The Ural Mountais seem to pass through part of Siberia as well as Russia. Google seems to consider Siberia to be a country in the same way as it does Russia. Siberia also seems to straddle Europe as well as Asia, just like Russia. Presumably, Siberia was also just as communist as Russia too.
The original photograph on the Alamy website does indeed say the monastery is in Siberia, Russia.
I sent in Siberia,since that was Alamy's tag,but after such an outcry looked further,is a republic a country in the setter's definition?We'll all find out next week.Interesting to know how many entries they get on average.
If you want to cover all possibilities put down the lot! I have no expectations of a win anyway