A good chunk of the more interesting code I've seen around is usually attributed to someone from Russia or the Eastern Bloc. Doesn't seem weird to me at all. It isn't Siberia in a literal sense but I think this was the point trying to be made.
Siberia itself is not crazy; Novosibirsk is the capital of Siberia and 3rd largest city in Russia, strong engineer culture cuz of all of the natural resources around.