Bird's Eye Views of Siberian Russia

AirVuz contributor and pilot Mayday Studio brings us this VERY impressive pro drone reel from the wide expanses of Siberian Russia.  The video opens with an excellent shot of the Tomsk, which is located on the Tom River and is considered the cultural capital of this vast region.  Then you'll be treated to some great shots of the towering Altai Mountains and the endless taiga, followed by some superb action shots involving motocross racers, ice drifting, and much more.   Expertly edited, it's well worth a watch.  

Top AirVuz contributor BashirAbuShakra brings us this magnificent drone video from Russia's Lake Baikal.  Located in southern Siberia, Baikal is the world's deepest lake, with a maximum depth of 5.4k ft. (just over 1.6k m).  Covering over 12k square mi. (around 32k m), it's also (1) the largest in terms of water volume, holding an astounding 5.7k cubic miles of water (23.6k cubic km), nearly a quarter of the surface freshwater on earth; (2) the world's oldest lake (25-30 million years); and (3) one of the clearest.  

With multiple Drone Video of the Week/Month wins to his name, DiamondSKy is one of the top content creators in the AirVuz community.  That should be reason enough to check out this stunning new piece he brings us from Russia's Ergaki National Park.  The park is located in the southwestern part of the Siberia region, in the Ergaki Mountains.  The tallest peak in the Ergaki range is Zvyozdniy, which has a summit elevation of about 2.1k meters above sea level or around 6.9k ft.  The Ergaki Mountains form part of the larger Sayan range.  

Several-time Drone Video of the Week Finalist Makhorov brings us this stunning drone video from Russia's Altai Mountains, home of some of the world's most remote and beautiful scenery.  The range, which runs through southern Siberia and also covers portions of China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan, has peaks as high as 4.5k meters above sea level (14.8k ft.).  Sparsely populated and studded with a number of giant lakes, the Altai's are famously difficult to access (particularly from within Russia) due to a lack of passes.    

Top contributor and former DVOW winner Makhorov brings us this stunning wintertime video of one of the most important cities in Asian Russia: Krasnoyarsk.  Capital of its namesake oblast, it's the third-largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk and Omsk.  Founded as a border town on the banks of the Yenisei River in the early 17th century, it went on to become one of the most important junctions for the Trans-Siberian Railroad.   The video features some stunning dronelapses from the vapors visible in the frigid temperatures.  

Check out this fantastic 2023 showreel from new AirVuz contributor Andrew Travel Films, who hails from the Siberian region of Russia.  The video features an excellent mix of landscape, action, and "people" shots from across southern Siberia, a vast area that is home to some of Russia's most spectacular natural scenery.  Highlights include dramatic shots of the Altai Mountains, which run along Russia's borders with neighboring Mongolia, China, and Kazakhstan and is part of a larger system known as the Southern Siberia Mountains.  

Prepare to be blown away by this stunning wintertime drone video of Russia's Lake Baikal, compliments of top AirVuz contributor and pilot Makhorov.  The great lake of southern Siberia is one of the earth's great ecological treasures: amongst freshwater lakes, it's the world's largest by water volume, its deepest, its oldest, and by some measures its clearest.   When you see these glorious wintertime views of Baikal from this award-winning content creator, you may also agree that it's the most beautiful.  

Top AirVuz contributor and pilot Supasanya used two first person view (FPV) drones and a DJI Mavic Air 2 to create this stunning video from the Altai Mountains in Siberian Russia.  The Altai range, which also covers portions of neighboring Kazakhstan, China, and Mongolia, is some of the earth's most remote territory.  The video features shots of  Mt. Belukha, the North Chuya ridge and the Sailyugem National Park.  This video was picked as a Finalist for the Drone Video of the Week in July of 2024.  

Check out this fantastic drone video from Russia's Altai Mountains by AirVuz contributor and pilot 187video.  Shot with a combination of DJI gimbal-stabilized and first person view (FPV) drones, the piece affords a highly unique perspective on these magnificent peaks.  The Altai Mountains are located in southern Siberia and also cover small portions of neighboring China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan.  With peaks of up to just under 15k ft. above sea level (around 4.5k m), the Altai's are highly inaccessible due to the lack of passes.  

Multiple Drone Video of the Week Winner Mahhorov brings us this stunning drone video of one of the virtually unknown natural wonders of Russia: a lake in southwestern Siberia which turns pink for a period each year.  Lake Burlinskoye is located near Bursol, in the province of Altai Krai.  The change of hue is due to the presence of micro-organisms in the lake, which is one of a number of lakes near the border with Kazakhstan which exhibit this phenomenon.  The pink phase generally lasts a few weeks in late summer. This video was a DVOW nominee in September 2020.

