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'The few descriptions of Irkutsk had spoken of it as the Paris of Siberia'
Mrs John Clarence Lee, 1914

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.

Scottish pubs provide cheer in Urals and Siberia despite economic gloom

Marriott chain 'to expand in Siberia with Novosibirsk developments'

The Frenchman who brings his love of Siberia to the world

Paris comes to Siberia - for the shopping!

Supermodel Irina Shayk prays for 'my angel, my love' - her Siberian grandmother

So what it is like living in the Siberian Athens?

The most perfect summer I have known

'Did you see God?' - granny in the Siberian village asked when the world's first spacewoman landed

If the minister of education is reading this, you and I need to have a chat fella

Let's be honest - Russian food doesn't usually get a great press

Every day I pass at least fifty unbelievably beautiful women before I even reach the office

What is it like being married to a Siberian woman, are they tougher than 'normal'?

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News

Volcano warning for city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky amid ‘very likely’ eruption

City of 180,000 is just 26 km from ‘waking’ Avachinsky on Pacific’s ring of fire.

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Flares used to scare away 63 polar bears besieging a remote Russian village

Amazing footage shows the bears just 150 metres from the nearest house as shooting is criticised - but does little to deter predators.

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T-34 polar bear video explained: scientists marked the predator in 'safe paint'

The animal got into a habit of visiting rubbish dumps on remote Novaya Zemlya, say researchers.

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Features

Giant sauropods lived in polar conditions in world’s coldest region, say scientists

Evidence of the dinosaurs found at Teete locality in Yakutia, just 450 km south of the Arctic Circle.

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Russian birch trees are ‘climbing mountains’ due to climate change

Forests on the march thanks to global warming, says new research by Krasnoyarsk Science Centre.

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Wildlife sat-nav goes awry as White Stork and Flamingo defy nature and fly to Siberia in winter

Frantic efforts to save the wrong-turn birds from harsh cold.

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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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