Tomtor

Tomtor belongs to the Amga country of eastern Siberia, where river valleys and meadows interrupt extensive forests. The severe continental climate makes the short growing season and winter stores important; waterways serve as boat routes in warmer months and frozen corridors in winter.

Across the wider Sakha region, cattle and horse keeping combined with fishing, hunting and knowledge of northern conditions. Russian expansion in the seventeenth century brought tribute demands and new administrative institutions to river districts.