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add 1908 explosion -- a great natural disaster
Historically Siberia was inhabited by nomadic tribes. Russian colonization was gradually accomplished by the creation of [[penal colony|penal colonies]], the establishment of military garrisons, and the arrival of [[Kozak]]s. Even since the construction of the [[Trans-Siberian Railroad]], the population of the region remains low.
Historically Siberia was inhabited by nomadic tribes. Russian colonization was gradually accomplished by the creation of [[penal colony|penal colonies]], the establishment of military garrisons, and the arrival of [[Kozak]]s. Even since the construction of the [[Trans-Siberian Railroad]], the population of the region remains low.
In 1908, an [[asteroid]] exploded over the [[Tunguska]] region of Siberia,<ref>[http://www.psi.edu/projects/siberia/siberia.html 1908 Siberia Explosion]</ref> flattening trees and charring the earth for miles. Thankfully, the disaster occurred in a sparely populated region, so no one died. It was one of the most dangerous [[natural disaster]]s in recent times.
== Economy ==
== Economy ==
Siberian wildlife includes [[tiger]]s, [[reindeer]], black, brown and polar [[bear]]s, [[sable]]s, [[sea otter]]s and [[lemming]]s. The frozen corpses of [[mammoth]]s and woolly [[rhinoceros]]es have been found frozen in the Siberian Arctic. Huge numbers of [[fur seal]]s and [[walrus]]es live on the North Siberian Islands and in the [[Bering Sea]] and the [[extinction|extinct]] sirenian [[Steller's sea cow]] was found only here.
Siberian wildlife includes [[tiger]]s, [[reindeer]], black, brown and polar [[bear]]s, [[sable]]s, [[sea otter]]s and [[lemming]]s. The frozen corpses of [[mammoth]]s and woolly [[rhinoceros]]es have been found frozen in the Siberian Arctic. Huge numbers of [[fur seal]]s and [[walrus]]es live on the North Siberian Islands and in the [[Bering Sea]] and the [[extinction|extinct]] sirenian [[Steller's sea cow]] was found only here.
==References==
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