from Russia with love: Russia in photos (Khakassia -South Siberia)

Khakassia is a federal subject of Russia (a republic) located in south central Siberia.

Abakan is the administrative centre of Khakassia, and with a population of around 160,000 making it the largest city.

Khakas is a Turkic language with co-official status in the republic.

«Два полюса ворот в иные миры» на Яндекс.Фотках
The ancient menhires

«Золото Хакасии» на Яндекс.Фотках
The Mountain Shoria is a territory in the Southern Siberia east of Altay Mountains. It is the Southern part of Kemerovo Oblast. Indigenous population are Shors.
The territory is mountainous: spurs of Abakan Range, Salair Ridge, and Kuznetsk Alatau, and is rich in ores.
Sunset

«Енисей» на Яндекс.Фотках
Yenisei (Russian: Енисе́й) is the greatest river system flowing to the Arctic Ocean, and at 5,539 km (3,445 mi) is the fifth longest river in the world. Rising in Mongolia, it follows a northerly course to the Yenisei Gulf in the Kara Sea, draining a large part of central Siberia, the longest stream following the Yenisei-Angara-Selenga-Ider.