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'Right on the bank of the river there is a station Ob, a big trading city with magnificent cathedral, great schools and shops — very American-like.'
1904, priest Mitrophan Serebryaniy

The Babushka of Baikal, the granny in her 80th year who has popularised the world’s deepest lake

Lyubov Morekhodova glides over the pure ice on skates made by her father not long after World War Two.

Spectacular footage records the formation of new second cone on highest active volcano in Eurasia

Meet the man working at the world's largest maternity hospital for polar bears

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

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

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

Did extinct woolly mammoths have ‘heaters’ to melt snow in their trunks?

2,300 year old wooden house is rebuilt, and it fits together down to the last centimetre

Siberian puppy frozen in permafrost for 14,300 years gives scientists major RNA breakthrough

Gone: endemic Baikal sponge has died completely in several areas of the vast lake

Unmasked: the scale of Arctic junk polluting the pristine environment

Recent forest fires 'destroyed' 2 million hectares - 'an unprecedented catastrophe in Siberia'

The great Siberian Coal Diet

Siberian babushka aged 86 becomes the oldest person to climb Mount Kilimanjaro

'I once lived in a country where we only had Aeroflot: I didn't like it'

Nanotubes from Siberia 'can massively reduce greenhouse gas emissions'

What happened when a Siberian village gave up alcohol?

Farmers produce strawberries in unlikeliest of regions

We are so proud of you

Team UDI shows Siberia really has got talent

Controversial artist takes sarcastic Olympics exhibit to UK

Unique group for elderly women practising the art of Japanese Aikido is the only one in the world

The ultimate cure for stress, Siberian-style

Siberian star Vladimir Tarasenko was named NHL Rookie of the Month after scoring five goals

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Russian Geographical Society hopes to obtain genetic material from ancient Scythian burial

Society’s president Sergei Shoigu - Russian defence minister - even hinted at possibility of cloning during annual meeting.

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Building breaks in middle and collapses 10 metres as thawing permafrost no longer supports stilts

Arctic permafrost is degrading much faster than expected, warn scientists from the extreme north of Yakutia.

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Medical team of eight stayed inside a burning hospital to complete heart operation

Hero staff of Blagoveschensk cardio centre had just cut open the patient’s chest when a major fire began.

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What's so funny on 1 April? Rescued polar bear seen 'laughing' with her cub in heartwarming picture

Eight-year-old Kolymana lives in the world’s coldest zoo after losing her mother in the Arctic.

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Polar bear filmed running along road in Yakutia 460km south of its natural Arctic habitat

The racing predator was seen 60km south of Batagai, north-east from republic’s capital Yakutsk.

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Emergency officials plead with tourists to stop rush to take selfies at Eurasia’s highest active vo...

Visitors ‘risking their lives’ to witness spectacular formation of second cone on Klyuchevskaya Sopka in Kamchatka.

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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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