Now there is winter in Siberia. I live in the little Siberian town with population a bit more 1.000.000. It looks like this
It looks like a nice place and has eye-pleasing architecture. But the tourists probably won't be back until spring would be my guess.
Beautiful!! Looks cold too. I don't know much about Siberia except for the wild life and beautiful landscape...nice to hear from you.
The winter tourism is interesting too in Siberia. For example Russian sauna (the correct name is banya). It's before during and after
Theres a town in Siberia with 1000000 people, and its small? I must be very underinformed... It does look nice though. If I were to travel the globe, Siberia would be near the top of my list, and Im not joking. Im told there are parts of Siberia not yet visited by humans. Is this true?
The temperature in Siberia is an interesting thing. 1. Our climate is very dry therefore you don't freeze. 2. Average winter temperature (day and night) is -14C (or -7F). 3. Sometimes there is a real frost -40C (-40F), but because climate changing we there was no temperature less than -30C(-) several years.
There are three cities with population more than 1000000. 1. Novosibirsk. It's a scientific city with the one of the best universities at the world. 2. Krasnoyarsk. It's a city where we do our spacecrafts. 3. Omsk. It's my hometown. Oh, yes. Siberia is too large. For example you could find a mammoth there. The evidence here
Ya I've seen the youtubes of wierd stuff in Siberia. I think a lot of it is faked. ...but I wouldn't go very far into the woods there all alone or unarmed. I've been wrong before.
If to be honest to jump in ice water is a dangerous thing. You can get a heart attack. The jumping in snow is more safe. After banya any non trained person could do it without any problem.
Maybe yes, maybe not Did you see these skulls? They were found in Omsk region. Here. That place are visited by Indian yogis because they are sure it is their ancestral home. It's an usual misconception. This guy runs 60 km/h (40 miles an hour). He gains speed instantly and runs between trees. You don't have time for a shot. And... It's very difficult to kill a bear. If you shot him at a head, he stay alive to kill you
Typical Omsk. The typical Omsk tomcat. Any problem, buddy?... The typical Omsk view. Do you see a tank at the bottom? By the way, the yellow building left is a morgue The typical Omsk granddaddy. He just run 42 km. It's a famous Omsk's marathon. The building of KGB is behind him. The typical Omsk's river
Unfortunately I never been at Alaska. When I read Jack London it seems for me as a very romantic place. But Siberia is many times large than Alaska. We have very hot deserts in Siberia. and vey cold tundra dense forests high mountains and even own inland sea (lake Baikal)
Great pictures, Thanks for sharing. I would love to go there. I spent 10 years in Alaska, and loved it.
Spent years at Ft Wainwright in the seventies with Charlie Manchu, just outside of Fairbanks. I loved that country and the people.
Baikal is truly a marvel for its history and biome. It was cut off from saltwater long ago and is still populated by surviving descendants of ocean animals that are unique in the world today.
Elongated skulls are found all over (though I was unaware of any in Siberia- very interesting). Some are from platforming ...but not all. We have bears here too. Most guns are useless against an angry bear that is charging unless you can puncture the heart (usually requiring a high powered rifle or armor peircing amunition), however the ones just curious how you taste can be convinced its not worth it. Theres instances recorded in Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks as examples (since they were openned up to concealed carry), of tourists fending off attacking grizzy bears with something as small as a .357 magnum. The bears were not killed afaik, but they did stop attacking and run away. Theres also plenty of instances of guns just making the bear angrier, of course...
That is what they tell you in Alaska, shoot them with something small, handgun, and you piss them off.
What is the Russian cousine? It's a really interesting thing. The fact is Russians are not a nation. It's a mix from hundreds other nations. So our cousine is a mix from cousines of other nations. Of course with Russian features Most famous Russian foodstuffs are black bread (it's made of rye) and smetana (it's kind of yogurt or cheese) Our cousine is defined by typical for our region foodstuff. For example, we eat not sea fish but river fish. Many foreigners don't know that river fish is more tasty than see fish. The good thing is a fried carp in smetana or an oven-baked sazan. Very famous crucians in Russia. But it's a very dangerous fish. It has a lot of very small bones that could hurt your throat. In other words it's necessary some skills to eat this very tasty fish.
But the most tasty fish is a sterlet. This fish is very ancient and has no bones at all. It has only cartilages. We eat it fried one, baked one, smoked one and... we cook the fish soup
Now meat. Several years ago I looked TV. There was a ordeal for participants. They have to eat... a tongue. Not all of them could do it. That moment was very funny for us because we think that beef tongue is the very tasty dish. its cost is higher than ordinary meat. We really like entrails. For example, the liver. Frenches like liver of a goose. We like other kinds of it too. What would you say about chicken stomachs? Oh... The normal meat we eat too The most popular Russian meat dish is shashlyk. You'd name it as barbeque.