Nicknamed the 'Angelina Jolie of Russia', the student says her victory was like a Cinderella fairy tale come true.

The animal is pictured at Norilsk garbage dump, a police convoy following its every move.

Tsar's daughter may, after all, have escaped the execution which wiped out the royal family, says new book.

Experts say Kuzya, Borya and Ilona have adapted to life in the wild and satellite data shows they are happily roaming about their new habitats.

Lyubov Morekhodova glides over the pure ice on skates made by her father not long after World War Two.

Pike with primeval horns from River Irtysh puzzle experts: did rocket pollution lead to mutant fish?

Geologist who built ramshackle hut 100 metres from Agafya Lykova passes away and is buried near the last place he called home.

Pictured: the gleaming riches no-one was meant to see belonging to an ancient nomad potentate, and his queen...or was she his concubine? 

One-year-old bird has become a minor celebrity and attracts hundreds of visitors a week and even has its own Facebook page.