Kemerovo Oblast Russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть KYEHM-eer-uhf-skuh-yuh OH-blust is a region in Western Siberia, which borders Altai Krai to the southwest, Novosibirsk Oblast to the west, Tomsk Oblast to the north, Krasnoyarsk to the northeast, Khakassia to the east, and Altai Republic to the south.