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'Dancing in light, shimmering.. like a giant diorama made from mother-of-pearl… was Lake Baikal'
Mike Carter, The Observer, 2009
Il-18
All 39 on Il-18 'survive' plane crash in north of Yakutia, says Defence Ministry
Some 16 from the aircraft with military personnel on board are 'severely injured' and were flown by helicopter to hospitals in Tiksi.
Great escape as all 39 flee emergency landing in Arctic thanks to 'hero pilot'
Main section of Il-18 plane carrying military pilots smashed into 3 pieces after 'miraculous touchdown' on thick snow, and wings break off.
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.
Siberia Airlines stunning music video nominated for Grammy
American music band OK Go filmed Upside Down & Inside Out during 21 flights on a plane used to train cosmonauts.
Academic works on restoring iconic 1950s Soviet jetliner… in her spare time
The Tu-104A was once revered around the world, and is now in the process of being brought back to its former glory.
Would you take a blood bath to boost potency, restore beauty or hold back ageing?
How velvet antlers are cut from Maral stags to produce cure-all remedies loved in Asia.
Russian plan to locate and raise the wreck of schooner USS Jeannette in Arctic waters
The 19th century vessel - formerly the Royal Navy's HMS Pandora - sank as Americans raced to be first to North Pole.
First pictures from inside the 'crater at the end of the world'
Experts examine the newly-discovered hole in the earth in Siberia.
Introducing the great new Siberian railway, opening soon
Travel for the first time by train to Russia's diamond capital, the coldest city in the world!
Siberia - where beauty contests are not infected by political correctness!
No bikini ban here as Russian contests reject the cover-up in the rest of the world.
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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.
Business
The Bank of Russia official exchange rates of foreign currencies
