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'Siberia is a home to the cultures of indigenes, including people whose ancestors migrated to the Americas'
A.J. Haywood

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?

Picture that proves Man hunted the woolly mammoth

Inspired by Sochi - teens take to snowboarding in Siberia

British baby enjoys her first sleigh rides Siberian village

A refreshing bath at the Pole of Cold anyone?

Siberian man runs coldest marathon in the world in minus 38C

Siberian trainee lawyer voted Russia's Longest Legs

Siberia salutes world famous gun maker Mikhail Kalashnikov

Centenarian uses a frozen salmon to practice for his role in Olympic torch relay

Well, what a clever dog!

An app to warm you in the Siberian winter

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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.

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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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