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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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Ghostly woman walks slowly along Road of Bones

Mysterious figure refuses lifts or help as she trudges her way ‘to Kamchatka’.

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Stop playing with death, warn rescuers at the world’s oldest lake

All ice crossings shut in Irkutsk region, local emergency service on top alert.

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'The sun is like Thailand, the snow like the Alps, the party like Ibiza’

Antidote to gloomy news in the world as 1,525 wear swimsuits for annual Siberian snow festival.

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Features

Russia's last Mohican: 61 year old hermit refuses to leave deserted military garrison

Last survivor of prominent base for assault and reconnaissance planes deserted since collapse of the Soviet Union.

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Two years on, US mother offers $10,000 reward for evidence of 'murder' of her son in Siberia

Officially Colin Madsen, 25, died from hypothermia on a hiking trip in Buryatia, but his family are convinced he was killed.

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'The car crash that lost me my model-looks, my boyfriend, my memory and my life as it used to be'

A row, a moment of madness, and Maria Lebedeva was changed forever, her brain damaged and looks gone. Now she needs help.

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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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