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Siberia's wildfires seen from 1 million miles away: even the tundra is burning

Greenpeace claim authorities underestimate the scale of destruction, amid warnings of lack of resources to fight fires.

Highest weather station in Siberia... with a toilet teetering on cliff edge

Famous for its lonely loo with a view at 2,600 metres - 8,530ft - this meteorological outpost provides essential data for the world.

...yet still they remember times spent in Siberia with nostalgia

More than 500,000 soldiers and officers of the former Kwantung Army were sent to camps in Siberia and the Far East.

A guide on how to survive in Western Siberia

Former spies and military operatives write handbook for tourists and hunters, using techniques learned during Soviet era.

Are drunken trees (no, it's not the vodka!) a sign of alarming Siberian climate change?

Enough joking. New NASA-Russian research is leading to concern that global warming is causing truly disturbing changes to the virgin forests of northern Russia.

Our exotic birds are winning rave reviews, as they invade and delight the West

In case of any doubts, we mean the twitching variety, which are now back to Siberia, resting before their next extraordinary journey.

A guide on how to survive in Western Siberia

Former spies and military operatives write handbook for tourists and hunters, using techniques learned during Soviet era.

Man almost drowns trying to save his car in swirling floods as Chita becomes Venice of Siberia

Heavy rains engulf TransBaikal region with a dozen railway bridges destroyed and 15 more damaged.

The breathtaking real-life Swan Lake in Siberia

These stunning images were taken by Russian photographer Alexander Tyryshkin on a unique Siberian lake that never freezes, no matter how cold the winter.