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'Kolchak was 'like an Englishman'-the analogy oddly recurs in an official Soviet account of the execution'
Peter Fleming, 'The Fate of Admiral Kolchak'
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Life is hard enough without having to build separate climbing frames.
I am now, for the first time in my life, living in a sanctioned country.
Life is hard enough without having to build separate climbing frames. Can we try to play nice?
I am now, for the first time in my life, living in a sanctioned country.
I AM living the life I always wanted
There is so much to see and do here that when I am asked in an accusatory fashion ‘why did you move here?’ I find myself replying ‘why on Earth do you want to leave?!’
Every other article about Russia in the British media manages to slip in a mention of Soviet history
It is quite ironic seeing as the current British government are engaged in purges of the poor and disabled.
Every day I pass at least fifty unbelievably beautiful women before I even reach the office
It is one of the many perks of living here. And I don’t think this is sexist in any way.
If the minister of education is reading this, you and I need to have a chat fella
It is becoming increasingly obvious that there is a dire need for changes in the education system here.
What is it like being married to a Siberian woman, are they tougher than 'normal'?
This is just one of the many questions I have been asked recently as a result of blogging here. What a question!
How Karl Lagerfeld’s father was interned in Arctic by last tsar as a 'German spy'
Otto Lagerfeld held in bleak camp in Verkhoyansk for four years of First World War, show contemporary documents.
The Siberian parents who gave up Jessica Long as a new-born baby salute her heroic achievement
'I feel so sorry. At that time, there was fear, I got scared. I had to leave her behind. But I did think that I would take her back,' her Russian mother said.
Urals meteorite gives up new secret as $50,000 lifting operation hauls fragment from Lake Chebarkul
Siberian scientists discover a previous collision for the space rock, or near miss with the Sun.
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Sent to Siberia
Rookie FSB agents are punished for 'indecent' graduation jinx in Moscow
Gelandewagen parade videos leads to 'career change' as Russia demands highest standards from secret servicemen.
Born in Siberia
Up-close laboratory pictures of ancient mummy as scientists recreate his life and times
Probes taken by South Korean experts will reveal lifestyle of this Arctic boy from 800 years ago.
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The Bank of Russia official exchange rates of foreign currencies