Novosibirsk is the facto business capital of Siberia, and Russia's third-largest city after Moscow and St. Petersburg.  A comparative infant by Russian standards, Novosibirsk was founded in 1893 as the crossing-point for the Trans-Siberian Railroad over the Ob River.   During Soviet times, the city became a major industrial center, with many factories relocated here following the Nazi invasion of the USSR in 1941.  In this fantastic dronelapse by Makharov, you'll be treated to some stunning aerial views of this very modern city.

Check out this stunning drone video from the largest island in Russia's giant Lake Baikal, compliments of multiple Drone Video of the Week Finalist CINEMADRONE.  Olkhon Island lies about midway down the long, narrow lake, which is the largest freshwater lake in the world by water volume.  The third-largest lake island in the world, Oikhon is about 72 km (around 44 mi.) by about 21 km wide (around 13 mi.) at its widest.  Largely covered in forests, the island has a permanent population of less than 2,000, largely aboriginal Buryats.  

Irkutsk is one of the most important cities in Russia's Siberia region, and one of the 25 largest cities in the country.  The city lies just north of the southern end of Lake Baikal, on the banks of the Angara River.  Founded in the 17th century, Irkutsk later became one of the principal cities to which those opposed to the Tsarist government of Imperial Russia were sent into exile.  In this excellent drone video by top contributor and pilot VadimUshKa, you'll get a bird's eye view of this historic Russian city. 

AirVuz contributor Andrei Travel Film earned his first Drone Video of the Week Finalist spot with this excellent drone video from the mountains of Siberian Russia.  The video was filmed in the Podnebesnie Zybia region near the town of Luzhba in Kemorovo Oblast, one of the provinces of southern Siberia.  The mountains here are part of the South Siberian Mountains, an extensive chain which covers over 500K square mi. (around 1.5k square km) of Siberian and Far Eastern Russia as well as portions of neighboring Mongolia.  

Wait until you see this incredible aerial video of frozen Lake Baikal by contributor diamondsky. Lake Baikal is an ancient, massive lake in Siberia, Russia just north of the Mongolian border. The world's deepest and most voluminous lake, Baikal remains frozen for over a third of the year (usually between January to early May or June). In this video, he'll show us the frozen caves around the lake, a car driving across the ice, and the snow-covered mountains which surround parts of Baikal. This video was a DVOW finalist in December 2019.

Top AirVuz contributor Andrew Travel Film was picked as a Drone Video of the Week Finalist in July, 2024 for this fantastic drone video from the Altai Mountains in Siberian Russia.  The video was filmed over Mt. Irbistu, which rises to a peak altitude of just over 13k ft. above sea level (a bit under 4k m).  Encompassing some of the most remote territory on the Eurasian land mass, the Altai are part of a broader system known as the South Siberian Mountains; they also extend into neighboring Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and China.  

AirVuz contributor Andrei travel Film brings us this stunning Fall drone video from the Altai (Altay) Mountains in the southern part of Russia's vast Siberian region.  The range, which runs on a generally northwest-to-southeast axis, also covers parts of neighboring China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan.  With few passes into and out of the region, it's considered some of the most remote terrain in the world.  The video includes rare aerial footage of Lake Dzhangyskol, which is part of the Chuysky Range within the Altai's.  

Check out this fantastic first person view (FPV) drone reel from the mountains of Siberian Russia, compliments of AirVuz contributor kalash.fpv.  The Altai Mountains are home to some of the most remote territory on earth.  The range, which also covers portions of neighboring China, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia, has few passes, making it highly inaccessible.  With peaks ranging up to about 14.8k ft. above sea level (around 4.5k m), the Altai's make for some epic FPV mountain surfing.  This video was picked for the FPV Pilots to Watch list.   

Mayday Studio brings us this beautiful drone video of Tomsk, an important city in Siberian Russia.  It's located in the western part of the region, and is the capital of the oblast (state) of the same name.  With a population of about a half million, Tomsk is one of the oldest cities in Siberia; its establishment in 1604 was one of the seminal events in the centuries-long process whereby Russia conquered the vast region.  Today, it's a major educational center, with six universities and over 100k students.

Contributor Adrianotrapani created this magnificent video from western Siberia in Russia.  It was shot in a district of the Irkust Oblast, which lies just to the west of Lake Baikal.  The video was shot along the Lena River, one of the three great rivers which drain Siberia into the Arctic Sea.  Drawing from the same watershed as Lake Baikal (the world's largest freshwater lake measured by water volume), the Lena runs over 4.3k mi. (almost 2.7k mi.), forming a giant delta north of the Arctic Circle.  

For a first upload to AirVuz, new contributor CINEMADRONE brings us these stunning drone views from Russia's Altai Mountains.  The graceful peaks of this range lie primarily in Russian Siberia but also cover portions of China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan.  The tallest of the Altais is Mt. Belukha, which has a summit elevation of just over 4.5k meters above sea level or around 14.8k ft.  The various valleys between the mountains have few passes between them, making this some of the most remote territory on earth.  

