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'Not to offend the jealous admirers of the Volga, but I have never in my life seen a river more splendid than the Yenisey'
A.P. Chekhov, 1890

Siberians mark end of the snow season with swimsuit skiing day

Locals undress to impress at resorts across four time zones.

Waiting for Leo DiCaprio

Switch the black sky off, demand residents of Krasnoyarsk

We must be faster than fear

Siberia open for business despite sanctions

Vladimir Putin demands action to develop regional air routes

Economic boom expected for Siberia due to agreement between Russia and China

Only the ill, the elderly and the pregnant stay in cities during the May holidays

Siberian scientists prove Russia has right to huge Arctic mineral resources

Russia looks East not West for future prosperity

Inspirational women who show the beauty of Siberia

'Siberia is the best place for tourism in the world' - says Kremlin

Russia's capital city should move from Moscow to Siberia

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News

Turtles lived with dinosaurs above the Arctic Circle, say scientists

With partial shells, this intriguing new fossil find in modern-day Yakutia shows this northern polar region in Cretaceous times was not….cold.

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Snack à la Jurassic Park for Kamchatka’s brown bears

A gnawed to bones killer whale found by a nature reserve ranger.

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The world’s nickel capital Norilsk is gripped by eternal winter

Its hardy residents tease about their ‘white spring’ as they pose in snow in mid-May.

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Features

A peer traveller falls knee-deep in ice-cold water

Our reporter completes Day 4 of Baikal skating tour safe and sound 

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Flying with the wind and climbing ice poles
Our reporter Olga Gertcyk continues skating on the world's deepest lake. Enjoy Day 3 of her Baikal diary!
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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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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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