Gornaya Shoria, Mountainous Shoria, or Mountain Shoria (, ''Gornaya Shoriya'', ) is a territory in southern
Siberia
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,
Russia
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, east of the
Altay Mountains
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. It is the southern part of
Kemerovo Oblast
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. The indigenous population of the region are the
Shors
Shors or Shorians ( Shor: , ''shor-kizhi'', , ''tadar-kizhi'', , ''shor'', , ''tadar'', , ''shor-kizhiler'', , ''tadar-kizhiler'', , ''shorlar'', , ''tadarlar'') are a Turkic ethnic group native to Kemerovo Oblast of Russia. Their self design ...
.Куприянов А.Н., 2007. ''Наш дом – Горная Шория: учебное пособие (Our house: Mountain Shoria: Textbook)(In Russian)''. Кемеровская область, город Кемерово, CREOO "Irbis", 164 pp.Егорова, Н. Т., Евтушик, Н. Г., Багмет, Г. Н., и Удодов, Ю.В., 2018, ''Физическая география Кемеровской области: учебное пособие (Physical geography of the Kemerovo region:'' textbook)(In Russian). Новокузнецк, Кемеровский гос. ун-т, Новокузнецкий ин-т (фил.). 263 pp. ISBN 978-5-8353-2007-3.
The territory is mountainous: spurs of
Abakan Range
Abakan Range () is a mountain range in Southwestern Siberia, located mainly in Khakassia, Russia: It is mostly covered by taiga, up to , followed by mountainous tundra. The range also consists sparse areas of granite, gabbro, and diorite. ...
,
Salair Ridge
Salair Ridge (pronounced ''sah-lah-EER''; is a plateau-type highland in Altai Krai, Kemerovo Oblast and Novosibirsk Oblast, Russian Federation.
There are ski resorts in the mountains. The Salair National Park is a protected area in the wester ...
and
Kuznetsk Alatau
Kuznetsk Alatau () is a mountain range in southern Siberia, Russia. The range rises in the Altai-Sayan region of the South Siberian Mountains, northwest of Mongolia. The Siberian Railway skirts the northern limit of the range.
Geography ...
. It is rich in
ore
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s, and it is also part of the
Kuznetsk Coal Basin
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. Other industries include
logging
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pine nut
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harvesting and
tourism
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(ski resort in
Sheregesh
Sheregesh (, ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Tashtagolsky District of Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. Population: Postal code: 652971. The main ethnic groups are Russians and Shors
Shors or Shorians ( Shor: , ''shor-kizhi'', , ...