Now aged 71, Ted Kohner, son of Chaliapin's daughter Tatiana, is making his first visit from the US to the motherland of his iconic opera singer grandfather.
Konstantin Zhuravlyov is missing for two weeks after crossing from Turkey into Syria.
'Six die' as bridges swept away and 7,600 evacuated after heavy rains.
Rodents also 'put in bottles and thrown to audience', claim protesters.
Deep in Siberia, psychology experts claim they have made an astonishing breakthrough in curing drink and drug addicts.
We join photographer Kisoon Choi on a journey of discovery across Yakutia and the Far East and celebrate the unique landscapes, cities and peoples.
This animal and its lost mother wandered some 700 km too far south 'because they couldn't go north' and got confused.
Siberia's hotel revolution is growing apace with work underway on a top of the range property.