With a larger arch span than any in Europe, it is the new signature of Siberia's largest city.
Meet our unique Siberian love child, a female cross between a lion and a tigress, and the undisputed star of Novosibirsk Zoo.
This was the generic response over the past year when I've told people about my plans to run in this Sunday's Siberian International Marathon.
This famous ballet troupe toured the UK, becoming unique cultural ambassadors and putting their native Krasnoyarsk on the map in the West.
Ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, the flame will twice cross Siberia, once from west to east, then east to west.
In distant times, parts of California and Hawaii were administered from the city of Irkutsk.