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'Since 1902 there was a daily 'butter' train, leaving Novosibirsk to Riga, Latvia, with 25 carriages, each loaded with 7 000 kg of butter'
The chronicles of Novosibirsk

New spill of 45 tons of jet fuel pollutes tundra in Taymyr

State of emergency declared as second ecological nightmare hits in less than two months.

Hail, fires and tropical storms, with temperature hitting record +35C in world’s coldest city

Mother-of-two, 39, killed by brown bear in Krasnoyarsk region

Brown bear comes to vote at a polling station in Western Siberia

A Chinese and a Russian brown bear fight at the state border

Norilsk Nickel caught dumping poisonous waste into rivers month after the catastrophic diesel leak

60,000-year-old Neanderthal ‘Swiss Army Knife’ found in Siberian cave

Schoolgirl finds the world’s oldest lemming preserved in permafrost and dating back 41,000 years

Amazingly preserved puppy with whiskers, eyelashes, hair and velvety nose intact puzzle scientists

Massive wildlife tragedy as bears and foxes flee taiga, while smaller animals suffocate in smoke

Fire and flood apocalypse with wildfires raging and dire threat to Baikal, world’s deepest lake

More than two million hectares on fire in Siberia, with turndra on fire destroying the permafrost

Record pink rough diamond found by Alrosa subsidiary in Siberia 

Russia offers a bridge across history to connect Tokyo to the Trans-Siberian railway 

Business mission in Kuril Islands signals a new era for Russia and Japan

Players tee off with red balls for golf on the world's deepest lake

Tragedy as runner dies from 'cardiac arrest' during Baikal ice marathon

Woman pulls two trams full of passengers weighing 36 tons - in minus 20 cold

Siberians mark end of the snow season with annual swimsuit skiing day

Row as schoolchildren aged 7 to 16 taught to pole dance

DiCaprio formally invited to visit Siberia after winning 'people's Oscar' from Yakutians

DiCaprio warns of climate change threat as he accepts 'Siberian Oscar'

The Siberian ice bucket challenge: Tomsk beats New York

How Siberia's famous swamp could become the next big winter tourist draw

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Features

Lifelike face of a tattooed Tashtyk man seen for first time behind a stunning gypsum death mask

Aged 25 to 30 when he died 1,700 years ago, he is from the mountainous region of modern-day Khakassia.

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Arctic fires worsen and threaten world famous park set up to recreate flora of woolly mammoth era

Worrying videos and pictures show how the pristine polar region of northern Yakutia is ablaze.

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Mysterious mountain palace, one of the wonders of Siberia, was built in 777 AD

Breathtaking island complex close to Mongolian border rumoured to have been built for tragic Chinese princess.

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Features

Tigress who came out of the woods to seek help can be a pet who escaped owners or was thrown out

The rare predator was caught after weeks of wandering into a village in Russian Far East.

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Russia’s loneliest woman doesn’t know there is virus pandemic in the world

Siberian hermit Agafya Lykova was not told the news to protect her from getting worried and upset.

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Admiral Kolchak’s archive has returned to Russia 100 years after his execution

A group of Russian billionaires spent over 3 million euro at French auction to buy historic papers of the man who tried - and failed - to halt Bolsheviks.

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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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