барак
The place
барак ("Barrack") in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Nefteyugansk/Surgut sector (Ob basin, Western Siberia, Russia), at a true altitude of ~50 m (0 m entry is erroneous), West Siberian plain marsh taiga. Continuous Western Siberia Russia cluster (batches 250-392, 5 entries). Semi-permanent oil-worker barrack (Barak, Russian for workers' barrack + KMAO oil and gas, 60% of Russia's oil production, 300,000 wells, Samotlor, Priobskoye, Rosneft + Nefteyugansk, pop. 130,000, an oil town, Yuganneftegaz, Yukos, Khodorkovsky, historic + Ob, 3650 km, Russia's 4th longest river, world's 3rd, 3 M km² basin, 40% of the continent + Yugra, a Khanty self-designation term + heritage of the Khanty/Mansi peoples (Finno-Ugric people, 30,000/12,000, Khanty-Mansi language, reindeer herders, fishermen + Bogo-medvezhij bear ceremony festivals + traditional Tengri shamanism + autonomous okrug founded 1930, USSR constitution, 5th AO, Yugra, 534,000 km² + the Yukos affair, Khodorkovsky's arrest on October 25, 2003, the tycoon jailed 10 years, Putin's authoritarianism, iconic).
The setting
Khanty-Mansi Nefteyugansk/Surgut Ob basin Western Siberia Russia altitude 0 m erroneous ~50 m real marsh taiga plain, continuous cluster batches 250-392 5 entries, semi-permanent oil-worker barrack Barak Russian + KMAO oil 60% RU 300,000 wells Samotlor Priobskoye Rosneft + Nefteyugansk pop. 130,000 oil town Yuganneftegaz Yukos Khodorkovsky + Ob 3650 km RU's 4th, world's 3rd, 3 M km² 40% + Yugra Khanty term, Khanty/Mansi Finno-Ugric 30,000/12,000 reindeer/fishing + Bogo-medvezhij bear ceremony + Tengri shamanism + AO founded 1930 USSR 5th Yugra 534,000 km² + Yukos Khodorkovsky arrest Oct 25 2003 tycoon 10 years Putin authoritarianism.
