Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug has served as a gas-producing core within Russia since the late Soviet era. Spread across the West Siberian Plain and reaching deep into the Arctic, it is a land of tundra, wetlands and long, severe winters. The Ob River and its broad estuary shape the western part of the region, while the Yamal Peninsula projects towards the Kara Sea. Major gas fields have made settlements such as Novy Urengoy important to Russia’s energy industry. Nenets communities maintain reindeer-herding traditions that remain central to the cultural identity of the far north. Browse other webcams across the Russian Arctic to place this setting in a wider geographic context.

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