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Classes cancelled at the world’s coldest school as temperature in Oymyakon plunges to -60C
The coldest permanently inhabited place with about 500 residents in northeastern Yakutia has the harshest rules on when pupils can miss winter lessons.
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Zombie fires burn at -60C outside Oymyakon, the world’s coldest permanently inhabited place

Local photographer captures pillars of smoke rising above the underground peat fire.

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Adventurous young Amur tiger wanders record 1,300km north of its traditional habitat

Footprints of the world’s biggest cat found in Yakutia, the planet’s coldest permanently inhabited region.

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Teenage woolly rhino still fed on mother’s milk when it died in Pleistocene era

Scientists share first results on the world's best-preserved extinct rhino that lived in Yakutia at least 20,000 years ago.

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A 50,000 old graveyard of extinct cave bears found in a grotto where humans never trod

Some 15 massive skulls disovered inside a cave in the Ural Mountains, where the bears went to die in late Pleistocene.

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Wildfires in Yakutia 2021
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Warmest
Omsk
32°
D: 32°
N: 17°

Coldest
Salekhard
8°
D: 11°
N: 8°
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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.

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

Lena Pillars, a World Heritage Site, hit by the rampant flames, as calls grow for greater efforts to tackle infernos.

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

Mystery how the bronze dancer, his arms raised in an ecstatic trance, reached modern-day Novosibirsk region.

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

Luna the panther was rescued from a travelling zoo when its mother refused to feed the cub.

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

Lyubov Morekhodova glides over the pure ice on skates made by her father not long after World War Two.

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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.

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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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