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'The Yenisey is powerful, furious hero who does not know what to do with his strength and youth'
A.P. Chekhov, 1890

Russia's last Mohican: 61 year old hermit refuses to leave deserted military garrison

Last survivor of prominent base for assault and reconnaissance planes deserted since collapse of the Soviet Union.

Two years on, US mother offers $10,000 reward for evidence of 'murder' of her son in Siberia

'The car crash that lost me my model-looks, my boyfriend, my memory and my life as it used to be'

Swapped at birth: baby from well-to-do loving family raised in poverty, and vice versa

Fighting stigma: parents of girl born with half a face tell of their battle to help her

Russia sea tests white whales for military purposes in Arctic waters

Is this an ancient natural pyre, where underground fires have raged for thousands of years?

'We dug up a medieval Mongolian noblewoman in our compost pit'

'Truly amazing' scientific discovery on adaptation of Yakutian horses to cold

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

The rich ethnic tapestry of Siberia highlighted at congress opening in Salekhard

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

'Cleopatra's necklace' found in a Siberian grave

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

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'Take me to the city' - kitten called Lucky hitches a ride to Vladivostok

Stowaway cat fed up with village life finds purrfect way to look for new adventures, celebrating with a bowl of borscht.

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Ghostly woman walks slowly along Road of Bones

Mysterious figure refuses lifts or help as she trudges her way ‘to Kamchatka’.

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Stop playing with death, warn rescuers at the world’s oldest lake

All ice crossings shut in Irkutsk region, local emergency service on top alert.

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Six die in city helicopter crash 'as pilot’s last act saved residential buildings'

The Mi-8 training flight ‘exploded’ after slamming into a field with communications antennae at Khabarovsk Disaster Medicine Centre.

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73 years late - an American tank sent to Stalin is almost ready for first mission on Russian soil

Rusting Sherman dating from WW2 airlifted all the way across Russia for use in major military parade.

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Snowmobilers get unbearably close to beast in outrageous stalking of animal just up from hibernatio

Video from Kuril Islands shows hungry brown bear chased by locals - prompting severe criticism and almost leading to a fatal attack.

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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.

Voice of Siberia

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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