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'On the Eve of the First World War, the single Siberian province of Irkutsk was larger than all of India'

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Manicures, massages, warm milk and 24/7 care to raise polar bear cubs whose mother rejected them

Four Russian women share unique experience of becoming mother bears in the first ever attempt to nurture zoo cubs.

Five year old girl rescued from a sewage well after eight hours at -20C on the island of Sakhalin

Six zoo staff play foster parents to polar bear cubs whose mother rejected them

Norilsk breaks records for Arctic heat in a new sign of changing weather patterns

Plans for new transport route unveiled to link Pacific with Atlantic

Mummified monk is ‘not dead’ and in rare meditative state, says expert

Pallas's cats to get their own 'palace' in Siberian mountains

Like ducks to water in the snow - keeping kids healthy Siberian style

Moving to Siberia is a 'no brainer', says top Scottish striker signed by FC Tom

Still snarling after 40,000 years, a giant Pleistocene wolf discovered in Yakutia

Siberia 'wins' the world record for bikini ski-ing

First pictures from inside the 'crater at the end of the world'

'The next stop on the Trans-Siberian railway... was designed in London'

Siberian princess goes global 2,500 years after her death

Siberian trainee lawyer voted 'Miss Longest Legs' in Russian beauty contest

Skater Yulia Lipnitskaya, 15, steals the Olympic show in Sochi

Russian Navy is back 'forever' to the Arctic waters off Siberia

Perfectly-preserved ancient foal is shown to the world for the first time

Siberia Airlines stunning music video nominated for Grammy

Ready for a cold bath, Siberian-style?

Worms frozen in permafrost for up to 42,000 years come back to life

Russia gives away one hectare of farmland and forest to its citizens

Siberia's wildfires seen from 1 million miles away: even the tundra is burning

A first new-style power plant is up and running in the Altai Republic: Is this the future?

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Prehistoric people developed a technique for making a playdough-like material from mammoth ivory

The skill of ivory softening was used more than 12,000 years ago to make tools - or decorations - that still puzzle modern science.

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Cows in the world’s coldest inhabited place have to wear mouton bras for outdoor walks

Fur or other natural fabric garments protect Oymyakon cattle from getting frostbitten at -50C.

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Beauty of frozen methane bubbles on the world’s deepest lake shown in stunning video

Irkutsk photographer captures multi-layered columns of bubbles through crystal clear ice.

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Brown bear cubs fall victim to adult males in Eurasia's largest protected population of the species

This spike of bear cannibalism is reported at the South-Kamchatka nature reserve in Kamchatka.

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Dead giant octopuses washed ashore south from Kamchtka peninsula on the Kuril Islands

Mass death of hydrobionts and fish at the Sea of Okhotsk, west of Kamchatka as battle of the toxic tide versions continues.

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Red Book saker falcon wounded by poachers gets wings extensions so it can fly again

The prized bird destined to work for a rich man in the United Arab Emirates released back to wild.

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The Bank of Russia official exchange rates of foreign currencies

EUR90.41USD74.36GBP101.62Other...

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