Куприяновская поляна
The place
Куприяновская поляна ("Kupriyanov Meadow") in the Republic of Khakassia, Abakan/Chorny Iyus area (Western Sayan taiga, southern Siberia, Russia), at 508 m altitude, lower Sayan taiga. Continuous Russia Sayan Siberia cluster (batches 260-404). Hikers' cabin/meadow in the Western Sayan (Abakan, population 180,000, capital of Khakassia since 1780 + Chorny Iyus river + Western Sayan 2930 m Stary Peak + Yenisei River 3487 km + heritage of the Khakas/Tuvan peoples (Turkic-Siberian people, Khakas 65,000, Khakas language + Tuvans 300,000, Tuvan language + Chors 12,000, Chor language + Chulyms 400, extinct Chulym language + iconic heritage of the Tagar/Tashtyk culture 900-100 BC, Iron Age Scythians iconic + Xiongnu Empire 3rd century BC, Hun ancestors + iconic heritage of Siberia's Russian conquest, Ivan IV 1580s, Cossack Yermak Timofeyevich + iconic gulag heritage Norilsk/Vorkuta 1930-1960, 20 M prisoners + iconic heritage of the Sayano-Shushenskaya dam, 6400 MW, largest in Russia, 1978, disaster August 17, 2009, turbine failure, 75 deaths iconic + iconic heritage of the invasion of Ukraine February 24, 2022, Western sanctions, Kuzbass coal exports + iconic heritage of Grigory Perelman, Poincaré conjecture 2003, Sayan-Chulyshman iconic).
The setting
Khakassia Abakan/Chorny Iyus Western Sayan taiga southern Siberia Russia 508 m lower Sayan taiga, continuous cluster batches 260-404, hikers' cabin/meadow Western Sayan + Abakan 180,000 capital 1780 + Chorny Iyus + Western Sayan 2930 m Stary + Yenisei 3487 km, Khakas/Tuvans Turkic-Siberian Khakas 65,000 Khakas language + Tuvans 300,000 Tuvan language + Chors 12,000 Chor language + Chulyms 400 extinct Chulym + Tagar/Tashtyk 900-100 BC Iron Age Scythians iconic + Xiongnu 3rd c. BC Hun ancestors + Siberia conquest Ivan IV 1580s Cossack Yermak + Norilsk/Vorkuta 1930-1960 20 M + Sayano-Shushenskaya 6400 MW largest in RU 1978 disaster August 17 2009 turbine 75 deaths iconic + invasion of Ukraine Feb 24 2022 sanctions Kuzbass coal exports + Perelman Poincaré 2003 iconic.
