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Pupils and a teacher gather on an embankment of the Yenisei River near "The Centre of Asia" cast bronze sculpture by Russian Buryat artist Dashi Namdakov in the town of Kyzyl, administrative centre of Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 11, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Pupils and a teacher gather on an embankment of the Yenisei River near "The Centre of Asia" cast bronze sculpture by Russian Buryat artist Dashi Namdakov in the town of Kyzyl, administrative centre of Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 11, 2015. Dashi Namdakov is a representative of Buryats, native people of Siberia, who lives and works in Britain and Italy, casts bronze, silver and gold sculptures based on symbiosis of national traditions of nomad Buddhists, West European myths and classical art school, according to local media. Tuva region is inhabited by Tuvans, historically cattle-herding nomads, who nowadays practise two main confessions - Buddhism and Shamanism. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)



A truck drives along the M54 "Yenisei" highway during a snowfall in the Western Sayan mountains in Southern Siberia near an administrative border with Tuva region, Russia, October 6, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

A truck drives along the M54 "Yenisei" highway during a snowfall in the Western Sayan mountains in Southern Siberia near an administrative border with Tuva region, Russia, October 6, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)



Herder and farmer Stai-ool Ondar (L), 77, and his wife Sendin Ondar, 77, pose for a picture with portraits near a yurt at their family farm located near the Cheder Lake outside the village of Kur-Cher in Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 8, 2015. The region is inhabited by Tuvans, historically cattle-herding nomads, who nowadays practise two main confessions - Buddhism and Shamanism. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Herder and farmer Stai-ool Ondar (L), 77, and his wife Sendin Ondar, 77, pose for a picture with portraits near a yurt at their family farm located near the Cheder Lake outside the village of Kur-Cher in Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 8, 2015. The region is inhabited by Tuvans, historically cattle-herding nomads, who nowadays practise two main confessions - Buddhism and Shamanism. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)



A sculpture of Arat, a Tuvan cattle breeder, is seen in the steppe outside the town of Kyzyl, administrative centre of Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 10, 2015. Tuva region is inhabited by Tuvans, historically cattle-herding nomads, who nowadays practise two main confessions - Buddhism and Shamanism. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

A sculpture of Arat, a Tuvan cattle breeder, is seen in the steppe outside the town of Kyzyl, administrative centre of Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 10, 2015. Tuva region is inhabited by Tuvans, historically cattle-herding nomads, who nowadays practise two main confessions - Buddhism and Shamanism. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)



A BelAZ dump truck of the Mining Tuva Energy Industrial Corporation unloads coal at the Zapadny coal opencast colliery of the Elegestskoye coal deposit outside the Ust-Elegest village in Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 10, 2015. The Elegestskoye coal deposit is part of the Ulug-Khemsky coal field, with the area of 2,300 square kilometres and general resources of 14,2 billion tons of coal, in Central Tuva Basin, according to local media. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

A BelAZ dump truck of the Mining Tuva Energy Industrial Corporation unloads coal at the Zapadny coal opencast colliery of the Elegestskoye coal deposit outside the Ust-Elegest village in Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 10, 2015. The Elegestskoye coal deposit is part of the Ulug-Khemsky coal field, with the area of 2,300 square kilometres and general resources of 14,2 billion tons of coal, in Central Tuva Basin, according to local media. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)



An employee services a 130-tonne BelAZ dump truck of the Mining Tuva Energy Industrial Corporation at the Zapadny coal opencast colliery of the Elegestskoye coal deposit outside the Ust-Elegest village in Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 10, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

An employee services a 130-tonne BelAZ dump truck of the Mining Tuva Energy Industrial Corporation at the Zapadny coal opencast colliery of the Elegestskoye coal deposit outside the Ust-Elegest village in Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 10, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)



Orlamai Ondar, sister of a herder and farmer Stai-ool Ondar, milks a cow at their family farm located near the Cheder Lake outside the village of Kur-Cher in Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 8, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Orlamai Ondar, sister of a herder and farmer Stai-ool Ondar, milks a cow at their family farm located near the Cheder Lake outside the village of Kur-Cher in Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 8, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)



Sendin Ondar, 77, the wife of herder and farmer Stai-ool Ondar, shouts to a woman while milking a cow at their family farm located near the Cheder Lake outside the village of Kur-Cher in Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 8, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Sendin Ondar, 77, the wife of herder and farmer Stai-ool Ondar, shouts to a woman while milking a cow at their family farm located near the Cheder Lake outside the village of Kur-Cher in Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 8, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)



Herder and farmer Stai-ool Ondar (R) shakes hand with his nephew Mengi Mongush near their family farm located near the Cheder Lake outside the village of Kur-Cher in Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 8, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Herder and farmer Stai-ool Ondar (R) shakes hand with his nephew Mengi Mongush near their family farm located near the Cheder Lake outside the village of Kur-Cher in Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 8, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)



