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Wonder girl Karina Chikitova, 11, wins place at world’s northernmost professional ballet school

Karina became the symbol of resilience and hope when - aged only 4 - she survived 12 days in taiga of Yakutia.

Permafrost is ablaze with hundreds of wildfires in world’s coldest region

Unique 2,000-year-old statuette of dancing man, likely made in Northern India, dug up in Siberia

Stunning visuals of a black panther playing in the snowy woods of Siberia shared by owner

The Babushka of Baikal, the granny in her 80th year who has popularised the world’s deepest lake

Spectacular footage records the formation of new second cone on highest active volcano in Eurasia

Neanderthals made two epic invasions of Siberia, says new study

Giant sauropods lived in polar conditions in world’s coldest region, say scientists

Russian birch trees are ‘climbing mountains’ due to climate change

Pure waters of Lake Baikal in danger from 6.5 million tons of toxic waste

Ever dreamed of skating the world’s deepest lake?

Rare Siberian Saker Falcon illegally caught and sold for $42,000 to an UAE buyer

How poaching is 'killing off' the world's largest reindeer herd on Taimyr Peninsula

They're off! The world's longest bike race covering 9,200 km across Siberia

Casino in Altai Mountains attracts visitors despite economic crisis in Russia

Air route to a dream vacation as Siberia offers you its glittering travel jewels

The last great Siberian bridge: is it about to happen?

A day at the Siberian beach… in February

This is how little Siberians learn to love our trademark cold, and stay healthy

How Siberians take the icy plunge to stay stress-free

Giant 'snow dragon' found in Siberia

The Siberian 'Royal Races'

The longest sketch in the world

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First expedition to depths of Lake Cheko close to epicentre of Tunguska event to start in February

Geophysicists and hydrobiologists will dive below 30 metres in what some scientists believe is the impact crater.

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Red Book’s Steller Sea lion rescued from a plastic death trap in Russian Far East

The endangered mammal got tied up to the Nevelsk breakwater like a chained dog.

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World’s coldest marathon at blistering minus 53C is complete in Yakutia

Local runner Vasily Lukin won the full distance in 3 hours, 22 minutes.

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Treasure trove of Palaeolithic jewellery, made at least 45,000 years ago, found in the Denisova Cav

Archeologists discovered a new stone bracelet, two sharp pins, a marble ring and fox tooth pendants.

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Photographer captures eerie graveyard of North Korean schooners scattered along the Russian coast

Ghost flotilla is the only memorial to dozens of North Korean squid poachers who never returned to their home waters.

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Work underway to create the world’s first Arctic station powered by hydrogen and renewables

The $27-million Snezhinka (Snowflake) is seen as a future international science hub for biotech, robotic and AI-driven projects.

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