Acknowledgements
The authors of this Western Siberia Monograph are thankful to the grant BIO-GEO-CLIM, issued in accordance with Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No 220 under Agreement No 14.B25.31.0001 with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, dated 24 June 2013. A special word of thanks to the translating team and to the Editor, Dr Michael Brett-Crowther, a long-distance friend of Russia.