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'Gennadii Iudin, the Krasnoyarsk distiller made millions in the liquor trade and built Siberia's greatest private library'
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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

Desperate calls for help from Arctic village of Svatay caged by wildfires

Climber marooned near crater of Eurasia’s highest active volcano found dead

Teenage woolly mammoth with soft tissues intact found on Yamal peninsula

Scientists ‘confident’ that they can extract cells to clone 42,000 year old extinct foal

Siberian scientists find bacteria that could live on Mars

Homo sapiens or Denisovans? Who made stunning cave jewellery and artefacts up to 48,000 years ago?

Rarest big cats in the world reach key milestone in evading extinction

Giant cat with appetite to eat dogs trapped in unique operation in eastern Russia

Sadness as tigress who came in from wild to ask for human help dies

Siberia 'to get its first world class ski resort' - reports

Success: maiden launch sends 3 satellites into orbit

Is 'Gulag city' of Chita about to get a Hilton hotel?

City street could be named after triumphant Golden Globes director

Another success at Christie’s for rising Siberian artist Zorikto

Plan to protect unique Arctic heritage sites for future generations

Russian bobsledder Nikolay Khrenkov killed in horrific car crash in Krasnoyarsk

Hockey stars play game on world's deepest lake in Siberia

Siberian princess goes global 2,500 years after her death

Like ducks to water in the snow - keeping kids healthy Siberian style

Even the Yeti go Gangnam Style with a Bigfoot dance in Siberia

Siberians start their annual migration to Thailand's sun and sand

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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.

Voice of Siberia

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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