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'The few descriptions of Irkutsk had spoken of it as the Paris of Siberia'
Mrs John Clarence Lee, 1914

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Earthquake of 7 on Richter scale in Siberia was partly 'man-made', say top Russian scientists

The quake could be a world record for a tremor caused with involvement by humans, it is claimed.

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Famous Siberian wrestler 'strangled to death with a whip', his body dumped in forest

Olympic competitor Chechen-Ool Mongush, 40, was murdered and his remains hidden near the Mongolian border.

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Two Siberians could face death penalty for 'smuggling 213 bear paws into China'

Pictures of the paws, stashed in the tyres of their vehicle, have gone around the world.

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Earthquake shakes south-western Siberia, destroying homes and halting coal mining in Kuzbass

The 5.3 tremor was felt over a wide area but was centred some 21km from Belovo in Kemerovo region.

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'There is no way back', Prime Minister Medvedev says as the main polluter of Lake Baikal is to clos

This Russian treasure has 1,500 species of flora and fauna not found anywhere else on the planet.

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'Did you see God?' - granny in the Siberian village asked when the world's first spacewoman landed

It was 50 years ago on Sunday that Valentina Tereshkova made history blasting off into space, the first female in orbit.

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Leading British newspaper photographer was one of the first to see Empress Alexandra's diary

He describes a mission to Moscow as the Soviet Union was imploding when he was given access to a document the authorities had earlier claimed did not exist

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The never ending spring is in full swing at the sixth Siberian Ballet Festival

Marking the centenary of the Paris premiere of the 'The Rite of Spring', the ballet plays for two nights in Novosibirsk.

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Siberia was a major centre of early skull surgery in ancient times, say archeologists

A new find of remains of a child aged 8 to 10 dating from around the 5th century AD suggests a sophisticated knowledge of surgical skills. 

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Frenchman Sylvain Tesson vowed to live alone in a hut before he was 40

He chose to become a hermit for six months on the shore of Lake Baikal in deep winter, miles from the nearest town and city.

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Sent to Siberia

If the minister of education is reading this, you and I need to have a chat fella
It is becoming increasingly obvious that there is a dire need for changes in the education system here.

Born in Siberia

The seals are the mermaids' dogs, didn't you know?

The Siberian Times keeps writing about the unique seals sanctuary organised by Lora Beloivan from Vladivostok. 

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...yet still they remember times spent in Siberia with nostalgia
More than 500,000 soldiers and officers of the former Kwantung Army were sent to camps in Siberia and the Far East.

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Remains of the remarkable tattooed 'princess' are to go on public display

A go-ahead for the 2500 year old 'Princess Ukok' to be displayed by a museum comes after scientific checks on her corpse. 

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