Popular Sheregesh in Kemerovo region to get a $131 million Sochi-style makeover.
The successful bid was at one of Siberia's most popular winter sports resorts - Sheregesh.
To the outside world, the resort of Sheregesh is as well known for Yeti as skiing or snowboarding.
Pictures show 1,835 men, women and children 'smash record' in the Siberian sun.
It was described as a 'v-e-rrry hot day' in fashionable snow resort Sheregesh as 700 women and men (in swim suits) smashed the world record.
Antidote to gloomy news in the world as 1,525 wear swimsuits for annual Siberian snow festival.
Daredevil pilot and FOUR passengers with skis and snowboards on single paraglider wait to hear if they have made history.
If you can't come here, at least you can breathe the crystal clear air.