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'The 3am stop at a remote station miles from home is a moment you will remember for the rest of your life.'
Jon Pearson (Telegraph Online)
Japan prisoners
Russia is poised to release to Tokyo records shedding light on fate of Japanese prisoners of war
The documents are expected to help Japan understand the fate of thousands of PoWs in Siberia after the end of the Second World War.
...yet still they remember times spent in Siberia with nostalgia
More than 500,000 soldiers and officers of the former Kwantung Army were sent to camps in Siberia and the Far East.
Woman GULAG prisoner at centre of deeply moving post-war love triangle dies aged 94
Heart-wrenching but inspiring story of romance emerges as 96 year old Japanese ex-PoW pens emotional last letter to his dead Russian wife.
A new perfection found in diamonds created by an asteroid in Siberian crater 35 million years ago
The Popigai reserves are enough to keep the planet in diamonds for 3,000 years.
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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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The Bank of Russia official exchange rates of foreign currencies
