Many families with young children among those finding new homes - and hope - in Siberia.
He describes a mission to Moscow as the Soviet Union was imploding when he was given access to a document the authorities had earlier claimed did not exist
Tsar's daughter may, after all, have escaped the execution which wiped out the royal family, says new book.
Culture on edge of Siberia was 'as advanced' as in Middle East, then considered to be the apex of development.
Scientists close to precise dating of the Shigir Idol, twice as ancient as the Egyptian Pyramids.
The meteorite that crashed to Earth in the Urals was attacked by a UFO causing it to explode and shatter, it was claimed on Thursday.
Fires have wreaked havoc this summer with Yakutia and the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous the latest to be hard hit.
Gazprom, Transneft, RusHydro, Alrosa and Rosneft all on a list for shift from Moscow to boost the Far East economy.