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'The Yenisey began life with a groan and ended with a boldness we could never dream of'
A.P. Chekhov, 1890

Awakening after winter, Siberians pour cold water over themselves 

New tradition sees hundreds douse in water to dispel the winter blues.

Beauty Against Cancer: inspiring pictures show women fighting back

Cleaning Baikal, then enjoying the gleaming nature of its surrounding mountains

Is this Russia’s most beautiful police officer?

Celebrity chef launches health crusade as figures show rise in obesity

Is dancing the secret to a long happy life? One man seems to think so...

Cold comfort: How one Siberian is using the freezing weather to better her health

The secrets of Siberia’s frozen snow brides revealed

Below minus 40C? Here's how you stay fashionable out in the street

Raising Krasnoyarsk's famous Royev Ruchey Zoo to a new level

US scientists 'prove' what Siberian grannies have known for generations about magical Arctic herb

Siberia - where beauty contests are not infected by political correctness!

They say Siberians have a love of adventure in their blood, as Alexey Kamersanov proves

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Iceman survives burial almost naked in snow grave for 13 minutes in bizarre Valentine’s Day stunt

Oleg Rezanov says he was in ‘trance’ and unable to breathe but walked away - shaking - in -32C Yakutsk cold.

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Dubai? The Sahara? No, this is a magical stretch of desert in the heart of the coldest region of Si...

Model Amina Karat, 34, poses on the Saamys-Kumaga sands in Yakutia.

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'The sun is like Thailand, the snow like the Alps, the party like Ibiza’

Antidote to gloomy news in the world as 1,525 wear swimsuits for annual Siberian snow festival.

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Splashing in the icy Pacific as if it was Thailand - but it’s a great ‘cure for cellulite’

Ice swimmers from team 'Morozhenki' (Ice-creams) in Vladivostok enjoy their own cold war, and insist it is healthy.

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Yoga at -41C on the famous Baikal-Amur Mainline railway

Ekaterina and Yulia popularise yoga in Tynda but taking it into the great outdoors.

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Siberians mark end of the snow season with annual swimsuit skiing day

Locals undress to impress at resorts across four time zones.

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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.

Voice of Siberia

Siberians mark end of the snow season with swimsuit skiing day
Locals undress to impress at resorts across four time zones.

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Lake Baikal 'holds key to new advances in antibiotics'
Scientists make crucial new discoveries of bacteria, up to 30 million years old.

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