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'Not to offend the jealous admirers of the Volga, but I have never in my life seen a river more splendid than the Yenisey'
A.P. Chekhov, 1890

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.

Archeologists find 1,500 years old mummy in Mongolia

Who was the 'phantom girl' in these 110-year-old photographs?

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

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

Experiment to grow narcotic-free cannabis in Siberia ends in a puff of smoke

Scientists to recreate 2,300 y.o brain surgery after finding evidence of successful operations

Love me - love my fox, tamed and trained

Well, what a clever dog!

From Russia with love… Siberia’s new beauty queens

Give me a train ticket! A bear on the rampage at remote railway station

'Cleopatra's necklace' found in a Siberian grave

Siberian Jew was on board 'crashed' Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777-200

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News

Frantic bid to save Umka the lost and forlorn polar bear who travelled 700 km in the wrong directio...

Lame, exhausted and confused animal seeks out help from the local police in Olyutorsky district of Kamchatka.

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Scientists dissect 42,000 year old extinct male foal preserved in permafrost for cloning bid - vide

Exclusive footage of pioneering work by Russian and South Korean scientists finding oldest blood ever discovered from deep in the Ice Age.

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Unique in palaeontology: Liquid blood found inside a prehistoric 42,000 year old foal

Permafrost preserved the ‘oldest blood in the world’ boosting hopes of bringing extinct species back to life.

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Features

I'm on the frozen surface of the world's deepest lake - and then there is an earthquake
Our reporter skates Baikal when the ice moves: Day 2 of Olga Gertcyk's diary


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Ever dreamed of skating the world’s deepest lake?

Our reporter goes through days of sleeping on ice and survives a Baikal earthquake. Baikal Trip Diary, Day 1

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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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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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