избы Новая Панкина
The place
избы Новая Панкина ("New Pankina log cabins") in Tyumen Oblast, Uvat/Vagai area (western Siberian taiga, lower Ob-Irtysh, Russia), at 37 m altitude, western taiga of the lower Irtysh. Continuous western Siberia Russia cluster (batches 260-408). Traditional fishing/hunting log cabins of Tyumen (Uvat, pop. 5,000, oil + Vagai, pop. 8,000 + Tyumen, pop. 800,000, oldest Siberian Russian city, founded 1586, iconic + the Irtysh, 4,248 km, Siberia's second-longest river, an Ob tributary + heritage of the Siberiaks/Tatars/Khanty (a Slavic-Tatar people, 30 million Russian-speaking Siberians + Siberian Tatars, 200,000, Tatar language + Khanty, 30,000 + Mansi, 12,000 + iconic heritage of the Russian conquest under Ivan IV, 1552-1554, Kazan and Astrakhan + Yermak Timofeyevich's 1581 conquest of the Khanate of Sibir under Kuchum, iconic + the iconic Gulag heritage of Vorkuta/Kolyma, 1930-1960, 20 million prisoners + the iconic Trans-Siberian Railway, 1891-1916, 9,288 km Moscow-Vladivostok + Tyumen oil, 60% of Russia's output, iconic + the iconic Putin era, 2000-2008, 2012-present + the invasion of Ukraine, 24 February 2022, Western sanctions on oil/gas + the Wagner mutiny led by Prigozhin, 23-24 June 2023, his death in a plane crash near Tver on 23 August 2023, iconic + Navalny, 1976-2024, opposition figure who died in the IK-3 Kharp penal colony on 16 February 2024, iconic).
The setting
Tyumen Uvat/Vagai western Siberian taiga lower Ob-Irtysh Russia 37 m western taiga lower Irtysh, continuous cluster batches 260-408, fishing/hunting log cabins Tyumen + Uvat 5,000 oil + Vagai 8,000 + Tyumen 800,000 oldest Siberian city founded 1586 iconic + Irtysh 4,248 km 2nd longest Siberia Ob tributary, Siberiaks/Tatars/Khanty Slavic-Tatar 30M Russian-speaking + Siberian Tatars 200,000 Tatar + Khanty 30,000 + Mansi 12,000 + Ivan IV 1552-1554 Kazan Astrakhan + Yermak 1581 Khanate of Sibir Kuchum iconic + Vorkuta/Kolyma Gulag 1930-1960 20M + Trans-Siberian Railway 1891-1916 9,288 km + Tyumen oil 60% of Russia iconic + Putin era 2000-2008 2012-present + invasion of Ukraine 24 Feb 2022 Western sanctions oil/gas + Prigozhin Wagner mutiny 23-24 June 2023 death in plane crash near Tver 23 Aug 2023 iconic + Navalny 1976-2024 opposition figure died in penal colony 16 Feb 2024 IK-3 Kharp iconic.
