Borders of Siberia

The borders of Siberia cannot be defined unambiguously and precisely.

The definition of the territory of Siberia varies depending on the angle of view: geographically, historically or politically.

The name comes from Mongolian (some sources claim that it comes from Tatar) and literally means “sleeping country”, referring to the Siberian rope in the area of ​​modern Western Siberia, which was created as a result of the collapse of the Golden Horde.

Today, outside of Russia, Siberia usually means the entire Asian part of Russia.

Siberia extends about 7,000 km east-west from the Urals to the mountains that form the watershed of the Pacific Ocean.

From north to south, about 3,500 km from the Arctic Ocean (North Polar Sea) to the mountains of Kazakhstan and borders Mongolia and the People’s Republic of China.

The Far East region from Yakutia to the Pacific coast, an area 6,179,900 km larger than the rest of Siberia, is outside Russia, usually included with Siberia, but is considered a separate region within Russia.

As are the people of Kamchatka or Sakhalin.