Siberia
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Novosibirsk
Built along the Ob, Novosibirsk attracts Trans-Siberian stopovers: the opera house, the Akademgorodok science campus, riverfront promenades and hearty Siberian fare in canteens.
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Omsk
Siberia’s Omsk sits on the Irtysh, with onion-domed churches, Soviet boulevards, a riverfront promenade and a hearty pelmeni-and-fish food scene; it’s a common Trans-Siberian stop.
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Tomsk
Tomsk’s painted wooden houses and university atmosphere attract those curious about Siberian urban life.
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Krasnoyarsk
Perched along the Yenisei, Krasnoyarsk draws hikers to the red-rock Stolby reserve and river cruises past Soviet-era docks.
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Irkutsk
Wooden Siberian houses and Decembrist mansions line Irkutsk, the gateway to Lake Baikal; travelers ride to Listvyanka, take Baikal cruises, and eat omul smoked over local fires.
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Ulan-Ude
At the terminus of the Trans‑Siberian line, Ulan‑Ude mixes Buryat Buddhist monasteries, a colossal Lenin head on Sovetskaya, and markets selling smoked omul and shashlik.
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Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai
East of Lake Baikal, Chita serves as a Trans‑Siberian stop with wooden merchant houses, Soviet-era squares and regional museums.
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Olkhon Island
Olkhon, Lake Baikal’s largest island, offers rocky cliffs, Cape Burkhan (Shaman Rock) and Buryat cultural sites; tourists come for trekking, boat trips and frozen-lake travel in winter.
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Siberia at a Glance#
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Best Things to Do in Siberia#
Lake
Lake Baikal
World's deepest freshwater lake and Siberian landmark
Islands
Severnaya Zemlya
High Arctic Russian archipelago of glaciated islands
Mountains
Sayan Mountains
Mountain range in Siberia separating taiga and steppe
Cape
Cape Chelyuskin
Northernmost point of mainland Eurasia on Siberian coast
Mountains
Baikal Mountains
Mountain range east of Lake Baikal in Siberia
Island
Olkhon Island
Largest Lake Baikal island with shamanic cultural sites
Island
Bolshevik Island
Largest Severnaya Zemlya island, remote Arctic archipelago
Lake
Lake Taymyr
Large tundra lake in northern Siberia
Lake
Lake Teletskoye
Large freshwater lake in Altai, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
Island
October Revolution Island
Remote Arctic island in Severnaya Zemlya archipelago
Mountains
Yablonoi Mountains
Mountain range in eastern Siberia, rugged and remote
Island
Komsomolets Island
Northern Severnaya Zemlya island, Arctic polar desert