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Speaking of maps, I've always wondered what's in that huge, mostly-unlabeled region that is more than half of Russia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_o
by Razengan 6y ago
Speaking of maps, I've always wondered what's in that huge, mostly-unlabeled region that is more than half of Russia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Russia
It looks like it could comfortably fit a few countries and then some.
Even when watching history documentaries there's a period where Russia is basically a thin strip at the western edge of its current territory, before suddenly and inexplicably blowing up to engulf almost half of Asia.
- FranOntanaya 6y agoHorseflies.
- 082349872349872 6y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik1Y88n1Uog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik1Y88n1Uog [1] does give the impression of the sort of place where one wishes to avoid the snowmelt line in spring. And that's down in the populated region. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Siberian_Highway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Siberian_Highway says it was first fully paved in 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfbbd-8hbWM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfbbd-8hbWM Also in the populated part, the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lykov_family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lykov_family detached from their society and went foraging in the wild, but lost most of their tech tree in doing so. A former soviet colleague told me during perestroika that they planned their taiga field work for winter, because dealing with snow was much easier than dealing with mud. [1] This clip has "women, horses, and wide open spaces." For "steam-baths, vodka, accordion, and lox" you'll have to do your own searching.
- areactnativedev 6y agoNice summary of the above indeed "The boreal forest, or taiga, supports a relatively small range of animals due to the harshness of the climate. Canada's boreal forest includes 85 species of mammals, 130 species of fish, and an estimated 32,000 species of insects."
- Cactus2018 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiga
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- person_of_color 6y agoFilled with cryptids.
- tomaskafka 6y agoTaiga. And yes, that's where USSR internment camps and gulags used to be, for same out-of-sight reasons as they are in China.
- refurb 6y agoI wish I could find it, but there is a Wikipedia article on a railway spur in that region. If I remember correctly it was mostly built with gulag labor and it lasted a few years at most before it fell apart due to the climate and terrain (not solid ground).