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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

Researchers discover ancient ‘weapon-making site’ - beside the skeleton of ‘hunted’ woolly mammoth

Evidence on Arctic island show how people 10,000 or more years ago carved sharp slices off tusks to use for killing and cutting. 

Emaciated polar bear rescued from garbage dump in Arctic maybe ‘lost sister’ of orphaned Ursula

Finally! Operation begins to release ‘whale jail’ inmates, announced on Putin’s TV hotline

Tens of thousands of animals burned alive in raging wildfires in TransBaikal region

‘Air Bear’ helicopter rescue for beast who floated on ice 700km too far south

State of emergency after dozens of houses destroyed in fearsome wildfires in TransBaikal region

Silicon Taiga can become a reality to drive Russia forward, Vladimir Putin urged

Ancient Jew’s harps found in Altai Mountains as musical instruments reappear after 1,700 years

Magical new 4,500 year old finds add to 'oldest toy collection in the world'

New nature reserve to protect Great Siberian Ice Hole and mammoth bones

Poacher fined $155,000 for illegal hunting of 6 endangered tigers, and 46 bears

Tiger shot in the head by poachers 'may go back to wild' after surgery

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

Race against time and waves as Russian archaeologists rescue Siberia’s remarkable Atlantis

Sensational underwater treasures - including mummies of Hun-era fashionistas - recaptured from oblivion.

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Siberian hermit, 75, who ‘lives in 18th century’ refuses to be moved by Space Age

Agafya Lykova rejects leaving her remote house even though debris from coming rocket launch could fall dangerously close.

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Ice tsunami in the extreme north of Russia means summer is finally here

Residents of Dudinka share this impressive - ok, scary! - video of ice breaking on the Yenisei River.

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Features

Ever dreamed of skating the world’s deepest lake?

Our reporter goes through days of sleeping on ice and survives a Baikal earthquake. Baikal Trip Diary, Day 1

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Proof of a 2,000 kilometre polar trade route in volcanic glass dating back at least 8,000 years

Valuable obsidian travelled during Early Holocene times from Lake  Krasnoe in Chukotka to Zhokhov Island deep in the Arctic.

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Excavating the thick ice under a whole ship at bone-chilling minus 50C?

This is precisely how Yakutia gets its impressive river fleet ready for the new season of navigation.

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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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