Siberia
Russia's frozen east
Siberia is the vast region of Russia stretching from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, known for its extreme cold and remoteness.
Historically a place of exile for political prisoners and criminals, Siberia carries connotations of isolation and harsh punishment: They sent dissidents to Siberia.
Figuratively, any remote or undesirable location: My office is in Siberia—way at the back of the building.
Subarctic evergreen biome
- borealOf northern regions
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
- coniferousProducing woody cones
- larchDeciduous coniferous tree
spruce · pine · fir · wildlife · reindeer · wolf · bear · tiger
Deepest lake on Earth
- VladivostokFar Eastern Russian seaport
- UralRussian border mountains
- LenaSiberian river to Arctic
- KamchatkaFar eastern Russian peninsula
Perpetually frozen earth layer
- frostThin ice coating
- frostbiteFreezing of body tissue
- subzeroBelow the freezing point
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
freezing · ice · snow · arctic · glacial · windchill · hypothermia · thermals
Forced labor prison system
- penal colonyDistant settlement for exiled criminals
- political prisonerJailed for ideology
- banishmentForced removal from place
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
dissident · convict · labor camp · punishment · Dostoevsky · prisoner · sentenced · Decembrists
Covering a large area
- endlessWithout termination or boundary
- immenseExtremely large in scope
- boundlessWithout any boundaries
- desolateBleak and abandoned
remote · isolated · uninhabited · inaccessible · sparse · empty · horizon · limitless
Mediation between worlds
- nomadicWithout fixed residence
- reindeer herdingRaising domesticated caribou commercially
- yurtFelt-covered nomad tent
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
taiga
Subarctic evergreen biome
- borealOf northern regions
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
- coniferousProducing woody cones
larch · spruce · pine · fir · wildlife · reindeer · wolf · bear · tiger · mammoth
Lake Baikal
Deepest lake on Earth
- VladivostokFar Eastern Russian seaport
- UralRussian border mountains
- LenaSiberian river to Arctic
permafrost
Perpetually frozen earth layer
blizzard · freezing · ice · snow · arctic · glacial · windchill · hypothermia · thermals · shiver
gulag
Forced labor prison system
- penal colonyDistant settlement for exiled criminals
- political prisonerJailed for ideology
- banishmentForced removal from place
deportation · dissident · convict · labor camp · punishment · Dostoevsky · prisoner · sentenced · Decembrists · isolation
expansive
Covering a large area
- endlessWithout termination or boundary
- immenseExtremely large in scope
- boundlessWithout any boundaries
desolate · remote · isolated · uninhabited · inaccessible · sparse · empty · horizon · limitless · frontier
shamanism
Mediation between worlds
- nomadicWithout fixed residence
- reindeer herdingRaising domesticated caribou commercially
- yurtFelt-covered nomad tent
traditional · native · tribal
- ArcticArctic Circle, Arctic Ocean, Arctic wildlife, Arctic exploration, Arctic research
- Eurasian GeographyHimalayas, Tibetan Plateau, Gobi Desert, Ganges River, Yangtze River
- Russian GeographyMoscow, Volga River, Ural Mountains, Lake Baikal, St. Petersburg
- snowy placessnowfields, igloo, snowbelt, snowbelts, ski lodge
- NorthlandsNorth Pole, Arctic, Arctic Circle, polar region, north country
- remote placesremote, distant, far, faraway, afar
SiberiaSahara Desert
Massive North African arid region
tropics · equatorial regions · Amazon · Caribbean · Death Valley
Siberiametropolis
Large important city
downtown · Paris · New York City · London · civilization
- Siberian tigerLargest wild feline subspecies
- Siberian HuskyNorthern sled dog breed
- Siberian HuskiesNorthern sled-pulling breed
- Trans-Siberian RailwayContinental Russian train route
- Siberian tundraTreeless frozen Russian biome
- Siberian exileBanishment to frozen lands