Take in these fascinating aerial views from the far north of Russian Siberia, compliments of AirVuz contributor VadimUshKa. The video was filmed over and around the town of Dudinka, which lies on the banks of the Yenesei River in the province of Krasnoyarsk Krai.  The Yenesei is one of the three great waterways which drain the vast watersheds of Siberia into the Arctic Ocean.  The town of Dudinka came to prominence as the western terminus of the Norilsk Railway, once the northernmost line of Russia.  

Sheregish is a municipality in the Russian oblast of Kemerovo, one of the southwestern provinces of the vast region known as Siberia. Once known primarily as an iron mining town (and named after the two brothers who made the first iron find), it's emerged as one of the top ski resort destinations in Russia.  Home to numerous groomed slopes, the area now attracts about a million visitors per year.  Seen here in this drone video by contributor alex_avdeev, Sheregesh lies on the slopes of Mount Zelenaya.

Check out this stunning drone video of a mountainous region of Russian Siberia, compliments of content creator and pilot antonioxt5.  The video was filmed in the Altai Mountains, which lie at the very southernmost extent of Asian Russia near its borders with Kazakhstan and Mongolia.  Located southwest of Lake Baikhal, it's one of the most remote areas of Russia. The highest peak of the range is Belukha Mountain, with a peak elevation of about 4.5k meters or around 14.7k ft. above sea level.  

The Berd River is an important waterway in Russia's Siberian region.  It is the right tributary of the Ob River, the world's seventh-longest and one of the three main rivers which drain Siberia northward into the Arctic Ocean (the other two being the Yenisei and Lena Rivers).  The Berd River's course runs for just over 350 km or around 225 mi.  In this drone video by ZURG, you'll get a bird's eye view of this important Siberian waterway, which originates in the highlands around the Altai Mountains.

Russia's Siberia region is vast, and large parts of it receive comparatively large amounts of precipitation - as much as 50 cm. or about 20 inches per year.  That's why three of the roughly two-dozen largest rivers in the world are in Siberia - the Amur, Ob, and Lena Rivers, all of which essentially exist to drain Siberia into the Arctic Ocean.  In this video by AirVuz contributor and drone pilot Mayday Studio, you'll see this process in action as peak drainage approaches with the coming of spring.  

AirVuz contributor and pilot yuriylobachev brings us this excellent drone video from southern Siberia, Russia.  The video was shot during the height of the Fall colors season over the Kazyr River.  The waterway runs a bit under 400 km (around 240 mi.) through the Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai before joining with the Amyl River to form the Tuba River, a major right tributary of the Yenisey River.  The Yenisey is one of the three giant waterways which drain the vast watersheds of Siberia into the Arctic Ocean.  

For a first upload to AirVuz, brand new contributor Andrei Travel Film brings us this excellent drone video from Siberian Russia.  The video was filmed at sunrise at the Sheregesh ski resort in the oblast (province) of Kemerovo Oblast, in southern Siberia. It lies in the foothills of the Altai Mountains, which are in term part of the South Siberian Mountains system that runs along Russia's southern border with Mongolia.  The Sheregesh resort was developed in the early 2000's and as of 2024 it has 19 ski lifts.  

For a first upload to AirVuz, new contributor Air Cinema brings us this phenomenal aerial view of a frozen Lake Baikal in the Siberia region of Russia.  Baikal is what's known as a rift lake, formed by movements within the earth's crust.  This explains both the unusual rock formations around the lake's shoreline as well as its stupendous depth - up to 1.65k meters or about 5.4k ft., by far the world's deepest freshwater lake.  Frozen during the first 4-5 months of the year, the ice thickness reaches over 2 meters (nearly 7 ft.) in places.  

Check out this stunning drone video compilation from Russia's Altai Mountains, compliments of brand-new contributor and pilot 187video.  The video features highlights from over five years of footage shot over the Altai Republic, which lies along the country's southern border in its vast Siberia Federal District.  The republic is mostly covered by the Altai Mountains, a range which covers parts of Russia, China, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia.  It's some of the most remote territory on the Eurasian landmass.

Prepare to be blown away by these stunning wintertime views of Russia's Lake Baikal, compliments of AirVuz contributor and pilot sokolkola.  Situated in southern Siberia, the world's deepest lake (astoundingly) holds almost a quarter of the world's freshwater water supply - more than all of the North American Great Lakes combined.   Believed to be the world's oldest lake, Baikal is part of a great rift valley which is formed by the earth's crust being pulled apart.  During winter, its ice can be as much as 2 meters thick (over 6 ft.).  

