Siberia

Siberia stretches from the Urals to the Far East, bordering both the Mongolian frontier to the south and the icy shores of the Arctic Ocean. It’s a land of convicts and heroes, gas-fields, oil derricks, coal and gold-mines – and boasts the largest coverage of forestation in the world. Siberia is best known for offering the perfect setting for great adventure holidays, explorations and high-adrenaline activities. People come here to see the giant kimberlite columns diamonds are extracted from, the high rocky mountains, the forgotten villages, the Trans-Siberian Railroad and Lake Baikal, the old churches and their icons, and the Great Siberian Tract, the 400-year-old convict trail. All of this find its place alongside the modern cities that have miraculously sprung up amid the taiga forest.