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Kolyma: no barbed wire in sight

The Kingdom of Cold: 14 reasons to choose majestic Yakutia for your next holiday

Forget worn-out tourist destinations. Come to magnificent Lake Baikal, and meet its Tsarina!

Kolyma: no barbed wire in sight

The Kingdom of Cold: 14 reasons to choose majestic Yakutia for your next holiday

Forget worn-out tourist destinations. Come to magnificent Lake Baikal, and meet its Tsarina!

News

French forced to endure London pub in Irkutsk as they are ‘stuck in Siberia’ after emergency landin

Air France Boeing 777 with 282 on board suffered technical failure, then the rescue aircraft sent from Paris was also grounded.

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Snow tsunami shows winter arriving, as pictures show ice halo and noodles in the Siberian cold

The drama, beauty - and absurdity - of our weather.

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Dog rescued after tail and hind legs get frozen on iced lake

Patrol was checking for people stranded on Lake Kenon in suburbs of Chita - and found the marooned animal.

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Features

‘Mowgli girl’ who survived alone aged 4 in bear infested wild for 12 nights becomes young ballerina

Amazing Karina Chikitova in 2014 captured the hearts of people around the world after staying alive with her dog in wild: now she is thriving.

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Unique 19th century English steam engine found in the depths of Siberian taiga

This witness to the Siberian gold rush might be the only one left in the world.

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Peek inside the Siberian cave where inter-species love child ‘Denny’ lived 90,000 years ago

13 year old revealed as the daughter of a Neanderthal mother and a Denisovan father - separate humanoid groups now proven to have crossbred.

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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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