page_title: Sayan Mountains
hierarchical_section_title: Sayan Mountains
caption_attribution_description: English: Siberia, Western Sayan, Ergaki, Lake Gornyh Duhov Русский: Западный Саян, хребет Ергаки, озеро Горных Духов Українська: Західний Саян, хребет Єргакі, озеро Горних Духов (Гірських духів)
context_page_description: The Sayan Mountains are a mountain range in southern Siberia, Russia and northern Mongolia. In the past, it served as the border between Mongolia and Russia.
  The Sayan Mountains' towering peaks and cool lakes southwest of Tuva give rise to the tributaries that merge to become one of Siberia's major rivers, the Yenisei River, which flows north over 3,400 kilometres to the Arctic Ocean. This is a protected and isolated area, having been kept closed by the Soviet Union since 1944.
context_section_description: The Sayan Mountains (Russian: Саяны Sajany; Mongolian: Соёны нуруу, Soyonï nurû; Old Turkic: 𐰚𐰇𐰏𐰢𐰤‎, romanized: Kögmen during the period of the Göktürks) are a mountain range in southern Siberia, Russia (the Tyva Republic specifically) and northern Mongolia. In the past, it served as the border between Mongolia and Russia.
  The Sayan Mountains' towering peaks and cool lakes southwest of Tuva give rise to the tributaries that merge to become one of Siberia's major rivers, the Yenisei River, which flows north over 3,400 kilometres (2000 mi) to the Arctic Ocean. This is a protected and isolated area, having been kept closed by the Soviet Union since 1944.
caption: Lake of mountain spirits
  Western Sayan, Ergaki mountains
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