изба Ялпынтур
The place
изба Ялпынтур ("Izba Yalpyntur") in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Sovetsky/Yugorsk sector (Ob basin, Western Siberia, Russia), at a true elevation of ~50 m (record shows 0 m, incorrect), marshy taiga on the West Siberian Plain. Continuous cluster Russia Western Siberia (batches 250-382, 3 records). Traditional hunter/trapper's izba, Yalpyntur a Khanty toponym (Ob 3650 km, 4th longest in Russia, 3rd in the world by basin, 3 million km², 40% of the continent + KMAO oil and gas, 60% of Russia's oil production, 300,000 wells, Samotlor, Priobskoye, Rosneft + Yugra, a Khanty term for self-designation + heritage of the Khanty/Mansi peoples (Finno-Ugric people, 30,000/12,000, Khanty-Mansi language, reindeer herders, hunters, fishers + Bogo-medvezhy bear-cult festival + traditional Tengri shamanism + autonomous okrug founded 1930 under the USSR constitution, 5th AO, Yugra 534,000 km² + iconic pre-USSR Siberian heritage, Yenisei Cossacks 1584, Yermak Timofeyevich).
The setting
Khanty-Mansi Sovetsky/Yugorsk Ob basin W Siberia Russia elevation 0 m incorrect ~50 m real marshy taiga plain, continuous cluster batches 250-382 3 records, hunter/trapper izba Yalpyntur Khanty + Ob 3650 km 4th in RU 3rd in world 3M km² 40% + KMAO oil 60% RU 300,000 wells Samotlor Priobskoye Rosneft + Yugra Khanty, Khanty/Mansi Finno-Ugric 30,000/12,000 reindeer/fishing + Bogo-medvezhy bear festival + Tengri shamanism + AO 1930 USSR 5th Yugra 534,000 km² + Yenisei Cossacks 1584 Yermak.
