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'Lake Baikal is truly astonishing. One of the most ancient geographical features on Earth, it is estimated to be 30 million years old'
Marc Di Duca

How Karl Lagerfeld’s father was interned in Arctic by last tsar as a 'German spy'

Otto Lagerfeld held in bleak camp in Verkhoyansk for four years of First World War, show contemporary documents.

Double joy as polar bear family welcomes two tiny cubs in Novosibirsk

Eerie black snow falls over Siberian region triggering acute pollution concerns from locals

A large hill crashes into the Bureya River caused by 'a meteorite'

Miracle as boy, 3, survives by walking alone across taiga at -30C after seeing his father die on snowmobile

Nine workers killed in underground inferno 363 metres deep in potassium mine

Is this proof early man weaponised ivory from woolly mammoth tusks to kill....woolly mammoths?

Chic women's jewellery made of coal, encrusted with jade and coral from 2,200 years ago

To bee or not to bee? Unique bumblebee in Arctic is identified as new species

Desperate attempt to save Siberian tiger cub shot in head by poachers

'Mass death' threatens roe deer in Altai and eastern Russia due to freak snow falls

No global warming in Siberia, Donald Trump?

Putin to personally thaw the ice cream freeze

Putin vows not to 'trade' Kuril Islands, and puts accent on economic development

Siberia to get Russia's largest indoor waterpark 

Another success at Christie’s for rising Siberian artist Zorikto

Plan to protect unique Arctic heritage sites for future generations

Siberian farmyard rap from remote Yakutian village goes viral on web

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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Features

Millions of people donate to give 5 year old Darina a chance to smile
Life-changing surgery is finally possible thanks to a Russian fund - and you, readers of The Siberian Times.
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Flair to avoid snow glare - dazzling eye fashion from 2,000 years ago until today

Siberian goggles among the world’s earliest eyewear to prevent winter blindness from the sun’s piercing reflection.

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Russian military sent to assess giant rockfall blocking Bureya River

Urgent measures underway to evacuate residents of remote villages after flood threat caused by rising water above new ‘dam’.

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Features

Found: man who vanished before the Soviet Union collapsed to live as a hermit

Former paratrooper conscript Timofey Menshikov wanted to escape modern life - and vodka - now faces reunion with family he left behind.

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A princess and her four princes - enchanting quintuplets 16 months old this week

But it could have been so different if mother Anastasia had followed doctors advice…

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‘Mowgli girl’ who survived alone aged 4 in bear infested wild for 12 nights becomes young ballerina

Amazing Karina Chikitova in 2014 captured the hearts of people around the world after staying alive with her dog in wild: now she is thriving.

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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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