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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

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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Features

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.

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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