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'The Yenisey began life with a groan and ended with a boldness we could never dream of'
A.P. Chekhov, 1890

Hotel Revolution

Welcome to Millionaire's Row in Siberia, a far cry from the out-dated Western image of Eastern Russia as the land of Gulags and hardships.

Hotel Revolution

Welcome to Millionaire's Row in Siberia, a far cry from the out-dated Western image of Eastern Russia as the land of Gulags and hardships.

News

Pensioner with pacemaker uses pitchfork to fight off endangered Amur tiger, the world's largest cat

When this failed, Vitaly Saidov grabbed his gun and shot dead the predator to save himself and his family.

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Siberian grandmother hailed the Queen of Flex for reading rap in freezing waters of Lake Baikal
Cool Galina Kharitonova, 65, won an army of fans in her native Irkutsk and online.
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Call to avoid 'mob rule' amid mass anger in Yakutsk after ‘kidnap and rape’ by ‘Kyrgyz migrant’

Some 3,000 at protest rally after detention of 23 year old man and his 'accomplices’.

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Features

Proof of a 2,000 kilometre polar trade route in volcanic glass dating back at least 8,000 years

Valuable obsidian travelled during Early Holocene times from Lake  Krasnoe in Chukotka to Zhokhov Island deep in the Arctic.

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Excavating the thick ice under a whole ship at bone-chilling minus 50C?

This is precisely how Yakutia gets its impressive river fleet ready for the new season of navigation.

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Incredible journey to the land where winter begins, the place winter is born

In this exclusive report, Yakutian photographer Nariyana Romanova takes us on a magical journey through her kingdom of ice.

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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.

We say

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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