Ural Mountains

Information on The Komi

Pavla Nogo (left), a Komi woman, with her daughter, Lena, in the Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

An aerial view of the frozen River Ob near Salekhard in the south of the Yamal Peninsula with the Polar Ural Mountains in the distance. Western Siberia, Russia

View across the River Ob from Gornoknyazevsk with the Ural Mountains in the background. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A Budarka (boat) on the River Ob near Gornoknyazevsk, with the Ural Mountains in the background. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

View of the Ural Mountains & the River Ob from Gornoknyazevsk in the autumn. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A Budarka (fishing boat) on the River Ob near Gornoknyazevsk with the Ural Mountains in the background. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A reindeer suckles her calf at summer pastures in the Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

Boggy landscape with willows, helleborine, bistort and many other plants. Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal. Siberia.

Autumn colour on vegetation, mostly Geranium sylvaticum. Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal. Western Siberia

Pavla Nogo, a Komi woman, walking with 3 of her daughters in the Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal, Western Siberia

Alder groves and tundra on the hillside in the Bolshaia Paipudyna Valley of the Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

A herd of reindeer grazing at their summer pastures in the Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A herd of reindeer grazing at their summer pastures in the Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A herd of reindeer in the summer with their antlers in velvet. Polar Ural Mountains, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A herd of reindeer in the summer with their antlers in velvet. Polar Ural Mountains, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A small stream with Angelica growing close by in the Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A herd of reindeer at their summer pastures in the Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

Sunset in the Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

The Bolshaia Paipudyna River in the Polar Ural Mountains, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

The Bolshaia Paipudyna River Valley. Polar Ural Mountains, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

Grass flatened by the wind in the Bolshaia Paipudyna Valley. Polar Ural Mountains, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

The Bolshaia Paipudyna River Valley in the Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Low cloud spills down the mountainside in the Bolshaia Paipudyna Valley. Polar Urals, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A herd of reindeer crossing the Bolshaia Paipudyna River in the Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal, Western Siberia.

A herd of reindeer crossing the Bolshaia Paipudyna River in the Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal, Western Siberia.

A herd of reindeer crossing the Bolshaia Paipudyna River in the Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal, Western Siberia.

A herd of reindeer crossing the Bolshaia Paipudyna River in the Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal, Western Siberia.

Reindeer grazing at their summer pastures in the Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

A herd of reindeer at their summer pastures in the Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

Dark clouds above the Bolshaia Paipudyna Valley in the Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

The Bolshaia Paipudyna River at dusk in the Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal, Western Siberie, Russia

A herd of reindeer at their summer pastures in the Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

An Ural truck on a winter road in the Kolyma Mountains. Northern Evensk, Magadan Region, E. Siberia, Russia. 2006