Siberia facts for kids

Siberian Federal District Geographic Russian Siberia Historical Siberia (and Siberia according to many non-Russian sources)

Not to be confused with Serbia.

Siberia is the part of Russia that is in Asia. It covers wide landscapes, and stretches from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific. It goes from the Arctic Ocean to the border with China and Mongolia. Siberia covers about 77% of all Russian territory, but only 28% of Russians live there. It is one of the coldest places on Earth where people live. 70% of people in Siberia live in the city.

Novosibirsk is the largest city in Siberia, with a population near 1.5 million. Omsk and Krasnoyarsk also have populations of over a million people.

Images for kids

Chukchi, one of many indigenous peoples of Siberia.
Siberian Cossack family in Novosibirsk
Altai, Lake Kutsherla in the Altai Mountains
The peninsula of Svyatoy Nos, Lake Baikal
Vasyugan River in the southern West Siberian Plain
Siberian taiga
Koryaksky volcano towering over Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on the Kamchatka Peninsula
Belukha Mountain
Autumn forest in the eastern Sayan Mountains, Buryatia
Taiga near Lake Baikal
A Siberian tigress and cub.
Ulan-Ude
Amur waterfront in Khabarovsk
Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai
Russia is a key oil and gas supplier to much of Europe.
Bandy at Sibselmash Stadium in Novosibirsk, Siberia's biggest city and the third biggest one in Russia
Tomsk, one of the oldest Siberian cities, was founded in 1604.
Transfiguration Cathedral, Khabarovsk