The Sayan Mountains are a mountain range in southern Siberia spanning southeastern Russia and northern Mongolia. Before the rapid expansion of Tsardom of Russia, the mountain range served as the border between Mongolian and Russian cultures and cultural influences.
View of Mönkh Saridag, highest peak in the Sayan Mountains
Lake of Mountain Spirits Western Sayan, Ergaki mountains
The Hanging Stone, Western Sayan, Ergaki Nature Park
Sayan Mountains in August
Krasnoyarsk Krai is a federal subject of Russia located in Siberia. Its administrative center is the city of Krasnoyarsk, the third-largest city in Siberia, after Novosibirsk and Omsk. Comprising half of the Siberian Federal District, Krasnoyarsk Krai is the largest krai in Russia, the second-largest federal subject in the country after neighboring Sakha, and the third-largest country subdivision by area in the world. The krai covers an area of 2,366,797 square kilometers (913,825 sq mi), constituting roughly 13% of Russia's total area. Krasnoyarsk Krai has a population of 2,856,971 as of the 2021 Census.
Mother of God-Nativity Cathedral (Krasnoyarsk) 1900
The seat of the oblast administration in the Revolution Square, 2005
Business center "Balance". The largest business center of Asian part of Russia
Image: Krs riverport