The Holocene environmental changes revealed from the sediments of the Yarkov sub-basin of Lake Chany, south-western Siberia

•The largest endorheic Siberian Lake Chany appeared only 3.6 cal ka BP.•The basin of the lake was a swampy landscape ca. 9–3.6 ka BP with a very low rate of sedimentation.•The lake was shallow 3.6–1 ka BP, and then became deep, similar to the modern one.•Development of the lake was controlled by climate and specific topography of its catchment.