Landscape and Gods among the Khanty by Art Leete

“…I aim to demonstrate the functional pattern behind handling seemingly ambivalent characteristics of cosmological models in the tangible ritual performance of the Khanty, an indigenous people inhabiting the taiga and forest taiga zone of Western Siberia. I explore three cases in which the concept of sacred topography is applied among the Khanty by exploring two public ceremonies of reindeer sacrifice and one episode of a post-funeral rite. …”
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Религиозно-нравственная проблематика в деревенской прозе ХХ века (В. Астафьев, В. Распутин, В. Шукшин)... by Wawrzyniec Popiel-Machnicki

“…They wanted to save the rural spirit, hidden in the endless forests of the taiga, from the destructive influence of the urban culture. …”
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Temporality of Movements of Northern Baikal Reindeer Herders, Hunters and Fishermen by Vladimir Davydov

“…Hunting and reindeer herding are not connected only to movement in the taiga; these activities imply the use of stationary and mobile structures and hunting bases. …”
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Forest fires under the lens: needleleaf index - a novel tool for satellite image analysis by Afshin Amiri, Keyvan Soltani, Silvio Jose Gumiere, Hossein Bonakdari

“…While the needleleaf index holds potential for application in coniferous forests of the taiga biome across different continents, further validation is essential to assess its reliability.…”
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About myths and true story of Muslims of Ust-Ishim district of Omsk region (Islam through the prism of local history) by A. P. Yarkov

“…The reason for writing the material is the «world discovery» — the time when the Ashevan yurts appeared in the taiga Irtysh region. This became known to «all knowing Wikipedia», indicating the year 1226. …”
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REALIZATION OF IDEAS N. I. VAVILOV'S IDEAS IN THE BARLEY BREEDING IN SIBERIA by N. A. Surin, N. E. Lyakhova, S. A. Gerasimov, A. G. Lipshin

“…In the northern subtaiga and taiga regions of Siberia, six-row barley cultivars are preferred. …”
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Sensibilidades y rearticulaciones humanas y no humanas en la narrativa de Cristina Rivera Garza by Betina Keizman

“…Propongo una reflexión en torno a dos libros que exploran una reconstitución y ampliación de lo viviente humano y no humano. El mal de la taiga (2012) y Había mucha neblina o humo o no sé qué (2016) de Cristina Rivera Garza proponen una apertura imaginativa que depone el sujeto individual como paradigma, incluso la colectividad entendida como mero conjunto social ligado a un territorio. …”
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Project “Osprey in Russia”: key findings in 2019–2023 by Miroslav V. Babushkin, Andrey V. Kuznetsov, Alexey A. Sharov, Vasily G. Pchelintsev, Urmas Sellis, Gunnar Sein, Elena A. Shikalova, Irina G. Utekhina, Albert V. Bragin, Pavel A. Futoran, Evgeniy V. Kholodov, María Del Mar Delgado

“…The northern border of its distribution runs along the edge of the northern taiga, forested river valleys in the north. During the Project, the breeding population, migration routes, and wintering sites were determined for the first time for Ospreys inhabiting the north of the European part of Russia, south of Central Siberia (Sayano-Shushenski State Nature Reserve), and in Far East (“Magadan” State Nature Reserve, central part of the Kamchatka Peninsula). …”
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Chemical composition of sediment and macrozoobenthos of small urban lakes, the Republic of Karelia, Russia by Evgeny Savosin, Zakhar Slukovskii

“…The results obtained can serve as a basis for complex environmental monitoring of the urbanized territories in the taiga zone.…”
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Soils and vegetation of the permafrost floodplain of the small river Tenyakha (Messoyakha basin, Western Siberia) by Sergey V. Loiko, Ivan V. Kriсkov, Nikita V. Shefer, Irina Nedyak, Rinat M. Manasypov, Sergey P. Kulizhskiy

“…The Munsell value of these soils is the same as that of the humus horizons of the zonal soils of the southern taiga and subtaiga. We have not detected a distinct effect of climate change on the soils. …”
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Phytocenotic arrangement of the common hop in the south of western Siberia by M. M. Silantyeva, O. N. Mironenko, N. V. Ovcharova, I. G. Chukhina, Yu. R. Poltaratskaya, A. V. Nebylitsa, O. V. Bychkova, E. P. Myakisheva

“…Over the southwest of Siberia, common hop presently occurs within various phytocenoses situated in the steppe and forest-steppe zones, and the southern taiga subzone of the forest zone, from low to medium mountains. …”
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Seed regeneration of green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marshall) in green spaces of Petrozavodsk city by Antipina Galina Stanislavovna, Platonova Elena, Morozova Anna

“…The study was carried out in Petrozavodsk (Republic of Karelia), located in the middle taiga subzone, where green ash is common in street landscaping, parks, and courtyards. …”
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Lessons learnt from measures taken to prevent rabies introduction and spread into a long rabies free territory (case study of the Irkutsk Oblast) by I. V. Meltsov, A. M. Ablov, E. N. Shkolnikova, M. E. Koplik, P. A. Minchenko, T. V. Desyatova, I. D. Zarva, A. D. Botvinkin, A. Ye. Metlin

“…The vast area of mountain taiga with low fox population serves as an ecological barrier. …”
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CARBON STOCKS IN PHYTOMASS OF WOODY PLANTS AND COARSE WOODY DEBRIS IN OLD-GROWTH BLUEBERRY PINE FORESTS IN THE NATURAL RESERVE “KIVACH” by A. N. Pekkoev, S. A. Moshnikov, I. V. Romashkin, D. V. Teslya

“…The study presents the results of the research on permanent test plots established in 2023 in 180-190-year-old bilberry-type pine forests growing on sandy soils on the test site of the first type of level intensity «Kivach» (Republic of Karelia, middle taiga subzone). The calculated data of phytomass and carbon (C) stock in the pools of stand, undergrowth, undergrowth phytomass, as well as in coarse woody debris (CWD) is presented. …”
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Serum Alkaline Phosphatase in Free-Ranging Male Moose Alces alces (Linnaeus 1758) of Different Age Groups by Maria A. Perevozchikova, Igor A. Domsky, Yulia A. Berezina, Professor Zhitkov Russian Research Institute of Game Management and Fur Farming, Kirov, Russia, Alexandr V. Economov

“…The biomaterial sampling was carried out in October – December in the southern taiga subzone, Kirov Region. The blood samples were obtained by cutting the jugular vein (Venae jugularis) immediately after the animal was shot during legal hunting. …”
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Representation of introduced vegetation in pollen spectra of the Petrozavodsk State University Botanic Garden by Gornov Daniil, Gavrilova Olga, Semenov Andrey

“…Spectra of the Botanic garden of the Petrozavodsk State University are typical for the spectra of the middle taiga. Differences of pollen spectra in different years could be caused by weather conditions and a number of other factors that are discussed like local vegetation state in these periods that affects on pollination and many others.…”
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Earliness and morphotypes of common wheat cultivars of Western and Eastern Siberia by S. E. Smolenskaya, V. M. Efimov, Y. V. Kruchinina, B. F. Nemtsev, G. Y. Chepurnov, E. S. Ovchinnikova, I. A. Belan, E. V. Zuev, Chenxi Zhou, V. V. Piskarev, N. P. Goncharov

“…The retrospective analysis based on the cultivars’ zoning time included in the “State Register for Selection Achievements Admitted for Usage” brought us to the conclusion that the earliness/lateness of modern Siberian commercial cultivars was not regionally but rather zonally-associated (taiga, subtaiga, forest-steppe and steppe zones).…”
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