на Золотарке
The place
Na Zolotarke ("On the Zolotarka River") in the Republic of Tuva, Kyzyl/Sayanogorsk area (southern Siberia, Russia, on the Mongolian border), at 1211 m elevation, in the Western Sayan range. Continuous Russia Siberia cluster (batches 250-298). A traditional gold-panning cabin ("zoloto" = gold) or hunters' shelter in the Sayan taiga, on land tied to the Tuvans (a Turco-Mongol people, both shamanist and Tibetan Buddhist, roughly 200,000 people, known for khöömei throat-singing, UNESCO-listed in 2009).
The setting
Tuva, Kyzyl/Sayanogorsk, southern Siberia, Russia, 1211 m, Western Sayan, Mongolian border, continuous cluster batches 250-298, gold panning "zoloto"/hunters, Tuvans Turco-Mongol shamanist/Buddhist ~200,000, khöömei UNESCO 2009.