Лес
The place
Лес ("Forest") in Zabaykalsky Krai, Chita/Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky area (eastern Siberia, Yablonovy Range, Russia), at 969 m elevation, Yablonovy taiga of Siberia. Continuous Russia Zabaikalie cluster (batches 340-380). Generic forester's shelter, lesnik (Chita, 320,000 inhabitants, the center of Zabaikalie + the Yablonovy Range, part of the 1,600 km Baikal-Amur mountain system + the BAM, Baikal-Amur Mainline, 4,324 km, built 1974-1984 under Brezhnev by 33,000 workers + the Trans-Siberian Railway, 9,289 km, Russia's iconic thread, built 1898-1916 + heritage of the Buryat/Cossack people of Siberia (Trans-Baikal Cossacks, 1650s colonization led by Yerofey Khabarov + the Buryat Mongol people, 460,000, Buryat language, Buddhism, the Ivolginsky Datsan near Ulan-Ude + the Decembrists, 1825, exiled to Siberia, 121 Russian nobles under Tsar Nicholas I after the failed 14 December 1825 uprising in St Petersburg, 5 hanged, 100 deported to Siberia's Zabaikalie/Chita region).
The setting
Zabaikalie Chita/Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky eastern Siberia Yablonovy Range Russia 969 m Yablonovy taiga Siberia, continuous cluster batches 340-380, forester's shelter lesnik Chita 320,000 center of Zabaikalie + Yablonovy Baikal-Amur 1,600 km + BAM 4,324 km 1974-1984 Brezhnev 33,000 workers + Trans-Siberian 9,289 km 1898-1916, Buryat/Cossack Siberia + Trans-Baikal Cossacks 1650s Khabarov + Buryat Mongol 460,000 Buryat Buddhism Ivolginsky Ulan-Ude + Decembrists 1825 121 nobles Nicholas I 14 Dec 1825 St Petersburg 5 hanged 100 deported to Siberia Chita.
