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'Lake Baikal, where the ice queen cast her spell'
Mike Carter, The Observer, 2009

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Pensioner with pacemaker uses pitchfork to fight off endangered Amur tiger, the world's largest cat

When this failed, Vitaly Saidov grabbed his gun and shot dead the predator to save himself and his family.

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Siberian grandmother hailed the Queen of Flex for reading rap in freezing waters of Lake Baikal
Cool Galina Kharitonova, 65, won an army of fans in her native Irkutsk and online.
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Call to avoid 'mob rule' amid mass anger in Yakutsk after ‘kidnap and rape’ by ‘Kyrgyz migrant’

Some 3,000 at protest rally after detention of 23 year old man and his 'accomplices’.

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A ‘meteor’ turns evening ‘bright and warm’ in the north of Siberia
A glowing ball was filmed by excited onlookers in Krasnoyarsk region.
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Miraculous escape for man who turns into ‘human Frankenstein’ after freak accident

Lesosibirsk resident Anton Bakulev, 30, speaks of his relief after nut and bolt kicked up by truck wedges in his face, close to eye.

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Proof of a 2,000 kilometre polar trade route in volcanic glass dating back at least 8,000 years

Valuable obsidian travelled during Early Holocene times from Lake  Krasnoe in Chukotka to Zhokhov Island deep in the Arctic.

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Excavating the thick ice under a whole ship at bone-chilling minus 50C?

This is precisely how Yakutia gets its impressive river fleet ready for the new season of navigation.

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Incredible journey to the land where winter begins, the place winter is born

In this exclusive report, Yakutian photographer Nariyana Romanova takes us on a magical journey through her kingdom of ice.

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The Shigir Idol, depicting the ‘ancient spirit world’, originally stood tall beside a paleo-lake

Wooden statue 5.3m high with eight faces gazed over the water for only two decades, but leaves us with a conundrum 11,600 years later.

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Millions of people donate to give 5 year old Darina a chance to smile
Life-changing surgery is finally possible thanks to a Russian fund - and you, readers of The Siberian Times.
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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.

We say

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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