Mountain Shoria

Mountain Shoria

Mountain Shoria, Mountainous Shoria, or Gornaya Shoria ( _ru. Горная Шория) is a territory in the Southern Siberia east of Altay Mountains. It is the Southern part of Kemerovo Oblast. Indigenous population are Shors.

The territory is mountainous: spurs of Abakan Range, Salair Ridge, and Kuznetsk Alatau, and is rich in ores.


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