Карьер Лайкина речка
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The place
Карьер Лайкина речка ("Laykina Rechka Quarry") in Tomsk Oblast, Kolpashevo/Parabel area (Ob-Vasyugan basin, Western Siberia, Russia), at 89 m elevation, waterlogged taiga on the West Siberian Plain. Continuous cluster of Western Siberia, Russia (batches 250-383). Former quarry converted into a shelter/fishing base (Laykin, a Russian Siberian patronymic + Vasyugan mire, 55,000 km², the world's largest peat bog and carbon store + the Ob, 3,650 km, Russia's 4th longest and the world's 3rd longest river by basin area, 3 million km², 40% of the continent + Tomsk, pop. 570,000, a university center since 1878, iconic in Western Siberia + heritage of the Russian Siberians/Chulyms (a Turkic people, 300 Chulym-language speakers, critical in Tomsk + Russian Siberians 87% + Tomsk founded 1604 by Boris Godunov + Cossack colonization in the 17th century, Yerofey Khabarov, 1650s Siberia + the Decembrists, 1825 Siberian exile of 121 nobles, 14 December 1825 in St. Petersburg, 5 hanged, 100 deported).
The setting
Tomsk, Kolpashevo/Parabel area, Ob-Vasyugan basin, Western Siberia, Russia, 89 m, waterlogged taiga plain, continuous cluster batches 250-383, former quarry shelter/fishing base Laykin, Russian Siberian + Vasyugan mire 55,000 km², world's largest peat bog, carbon store + the Ob 3,650 km, Russia's 4th longest, world's 3rd, 3 million km² basin, 40% of the continent + Tomsk pop. 570,000, university center since 1878, iconic in Western Siberia, Russian Siberians/Chulyms, Turkic, 300 Chulym speakers, critical in Tomsk + Russian Siberians 87% + Tomsk founded 1604 by Godunov + Cossacks, 17th century, Khabarov, 1650s Siberia + Decembrists 1825 exile of 121 nobles, 14 December 1825, 5 hanged, 100 deported.
