Western Siberia
From Kazakhstan Encyclopedia
Western Siberia or West Siberia (Template:Lang-ru) is a part of Siberia. The area of the region is 2.5 million square kilometres. Nearly 80% of the Western Siberia's area is located within the West Siberian Plain. The largest rivers of the region is the Irtysh and the Obi.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Major cities
The most populous city of Western Siberia is the city of Novosibirsk. Other major cities include:
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- Tyumen
- Barnaul
- Tomsk
- Kemerovo
- Novokuznetsk
- Kurgan
- Pavlodar
- Petropavlovsk
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