north of Yakutia
Around 400 delegates are expected including representatives of 41 ethnic minorities representing around a quarter of a million people.
Residents of sub-Arctic Verkhoyansk district of Yakutia woke up in complete darkness.
The major earthquake was 866km (538 miles) northeast of Yakutsk, capital of the Sakha Republic - also known as Yakutia.
The discovery of an ice-preserved female mammoth comes amid a debate on whether scientists should try to recreate the species using DNA.
230 wildfires rage in Russia’s coldest republic of Yakutia, with state of emergency declared in Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk regions.
Footprints of the world’s biggest cat found in Yakutia, the planet’s coldest permanently inhabited region.
Lucky escape due to chance sighting by helicopter after snowmobiles broke miles into the snowy nowhere.
Topsy-turvy summer swings from Saudi-heat to freezer in Arctic north of Russia’s largest region of Yakutia.
Russia’s coldest region struggles to tame fires intensified by lengthy heatwave in extreme north.
After this year's discovery of uncongealed mammoth blood, experts are confident of new discoveries.
Sent to Siberia
Born in Siberia
