Antidote to gloomy news in the world as 1,525 wear swimsuits for annual Siberian snow festival.
A favourite for glamorous pictures by Instragram fans yet visitors are warned to take extreme care.
Spaso-Zashiverskaya has survived wars, permafrost, and a smallpox outbreak that wiped out its congregation.
Glamorous Vita Sidorkina, 22, happy to be part of the annual extravaganza.
The male big cat's death is 'extremely dangerous' for the species, warns an expert.