Biryuk Forest

Biryuk Forest lies in the Upper Lena country of Eastern Siberia, where the Lena and its tributaries cut through boreal forest and interior plateau. Russian fur hunters led by Demid Pyanda sailed up the Lena in the 1620s and explored much of its course; the fort at Yakutsk was founded in 1632. The forest and river country here was used by Evenki hunters, who moved through the valleys with the seasons and paid their tribute in furs.