Siberia makes up an enormous part of Russia, where each and every region is akin to its own planet with a distinct history and mythology, culture and traditions, landscape and climate. And, of course, the most attractive stories for us in Siberia are the human tales hidden behind the doors – large and small alike – of the many types of structures that dot the landscape. Despite the fact that Russia's complicated 20th-century history influenced the architectural faces of towns and villages beyond the Urals and radically altered the way of life of nomadic indigenous peoples, many Siberians live not only in Stalin- and Khrushchev-era structures, but also in unassuming huts in the middle of the taiga forest, in gorgeous wooden architectural monuments in large cities, as well as in tents and in yurts.