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dancer Sergei Polunin

Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev’s historic ‘personal plane’ found at aviation graveyard in Arctic

Rusting Ilyushin Il-14P with tail number СССР-61755 is located 61 years after his famous speech to the United Nations.

Yakut designers ‘re-populate’ dead GULAG town of Kadykchan

First pictures & video of soft tissues preserved on a newly-discovered mammoth shared by scientists

Her Royal Highness Princess Waterfall of the majestic Putorana Plateau

Schoolteacher captivates the world with stunning pictures from the heart of Russia’s coldest region

Indian elephants escape circus, go for a snow bath in Yekaterinburg

Race against time and waves as Russian archaeologists rescue Siberia’s remarkable Atlantis

Revealed: the sophisticated techniques of ancient artists who created these fantastical images

The Birdman of Siberia: sensational finds in the heart of Russia puzzle scientists

If you love Baikal, become a 'people's scientist' to save it from stinking algae

Russia raises its concerns over impact on Lake Baikal of Mongolia's hydropower plans

British claim Arctic to be ice free this year is 'incorrect' and 'hasty', say Russian scientists

Hi-tech airships heralded as the future of transport in the region

Vera's stunning images of polar bears set to feature on children's clothes

Come to Siberia to have a stylish wedding photo shoot!

Is this Russia’s most beautiful police officer?

First winter season oil shipments over the frozen Arctic heralded a success

Celebrity chef launches health crusade as figures show rise in obesity

Buryat artist sculpts a big name for himself on the world stage

From Russia with love… Siberia’s new beauty queens

Here's something you can't sanction, Obama

For star American swimmer Jessica Long, it will be an emotional homecoming

DONE! Nothing can explain the sense of euphoria after completing such an intimidating challenge

Check mate or chic mate? The world women's chess championship is underway in Siberia

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Unusual burial with boy laid to rest with copper cauldron on his head found on the Yamal peninsula
Completely new burial rite in northern Siberia puzzles scientists.
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Fragment of WWII US bomber leased to USSR and crashed over Siberia found in river Yenisei

Divers fetched a small fragment of Boston A-20 bomber from depth of four metres by the city of Krasnoyarsk.

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Endangered Amur tiger killed by poachers in the Far East of Russia

One of world’s largest and rarest big cats was reintroduced to nature just over a year ago.

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Russia’s coldest city suffocates under a thick blanket of smog from September wildfires
Residents of Yakutsk struggle to breathe as toxic air causes head, eye and throat aches.
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Giant sailing ship encounters no ice as it attempts the Northern Sea Route

Magnificent STS Sedov easily passes three Arctic seas exactly 142 years after the famous Vega Expedition was stuck in pack ice for 11 months.

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A large new ‘hole’ appears in Gydan tundra, following record-warm Arctic summer

200 metres wide thermocirque seen weeks after scientists find funnel in the Yamal peninsula, caused by build up of methane.

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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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