia;

Selkup on snow-bike, North Siberia. Selkup hunter on his old snow-bike, near river Taz, North Tumen region, Russia, spring

Lemming footprints on snow (Lemmus sibiricus). tundra of Taimyr peninsula, Kara sea shore, winter. Russian Arctic, Siberia, Russia. Lemmings spend winter under deep snow and rarely appear on surface

Semi-tundra aerial, North Siberia. Helicopter view over frozen lakes in semi-tundra near river Taz; early spring; North Tumen region, Russia

Clothes drying in snowfall, Siberia. A typical scene in Krasnoselkup settlement, yards and houses covered in snow, clothes normally dryed outside all year round, winter; North Tumen region

Typical taiga forest floor in Autumn with lichens, various berries, mushrooms, near river Taz. North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia

Semi-tundra in spring, Siberia. Snow melts in semi-tundra, near river Taz; spring; North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia

Lemmings footprints on snow surface, typical track of a lemming in winter tundra. (Lemmus sibiricus ). winter tundra of Taimyr peninsula, Kara sea shore, North of Siberia, Russian Arctic

Siberian Lemming - skull in tundra (typical scene due to a high lemming population), next to a flowering White Dryas (Dryas octopetala) plant (Lemmus sibiricus)

Collared Lemmings - adults in winter fur, large winter claws for digging snow (in summer they are smaller) (Dicrostonyx torquatus). Taimyr peninsula, Kara sea shore, North of Siberia, Russian Arcti

Collared Lemmings large winter claw of a forepaw - adapted for digging snow (Dicrostonyx torquatus). Taimyr peninsula, Kara sea shore, North of Siberia, Russian Arctic

Siberian shaman / sorcerer / wizard / healer / medicine man / foreteller - lunch, with a rifle and huskies. Siberia, Russia. April

Selkup men in traditional clothes, holding traditional tools (wood-planes). early spring; near river Taz, North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia. (North Siberia minority)

Selkup Man (North Siberian minority), in traditional winter clothes, wait outside local shop in Krasnoselkup. early spring; near river Taz, North Tumen region, Siberia

Selkup-hunter - Traditional hunting gear of a Selkup (north Siberias indigenous minority), knife, rifle, skies. Winter; Semi-tundra near river Taz, North Tumen region, Northern Siberia, Russia

Frozen river meanders in Taiga-forest, a tributary of river Taz. Aerial, early spring, North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia

Discovery of the Adams mammoth, 1799
Discovery of a frozen mammoth in Siberia. A local chief spotted the creature, encased in transparent ice, on the banks of the river Lena in 1799

Tunusic Shaman from Turukhansk, Siberia, Russia
Among the Tungusic peoples of Siberia, shamanism is widespread. This picture shows a Shaman from Turukhansk, a village (selo) in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Siberia

Buryat Archer competing at a Traditional Games in 1928. The Buryats or Buriyads - the largest indigenous (aboriginal) group in Siberia, mainly concentrated in their homeland, the Buryat Republic

Mammoth thigh bone
Fossilised thigh bone of a woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) from Siberia. About 40, 000 years old

View of Tobolsk, a historic capital of Siberia, Russia
A view of Tobolsk, a historic capital of Siberia on the Irtysh river (where it joins the Tobol), now part of the Tyumen Oblast, . A rescue boat / lifeboat Station on the river

Sretensk, Russia
Sretensk (Kuenga) - a town in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Shilka River. The Trans-Siberian Railway can be seen on the left

Altay - Russia
The Altay or Altai are an ethnic group of Turkic people living in the Siberian Altai Republic and Altai Krai and surrounding areas of Tuva and Mongolia. circa 1910s

General Maurice Janin, French Army officer
Pierre-Thiebaut-Charles-Maurice Janin (1862-1946), French Army general, commander in chief of the Czechoslovak Army in Siberia during the First World War. Date: circa 1919

Lenin Statue, Omsk, Russia
Statue of the Communist leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924) in the city of Omsk, Siberia, Russia

Burjat Nobleman from Siberia
A Burjat Nobleman from far Eastern Siberia, Russia, close to the border with Mongolia

Map / Russia / Siberia 1764
CARTE DE LA SIBERIE and adjoining lands

Transbaikal region with railway line, Siberia, Russia
View of Transbaikal region with railway line, Siberia, Russia. Date: circa 1910s

Ikutsk, Siberia, Russia - The Industrial School (College) Date: circa 1907

Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia - Ice Yachting - almost as fast and dangerous as motoring !! Date: 1908

Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia - Ice Dry Dock. This vessel was built at Brentford - the ice excavated to a depth of five feet. Date: 1908

Itkutsk, Siberia, Russia - Moscow Triumphal Arch
Itkutsk, Siberia, Russia - seen from the Angara River, a tributary of the Yenisei. In the centre of the picture is The Moscow Triumphal Arch

Russia. The Trans-Siberian. Station in Siberia, with childre
Russia. The Trans-Siberian, railway connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East and the Sea of Japan. Station in Siberia, with children selling flowers. 1913. Colored engraving

Siberian postman, boat hauled by dogs
A Siberian postman. The post is carried along the River Yenisei, which rises in China (now in Mongolia) and flows through Siberia into the Arctic Ocean

Law / Prisons / Russia
House of a Russian exile at Werkholansk, Siberia. Date: 1882

Yekaterina Konstatinovna Breshko-Breshkovskaya
Yekaterina (Catherine) Konstatinovna Breshko-Breshkovskaya (1844-1934), nicknamed Babushka (Grandmother), Russian political campaigner who spent many years of exile in Siberia

Ger (Yurt) of the Buryats people - near Ulan-Ude, Siberia
Ger (Yurt) of the Buryats people (ethnic Mongols) - near Ulan-Ude, Eastern Siberia, Russia Date: circa 1908

The icebreaker before its launching, 17 June 1899
The Russian caption translates as The icebreaker-ferry before its launching, 17 June 1899. Date: 1899

Launch of the icebreaker on L. Baikal 17 June 1899
The Russian/French caption translates as Irkutsk. Listvenichnoye village. The launch of the icebreaker on Baikal on 17 June 1899. Date: 1899

The launch of the icebreaker on Lake Baikal
The newly-launched hull of the Baikal. Date: 1899

The Baikal on the day before launching
A reproduction of a painting by N. Gritsenko showing the icebreaking ferry Baikal on the day before launching. Date: 1899

The new (1911-12) Vladivostok railway station
The new Vladivostok railway station: a real-photographic postcard published during the Allied Intervention of 1918-20 Date: circa 1919

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