База отдыха "Белые пески"
The place
Baza otdykha "Belye peski" ("White Sands recreation base") in Kemerovo oblast, Kemerovo/Tashtagol area (Kuzbass, south-western Siberia, Russia), at 150 m elevation, in the Kuzbass taiga. Part of a continuous Russia Western Siberia cluster (batches 260-409). A tourist recreation base on the Kuzbass Tom River (Kemerovo, 550,000 residents, capital of Kuzbass + Tashtagol, 25,000 residents, mining centre + Kuzbass, the Kuznetsk coal basin, 400 million tonnes/year, 60% of Russian output, iconic + Tom River, 827 km, a tributary of the Ob + heritage of the Shors/Siberians (a Turkic-Siberian people: Shors, 12,000, endangered Shor language + Teleuts, 2,500, Teleut language + Siberians, 30 million Russian speakers + iconic Andronovo culture heritage, 2000-900 BC, Bronze Age Indo-European ancestors + iconic Russian conquest of Siberia, Ivan IV, 1580s Cossacks under Yermak Timofeyevich, 1581, iconic + iconic Gulag heritage, Vorkuta/Kolyma, 1930-1960, 20 million prisoners + iconic Kuzbass heritage, world's 4th largest coal basin, iconic + iconic Trans-Siberian Railway heritage, 1891-1916 + iconic heritage of the Zimnyaya Vishnya shopping centre fire in Kemerovo, 25 March 2018, 60 dead including 41 children, iconic + iconic legacy of the 24 February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Western sanctions on Kuzbass coal exports + Putin, 2000-2008, 2012-present, iconic).
The setting
Kemerovo, Kemerovo/Tashtagol, Kuzbass, SW Siberia, Russia, 150 m, Kuzbass taiga, continuous cluster batches 260-409, tourist recreation base on the Kuzbass Tom River + Kemerovo 550,000 capital + Tashtagol 25,000 mining centre + Kuzbass Kuznetsk coal basin 400 million t/year, 60% of Russia, iconic + Tom River 827 km, tributary of the Ob, Shors/Siberians: Shors 12,000, endangered Shor language + Teleuts 2,500, Teleut language + Siberians 30 million Russian speakers + Andronovo culture 2000-900 BC, Bronze Age Indo-European + Ivan IV 1580s, Cossacks under Yermak, 1581, iconic + Vorkuta/Kolyma Gulag 1930-1960, 20 million + Kuzbass world's 4th largest coal basin, iconic + Trans-Siberian Railway 1891-1916 + Zimnyaya Vishnya fire, 25 March 2018, 60 dead including 41 children, iconic + 24 Feb 2022 invasion of Ukraine, sanctions on coal exports + Putin 2000-2008, 2012-present, iconic.
