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'Please will you get a message to my wife in Paris, to say I bless my son?-reported final words of Admiral Kolchak'

Giant sailing ship encounters no ice as it attempts the Northern Sea Route

Magnificent STS Sedov easily passes three Arctic seas exactly 142 years after the famous Vega Expedition was stuck in pack ice for 11 months.

A large new ‘hole’ appears in Gydan tundra, following record-warm Arctic summer

Polar bear chased away with flares after wandering close to a secondary school at Chukotka

Polar bear mother brings her cubs into the Arctic town of Pevek in Chukotka

Criminal who tops Interpol’s wanted list for crimes against women is ‘hiding in Siberia’

Retiree survives hand-to-paw fight with a brown bear in the outskirts of the city

Cave lion figurine made of woolly mammoth tusk found at Denisova Cave

20,000-year-old mammoth murder established: but was it committed by first American migrants?

New species of a giant flying squirrel discovered in the Far East of Russia

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

The abandoned chemicals plant that could trigger ‘an environmental disaster akin to Chernobyl’

Major Siberian cities choking from strong wildfires

All change at diamond giant Alrosa as top post goes to Sergei Ivanov Jr

Growing tomatoes as the cold hits minus 45C. Impossible? Not in Yakutsk

Boost for economy in Russian Far East from Japan, but no solution to Kuril Islands dispute

Security guard's dancing skills at hockey match go viral - video

Wolf from Siberia chosen as mascot for 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia

Siberian teenager wins silver in shooting thanks to hunting lessons from age of 6

DiCaprio's Siberian Oscar heads for the US

Scientist pens the 'smallest book in the world'

First picture of Leonardo DiCaprio's Siberian Oscar trophy

Stylist shows he is a cut above the rest with sensational axe show

Ready for a cold bath, Siberian-style?

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Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev’s historic ‘personal plane’ found at aviation graveyard in Arctic
Rusting Ilyushin Il-14P with tail number СССР-61755 is located 61 years after his famous speech to the United Nations.
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Yakut designers ‘re-populate’ dead GULAG town of Kadykchan

Once the coal mining capital of Central Kolyma, it was ghosted after the 1996 mine explosion.

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First pictures & video of soft tissues preserved on a newly-discovered mammoth shared by scientists

Parts of massive skull were also found in silt of Yamal peninsula’s lake, but sadly there was no brain nor tusks.

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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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Hurricane force winds destroy homes: welcome to new normal for Siberia, say scientists

Extreme weather phenomena along with wildfires and flooding are the future 'due to global climate change’.

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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.

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Siberians mark end of the snow season with swimsuit skiing day
Locals undress to impress at resorts across four time zones.

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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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