изба Симакова
The place
Избушка Симакова ("Simakov's Isba") in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Kondinsky/Sherkaly sector (Konda river basin, Western Siberia, Russia), at 47 m elevation, waterlogged taiga of the West Siberian Plain. Part of the continuous Russia Western Siberia cluster (batches 250-366). A traditional hunter/trapper isba (Simakov, a typical Russian surname + Konda, an Irtysh tributary in the Ob basin, 1,592 km, Russia's 4th longest river, Ob 3,650 km, 40% of the continent + West Siberia sedimentary plain, Vasyugan mires 55,000 km², the world's largest mire, carbon storage for the climate + West Siberian oil and gas, KMAO 60% of Russia's oil production, 300,000 wells, Samotlor, Priobskoye, Rosneft + Yugra, a Khanty term of self-designation + heritage of the Khanty/Mansi peoples (Finno-Ugric people, 30,000/12,000, Khanty-Mansi language, reindeer herders, hunters, fishers + annual bear festival Bogo-medvezhij + traditional Tengri shamanism + autonomous okrug founded 1930 under the USSR constitution, 5th AO, Yugra, 534,000 km²).
The setting
Khanty-Mansi Kondinsky/Sherkaly Konda Western Siberia Russia 47 m waterlogged taiga West Siberian Plain, continuous cluster batches 250-366, hunter/trapper isba Simakov Russian + Konda Irtysh tributary Ob basin 1,592 km Russia's 4th longest, Ob 3,650 km 40% of continent + Vasyugan 55,000 km² world's largest mire carbon + KMAO oil 60% of Russia 300,000 wells Samotlor Priobskoye Rosneft + Yugra Khanty self-designation, Khanty/Mansi Finno-Ugric 30,000/12,000 reindeer/fishing + Bogo-medvezhij bear festival + Tengri shamanism + AO 1930 USSR 5th Yugra 534,000 km².
