Tuesday, Oct 03 2023
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'Larger than Belgium and a mile deep, lake Baikal holds a fifth of the earth's fresh water'
W.Bruce Lincoln
winter playground
Horror as children's ice playground goes up in flames in Irkutsk
Parents run to safety with children in their arms after wooden constructions ‘flash like gun powder’.
Horrific death of eight year old girl trapped inside an ice turtle
Viktoria Adaeva went out to play on an ice slide before climbing onto a nearby 'turtle' also sculpted of ice.
Who says Siberian winters are boring? They are sparkly, fun, and amazingly beautiful!
'Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow' - each time I hear this Sinatra’s song I think he must have been writing it for us, the Siberians.
Siberian kids like to rock and roll, and by saying 'roll' they mean it!
When the temperature dips to minus 30C in Tobolsk, kids are allowed a day off school.
Like ducks to water in the snow - keeping kids healthy Siberian style
It is a medical fact that children are healthier if they daily run out into the snow in their swimming costumes - and pour a bucket of cold water over their heads.
Happy ending for black bear cub craving human contact
Often bears encroaching towns are shot, but in Dalnegorsk they spared the life of 'too friendly' wild animal.
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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.
Business
The Bank of Russia official exchange rates of foreign currencies
