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'In Buryar language Baikal is called Baigal-nuur'
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Permafrost is ablaze with hundreds of wildfires in world’s coldest region

Lena Pillars, a World Heritage Site, hit by the rampant flames, as calls grow for greater efforts to tackle infernos.

Unique 2,000-year-old statuette of dancing man, likely made in Northern India, dug up in Siberia

Stunning visuals of a black panther playing in the snowy woods of Siberia shared by owner

Crimson treasure of Siberia, the salt lake that turns pink on sunny days

Siberian hermit, 75, who ‘lives in 18th century’ refuses to be moved by Space Age

Ice tsunami in the extreme north of Russia means summer is finally here

Experts warn of threat of born-again smallpox from old Siberian graveyards

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

The smoking gun 'proving ancient man killed woolly mammoth 45,000 years ago'

Ambitious project to revamp closed paper plant put on hold

Global warming could happen quicker in Russia's coldest region

State of emergency declared as Baikal falls to lowest level in 60 years

We have to make Siberia a territory of exceptional economic and social comfort

Siberian gem giant Alrosa predicted to raise up to $1.8 billion in 16% stock float

We like it on top... rising use of Northern Sea Route

Ice and Fire to link frozen Siberia with red-hot Oz

Nadya Belousova: how a 12 year Siberian model went onto the world stage

Hollywood star Vinnie Jones in trouble with his wife after being seen with TWO Siberian women

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Adventurous young Amur tiger wanders record 1,300km north of its traditional habitat

Footprints of the world’s biggest cat found in Yakutia, the planet’s coldest permanently inhabited region.

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Teenage woolly rhino still fed on mother’s milk when it died in Pleistocene era

Scientists share first results on the world's best-preserved extinct rhino that lived in Yakutia at least 20,000 years ago.

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A 50,000 old graveyard of extinct cave bears found in a grotto where humans never trod

Some 15 massive skulls disovered inside a cave in the Ural Mountains, where the bears went to die in late Pleistocene.

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Siberia up to 20C warmer than normal with huge temperature anomalies, predicts weather expert

Confused plants bloom in Sayano-Shushenskiy reserve in Central Siberia, strawberry ripen in the Far East of Russia.

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Tundra is ablaze in Magadan region in out-of-season wildfire, complicated by wind and zero snow
The fire is extremely hard to extinguish because firemen can’t get water from frozen lakes and rivers.
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Snow on strike in the world’s coldest region, as temperatures in Siberia go 4 to 12C above the norm

Locals in southern Yakutia share surprise over bare ground, as Russia’s leading meteorologist says some areas of Siberia are 12C too mild.

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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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