New contributor Andrei Travel Film brings us this excellent drone video of a winter hike in the Siberian region of Russia.  The video was filmed near the town of Luzhba, which lies in the in the oblast (province) of Kemerovo, not far from the border with the neighboring province of Khakassia.  The setting is the northern foothills of the South Siberian Mountains, a chain of ranges (including the Altai Mountains) which runs along Russia's southern border and extends into neighboring Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and China.  

Prepare to be blown away by this collage of winter aerial views of Russia's Lake Baikal, compliments of top contributor and drone pilot DroneProduction.ru.  The video opens with an epic shot of some giant rock formations of this natural wonder in Siberia, the world's largest freshwater lake by water volume.  From there, you'll be taken over the frozen lake and its shoreline to see, among other things, some epic "drifting" action as well as an ice hovercraft (starting at about :50!).  This video won DVOW in May 2019.

For a first upload to AirVuz, yuriylobachev brings us this stunning drone video from Altai Mountains in Siberian Russia.  Some of the earth's most remote territory, the Altai's are located near the country's southern borders with China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan.  While they aren't quite as high as the Caucasus (the country's highest mountains), the Altai's are probably the most difficult to access; the lower of the two main passes into the range lies at an altitude of 2.8k meters above sea level or almost 9.3k ft.

Check out this beautiful drone video of a very frozen Lake Baikal in Siberian Russia, compliments of contributor DroneProduction.ru.  The lake is something of a natural wonder; due to its depth more than its surface area, it's the largest freshwater lake in the world by water volume - incredibly, nearly 25% of the world's surface freshwater is contained in this oblong-shaped lake in southern Siberia.  In the video, you'll see an ice road running to Olkhon Island, which lies along Baikal's western shore.  

Former Drone Video of the Week Finalist yuriy stolypin brings us this stunning drone video from Russia's Altai Mountains.  The Altai Mountains cover portions of two federal subjects (essentially, provinces) on Russia's southern border, as well as parts of neighboring China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan.  Fantastically remote, their peaks reach altitudes of nearly 15k ft. above sea level (around 4.5k m).  The region is also known for its beautiful alpine valleys, lakes, and a diverse range of fauna, some of which you'll see in the video.

AirVuz contributor yin090 returns after a multi-year hiatus with this fantastic wintertime drone video of Russia's Lake Baikal.  One of the great natural wonders of the world, Baikal is the world's oldest and deepest lake, as well as its largest by water volume.  Part of a rift valley, the lake runs a length of nearly 400 mi. (around 640 km) through southern Siberia, covering an area of over 12k square mi. (around 32k square km).  Reaching a maximum depth of almost 5.4k ft. (over 1.6k m), it holds over a fifth of the world's freshwater.  

Check out this impressive action reel by content creator and drone pilot Mayday Studio. The video was shot in various locations in Russia's Siberian region, mostly in and around the city of Tomsk - the oldest city in this vast area east of the Ural Mountains.  While the video features some beautiful landscape shots, what makes it so visually compelling are the action and people sequences.  These range from music concerts, mountain bike and off-road races, and even (near the end of the video) a shot of a powered hang-glider.  

Check out this fantastic first person view (FPV) drone reel from the mountains of Siberian Russia, compliments of AirVuz contributor and FPV pilot 187video.  The Altai Mountains are home to some of the most remote territory on earth.  The range, which also covers portions of neighboring China, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia, has few passes, making it highly inaccessible.  Filmed in the glorious Springtime, this video was picked by the AirVuz editorial staff for the FPV Pilots to Watch list in June of 2022.    

For a first upload to AirVuz, brand-new contributor MaxusAir brings us this stunning wintertime drone video from the Altai (Altay) Mountains in Siberian Russia.  The range, which runs on a generally northwest-to-southeast axis, also covers parts of neighboring China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan.  With few passes into and out of the region, it's considered some of the most remote terrain in the world.  The range's highest mountain, Belukha, reaches a height of about 14.7k ft. above sea level (around 4.5k m).  

The process by which Russia conquered Siberia was analogous in some respects to the western expansion of the USA.   One of the critical events in this process was the establishment of the city of Tomsk, which was affected by the decree of the Tsar shortly after the turn of the 16th century.  While it's no longer the largest city in the region, it is the educational capital of Siberia and in many respects its cultural capital.  Check out this city on the Tom River in this drone video by Mayday Studios.  

Russia's Lake Baikal is, by a large margin, the deepest freshwater lake in the world, with a maximum depth of almost 5.4k ft. or over 1.6k m.  Part of the reason for its depth is that it's surrounded by mountains - in effect, the lake is a giant valley between three distinct mountain ranges.  In this outstanding first person view (FPV)  drone piece, top FPV pilot craig_dt surfs the peaks which surround this giant body of water in Siberian Russia.  This video was picked for the FPV Pilots to Watch list in April, 2022.