Geography
This lake holds 1/5 of the world's fresh water.
What is Lake Baikal?
These Northwestern people were forcibly baptized by St. Stephen of Perm.
Who are the Komi?
The herding dogs of these Arctic people bear their name.
Who are the the Samoyeds?
According to this belief system, everything in nature has a spirit.
What is animism?
This "nameless" animal is sacred to some Siberian peoples.
What is the brown bear?
This river is the only outlet for Lake Baikal.
What is the Angara?
These far flung people live on both sides of the Bering Straight.
Who are the Eskimo?
These people are the direct ancestors of Native Americans.
Who are the Chukchis?
According to this belief, certain animals were the ancestors of some Siberian peoples.
What is a totem?
These spiritual leaders use drumming to transcend to upper realms.
What are shamans?
This belt of coniferous forests stretches from the Ural Mountains to the Bering Straight.
What is the taiga?
These people are named for the river they live near.
Who are the Tungus?
After death, the shaman for these people still gets around.
Who are the Yukagir?
This frozen layer of soil has been know to preserve full size woolly mammoths.
What is permafrost?
What is Novgorod?
This Western Siberian river is long, but its name is very short.
What is the Ob?
These people sacrificed reindeer at grave sites.
Who are the Samoyeds (or Nenets)?
These people drink a lot of mare's milk (fresh and fermented).
Who are the Yakuts (or Sakha)?
This people practiced "aerial" burial.
Who are the Tungus?
The Khantys/Mansis people worshiped this supreme God.
Who is Num Torem?
What is the Amur?
These Siberian people were known as the "Blacksmith Tatars" of the Altai region.
Who are the Buryat Mongols?
The Chukchi offered blood and fat to idols to ward off these evil spirits.
What are the "kelet"?
This land bridge between Siberia and Alaska is not under some very cold water.
What is Beringia?
This animal, most feared and respected among the Amur Nanais, has certainly earned its stripes.
What is the Siberian tiger?