Secret KGB documents and a book by ex-FSB colonel kickstart 100 year old search for missing Romanov treasures and valuables.
Flourishing trade in souvenirs and household goods.
A pioneering French-Siberian Scientific and Education Centre highlights international recognition of Siberia's scientific strength.
Now the prickly rodent lives no closer than 2,000 kilometres away, but its remains - recently dated - are scattered in caves of the Altai Mountains.
Eurasia will split in two, dividing the world's largest land mass in southern Siberia.
New research shows rare genetic lines could have been preserved in Siberia.
Despite warnings of severe temperatures, hundreds of thousands of Russians take ice dips in an annual ritual marking Christ’s baptism in the River Jordan.
Nicknamed Forrest Gump, he completes a 9,905 kilometre odyssey braving temperatures as low as minus 48C on his 18 month adventure.