Mammoth monument in Salekhard.
Salekhard is the only city in the world which lies directly on the Arctic Circle. It is the capital of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. One of the symbols of the city is the monument to the mammoth.
The sculpture “Mammoth” was opened in the area of “settlement” of prehistoric animals, on the banks of the Ob River, at the entrance to Salekhard. The monument is dedicated to the ancient inhabitants of the North - mammoths, the mammoth bones and tusks are found in all corners of the Yamal Peninsula. - in: https://russiatrek.org/salekhard-city
The Shemanovskiy Museum and Exhibition Center in Salekhard is the permanent home of Lyuba, a female woolly mammoth calf (Mammuthus primigenius) who died c. 41,800 years ago. She is by far the best preserved mammoth mummy in the world.
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