Almost poached to extinction, these pictures highlight the way the endangered species is recovering thanks to Russian preservation measures.
Airline Rossiya paints unique livery of an endangered Amur leopard on a Boeing 777-300.
Crashing viaduct narrowly misses a freight train - and rail worker is seen fleeing the disaster.
The navigator, who served in the Navy of Peter the Great, gave his name to the Bering Strait, the Bering Sea, Bering Island, Bering Glacier and Bering Bridge.
Russia is to launch an unmanned mission to the Moon as the first blast-off from the new Cosmodrome currently being constructed in Amur region.
'The Siberian pine is just divine: that is the overwhelming verdict of riders hurtling round the thrilling new velodrome at 2012 Olympics', reported Reuters.
Dating back 11,000 years - with a coded message left by ancient man from the Mesolithic Age - the Shigir Idol is almost three times as old as the Egyptian pyramids.
A stars of the show: a highly endangered Amur leopard, a Siberian tiger, a lynx and a wildcat.