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'On the Eve of the First World War, the single Siberian province of Irkutsk was larger than all of India'
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Russia’s largest and coldest region is on fire - again, and this year wildfires strike early

Even school children are in firefighting brigades in some areas of Yakutia.

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Wildlife experts angry and sad after rare Amur tiger is fed by motorists

Two men shared a video of feeding spicy pork and sausages to one of the endangered predators.

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Rare Amur tigress is back to nature after a year at rehabilitation centre

Sanda is filmed leaping to freedom in a secure location in Russian Far East.

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Russia is to lose its permafrost, minister of natural resources warns

Northern territories ‘will become arable farmland in 20-to-30 years', and will have to adapt - fast.

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Polar bear that walked unprecedented 1,000 km south from Arctic habitat is caught in Yakutia

The emaciated predator was stealing dog food and attacking villagers hours before it was snared.

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

Soul-stirring images of eruption on the Klyuchevskaya Sopka caught by extreme travellers at altitude of 2,850 metres (9,350 ft).

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Meet the man working at the world's largest maternity hospital for polar bears

Up to 500 mother bears a year give birth on remote Wrangel island, also the last place to see woolly mammoths.

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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.

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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