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'There are party places that would surprise many of my European and American colleagues'

dancer Sergei Polunin

Discovered: the Great Wall of Siberia dating to '1st millennium BC'

Giant ramparts guarded Altai Mountains against attack from the north, says leading archeologist Professor Andrey Borodovsky.

Ancient warrior unearthed marching to afterlife with his dagger drawn, wearing stylish earrings

Is this stunning bracelet made by Paleolithic man for his favourite woman really 70,000 years old?

One of the world's greatest natural wonderlands in Russia's Land of Fire and Ice

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Might getting undressed in front of a hungry polar bear save your life?

Beastly bacteria on extinct ancient carcasses offers 'cure' for modern oil pollution

Leaking pingos 'can explode under the sea in the Arctic, as well as on land'

The extinct woolly mammoth was 'as smart as African elephant', says pioneering new brain analysis

Putin's tigers survive the abnormally cold winter and are on the move again

Ambitious project to revamp closed paper plant put on hold

Global warming could happen quicker in Russia's coldest region

Salekhard - Arctic capital of Russia becoming the bridge between Europe and Asia

Gulags to Glitz in oil 'boom town'

The spirit of Siberia lives in Sibur

Promoting Krasnoyarsk: How the Russian State Ballet of Siberia has won British hearts

'Cleopatra's necklace' found in a Siberian grave

The amazing Siberian ice orchestra playing on the world's deepest lake

What is the only resort in famously cold Siberia with guaranteed year round temperatures of +30C?

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Man's arm bitten off by brown bear which he fed at roadside cafe

'Drunk' visitor climbed over a fence to get close to three wild animals but paid the price.

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Hero cop rescues two boys in runaway raft on fast-flowing Angara River

Boys, aged 5 and 8, were playing on the raft by the shore when it broke free carrying them downstream in strong current

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Rescue team forced to give up hunt for four missing diamond miners; search still on for four more

Appalling conditions in Alrosa's Mir mine forces end to search on submerged level 310 some 11 days after devastating flood.

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British tourist, 60, falls to death from steep slope on edge of Lake Baikal

Man screamed for help as he rolled down, but friend could not save him.

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Man fought off a bear with his bare hands, then gushing blood walked 6 km to summon aid

Mushroom picker Alexander Lopukhin, 44, said he was certain he would die.

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Male school director bans trousers for girls because they 'squeeze sexual organs'

Yury Karnaukhov faces backlash from parents after bizarre ruling in Tyumen school.

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Sent to Siberia

Rookie FSB agents are punished for 'indecent' graduation jinx in Moscow

Gelandewagen parade videos leads to 'career change' as Russia demands highest standards from secret servicemen.

Born in Siberia

Up-close laboratory pictures of ancient mummy as scientists recreate his life and times

Probes taken by South Korean experts will reveal lifestyle of this Arctic boy from 800 years ago.

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Siberians mark end of the snow season with swimsuit skiing day

Locals undress to impress at resorts across four time zones.

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Lake Baikal 'holds key to new advances in antibiotics'

Scientists make crucial new discoveries of bacteria, up to 30 million years old.

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