городское поселение Белоярский: микрорайон СМУ-25

Beloyarsky occupies a low, riverine sector of the West Siberian Plain on the Kazym River in northern Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug–Ugra. It is the administrative centre of Beloyarsky District, a territory of taiga, wetlands and waterways within Russia’s vast northern interior. The town was founded in 1969 during Soviet development of the region’s gas industry and was granted town status in 1988. Its modern street plan and public institutions reflect that late-20th-century origin rather than the older trading towns of Siberia. The Kazym basin is also part of the traditional homeland of the Khanty people, an important thread in Ugra’s cultural identity. Continue with other webcams from Ugra to see how this northern part of western Siberia connects regionally.

Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Ugra extends from the eastern foothills of the Ural Mountains to the Ob–Irtysh lowlands, encompassing vast taiga, river valleys and wetlands of western Siberia. The Ob and Irtysh, two of Russia’s major rivers, shape settlement patterns and transport across this expansive territory. Khanty-Mansiysk, the regional capital, stands on the Irtysh near its confluence with the Ob. Ugra takes its name from the Khanty and Mansi peoples, whose cultures remain an essential part of the region’s identity, alongside an economy strongly associated with oil production. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of Ugra.

Russia has served as a major power between Europe and Asia since the 16th century. Its territory crosses eleven time zones, extending from the Baltic coast and the East European Plain over the Ural Mountains to the Pacific. The Volga, Europe’s longest river, runs through a core of historic Russian settlement, while Lake Baikal in Siberia is the world’s deepest lake. Moscow’s Kremlin and Red Square stand at the centre of the capital’s political and architectural heritage; Saint Petersburg’s Hermitage Museum occupies the Winter Palace. Orthodox churches, Russian-language literature, ballet and long-distance rail travel remain familiar reference points in a country of immense regional contrasts. Continue with other webcams from Russia to see how this part of northern Eurasia connects regionally.