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French actress Carole Bouquet, 2014
Joseph Stalin
Siberian pensioner IS grandson of Josef Stalin, DNA test reveals
Yury Davydov, 67, gets proof of his roots after years of waiting: his grandmother was Stalin's 14 year old lover.
Stalin's bust removed by a truck after statue branded blasphemous and 'illegal'
Bronze statue had been erected last month in Surgut by local people, but was seen as offensive by descendants of political detainees sent to Siberia.
Josef Stalin returns to Novosibirsk to outrage of many locals
The city hall nods to Stalinists' demand to erect a statue by May 9, the Russian V-Day.
Bust of Stalin ruled illegal and likely to be torn down
Statue to Soviet dictator erected close to proposed memorial to his victims of political repression is labelled 'blasphemy’.
Stalin's secret train trip to Siberia
New details emerge about 1928 odyssey that changed a dictator.
'My grandfather executed your great grandfather': history spills into present
Painful reality and emotional 'forgiveness' after Tomsk man tracks down modern relatives of his ancestor's NKVD secret police killer.
'Who are you, a Korean or a Russian?' I ask a taxi driver
'We're Russian Koreans,' comes the reply.
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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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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