A truck drives along the M54 "Yenisei" highway in the Western Sayan mountains along the bank of the Oyskoye Lake near an administrative border with Tuva region south of Krasnoyarsk, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 11, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

A truck drives along the M54 "Yenisei" highway in the Western Sayan mountains along the bank of the Oyskoye Lake near an administrative border with Tuva region south of Krasnoyarsk, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 11, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)



A general view from the slope of the Sayan mountains shows a highway connecting the Tuvan town of Turan (top, back) and the village of Shivilig (bottom) at an administrative border of Krasnoyarsk and Tuva regions, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 6, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

A general view from the slope of the Sayan mountains shows a highway connecting the Tuvan town of Turan (top, back) and the village of Shivilig (bottom) at an administrative border of Krasnoyarsk and Tuva regions, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 6, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)



A general view from the slope of the Sayan mountains shows the "Yenisei" M54 highway at an administrative border of Krasnoyarsk and Tuva regions, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 11, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

A general view from the slope of the Sayan mountains shows the "Yenisei" M54 highway at an administrative border of Krasnoyarsk and Tuva regions, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 11, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)



A goat drinks water at a farm near the Cheder Lake outside the village of Kur-Cher in Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 8, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

A goat drinks water at a farm near the Cheder Lake outside the village of Kur-Cher in Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 8, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)



A herd of sheep and goats gathers near a family farm near the Cheder Lake outside the village of Kur-Cher in Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 8, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

A herd of sheep and goats gathers near a family farm near the Cheder Lake outside the village of Kur-Cher in Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 8, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)



Herder and farmer Stai-ool Ondar, 77, forwards sheep and goats to his family farm near the Cheder Lake outside the village of Kur-Cher in Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 8, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Herder and farmer Stai-ool Ondar, 77, forwards sheep and goats to his family farm near the Cheder Lake outside the village of Kur-Cher in Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 8, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)



Model Choigana Kertek, dressed in traditional a costume, performs during sunset at the Aldyn Bulak area on the bank of the Yenisei River outside the village of Ust-Elegest in Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 7, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Model Choigana Kertek, dressed in traditional a costume, performs during sunset at the Aldyn Bulak area on the bank of the Yenisei River outside the village of Ust-Elegest in Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 7, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)



Master of throat singing (or Khoomei) Aikhan Orzhak (L) and model Choigana Kertek, dressed in traditional costume, perform during sunset at the Aldyn Bulak area on the bank of the Yenisei River outside the village of Ust-Elegest in Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 7, 2015. The region is inhabited by Tuvans, historically cattle-herding nomads, who nowadays practise two main confessions - Buddhism and Shamanism. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Master of throat singing (or Khoomei) Aikhan Orzhak (L) and model Choigana Kertek, dressed in traditional costume, perform during sunset at the Aldyn Bulak area on the bank of the Yenisei River outside the village of Ust-Elegest in Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 7, 2015. The region is inhabited by Tuvans, historically cattle-herding nomads, who nowadays practise two main confessions - Buddhism and Shamanism. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)



People visit an ethno-cultural complex in the Aldyn Bulak area during sunset on the bank of the Yenisei River outside the village of Ust-Elegest in Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 7, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

People visit an ethno-cultural complex in the Aldyn Bulak area during sunset on the bank of the Yenisei River outside the village of Ust-Elegest in Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 7, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)



A man walks on the top of the Dogee mountain above a giant sign of a Buddhist Mantra near the town of Kyzyl, administrative centre of Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 7, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

A man walks on the top of the Dogee mountain above a giant sign of a Buddhist Mantra near the town of Kyzyl, administrative centre of Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 7, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)



A vehicle drives along the M54 "Yenisei" highway during a snowfall in the Western Sayan mountains in Southern Siberia near an administrative border with Tuva region, Russia, October 6, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

A vehicle drives along the M54 "Yenisei" highway during a snowfall in the Western Sayan mountains in Southern Siberia near an administrative border with Tuva region, Russia, October 6, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)



People walk past cast bronze sculptures, created by Russian Buryat artist Dashi Namdakov on an embankment of the Yenisei River in the town of Kyzyl, administrative centre of Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 7, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

People walk past cast bronze sculptures, created by Russian Buryat artist Dashi Namdakov on an embankment of the Yenisei River in the town of Kyzyl, administrative centre of Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 7, 2015. Dashi Namdakov is a representative of Buryats, native people of Siberia, who lives and works in Britain and Italy, casts bronze, silver and gold sculptures based on symbiosis of national traditions of nomad Buddhists, West European myths and classical art school, according to local media. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)
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