In contrast to central Russia, not to mention the southern regions, winter comes early in Siberia. November can already be considered a proper winter month. Enjoy these enticing and picturesque views of Siberian winter in our photo gallery.

A truck drives along the M54 federal highway on the bank of the Us River in the Western Sayan Mountains in Krasnoyarsk Region on November 4, 2016.

A herdsman guides horses in the steppe area near the town of Kyzyl in the Republic of Tuva (Tyva Region), Russia, on November 4, 2016.

A view shows a sacred site of Tuvan Buddhists and shamanists on the roadside of the M54 federal highway near the town of Kyzyl, the administrative center of the Republic of Tuva (Tyva Region) in Southern Siberia on November 4, 2016. The region is inhabited by Tuvans, historically cattle-herding nomads, who nowadays practice two main confessions: Buddhism and Shamanism.

A camel grazes in the snow-covered steppe area near Kyzyl in the Republic of Tuva (Tyva Region) on November 4, 2016.

A car drives along the M54 federal highway through the Ergaki nature park in the Western Sayan Mountains in Krasnoyarsk region on November 2, 2016.

A car drives along the M54 federal highway near Kyzyl on November 4, 2016.

Shamans representing the Adyg Eeren (Bear Spirit) society participate in the so-called Kamlanie spiritualistic ritual upon the request of customers in the town of Kyzyl, the administrative center of the Republic of Tuva (Tyva Region) on November 3, 2016.

Snowboarders slide down the slope in Ergaki Nature Park in the Western Sayan Mountains in Krasnoyarsk Region on November 4, 2016.

A Buddhist prays at a sacred site on the roadside of the M54 federal highway near the town of Kyzyl on November 4, 2016.

A view shows the Us River in the Western Sayan Mountains on November 4, 2016.

A truck drives along the M54 federal highway near Kyzyl on November 4, 2016.
