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'Gennadii Iudin, the Krasnoyarsk distiller made millions in the liquor trade and built Siberia's greatest private library'
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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?

Siberian falcons spared 'massacre' this year in Indian bird 'gulag'

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

Expectant mothers face unexpected surprise as brown bear checks out a maternity hospital

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

Getting all shirty about Siberia

The biggest cat in the world

Russia's greatest dog sled race 'Beringia-2013' is won by a local from Kamchatka in record time

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

Small is beautiful - a unique gift from Siberia

And they're off...on the legendary Beringia Sled Dog Race: only 970km to go!

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Burning peat and wildfires bring unseasonal smoke apocalypse to Urals and Siberia

Roads blocked, planes diverted due to low visibility, schools shut, people advised to stay home.

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Worries for a lone polar bear cub that walked into the remote Arctic port of Dikson

Dilemma over how to help the two-year-old ‘orphan’, still not old enough to tend for itself.

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Bull geoglyph twice as old as Nazca Lines (Peru), predating Uffington Horse (UK) found in Siberia

Pebble and sandstone bull 3 by 4 metres is the first animal geoglyph discovered in this part of the world.

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Features

Permafrost is ablaze with hundreds of wildfires in world’s coldest region

Lena Pillars, a World Heritage Site, hit by the rampant flames, as calls grow for greater efforts to tackle infernos.

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Unique 2,000-year-old statuette of dancing man, likely made in Northern India, dug up in Siberia

Mystery how the bronze dancer, his arms raised in an ecstatic trance, reached modern-day Novosibirsk region.

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Stunning visuals of a black panther playing in the snowy woods of Siberia shared by owner

Luna the panther was rescued from a travelling zoo when its mother refused to feed the cub.

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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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