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'That time Barnaul was undoubtedly the most cultural corner of Siberia. I named it Siberian Athens'

Pyotr Tyan-Shanskiy, 1856

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'?

News

Cloned laika dog supermum gives birth to her second litter of 7 puppies in 7 months

Kerechene was laboratory-made in South Korea by scientists who also want to genetically engineer the return of the woolly mammoth.

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Forgotten or abandoned at airport by owners, Malysh the black dog is looking for new home

The friendly stray was found by staff of Khabarovsk airport in the Far East of Russia.

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Hunting dog helped find unconscious girl who left home after an argument with parents

Ten year old child was rescued dehydrated and frostbitten 30 hours after she vanished.

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Features

Arctic island woolly mammoth shows strongest evidence yet of human slaughter and butchering

Ancient men cut all the meat, severed the trunk, removed the brain and pulled out bone marrow from all the limbs.

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The world’s rarest big cat is filmed in stunning video in Far East of Russia

Congratulations to South Korean photographer Choi Kisoon for getting unique footage.

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Moment snow boarder is attacked by irate capercaillie

Giant grouse took offence at being sprayed with snow at a Russian ski resort.

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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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