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'On the Eve of the First World War, the single Siberian province of Irkutsk was larger than all of India'

W.Bruce Lincoln

Verkhoyansk

Pole of Cold district that recently recorded desert-like heat of +38C now sees snow

Topsy-turvy summer swings from Saudi-heat to freezer in Arctic north of Russia’s largest region of Yakutia.

Sun disappears over the Pole of Cold, in bizarre repeat of last year’s blackout

Residents of sub-Arctic Verkhoyansk district of Yakutia woke up in complete darkness.

How Karl Lagerfeld’s father was interned in Arctic by last tsar as a 'German spy'

Otto Lagerfeld held in bleak camp in Verkhoyansk for four years of First World War, show contemporary documents.

June snow in Siberia’s south as highest-ever Arctic heat is recorded in Russia’s coldest region

Summer 2020 follows unusually hot and dry spring in swinging between the extremes.

200,000 year old soil found at mysterious crater, a 'gate to the subterranean world'

Locals hear 'booms from the underworld' in giant ravine but now scientists say it holds secrets of the planet's past.

Arctic wildfires burning further north than previously spotted from space, satellite shows

Blazes raging just 50km from the Arctic Ocean in Yakutia.

The Frenchman who brings his love of Siberia to the world

Famous traveller and film director Nicolas Vanier embarks on a new epic dog sled trip.

As Siberia hits its coldest temperatures of the winter, here’s how to enjoy life below -50C

Fast-freezing clothes, hot water fireworks, ice and snow bathing, vodka lollipops, dog sledging - see our report from the Kingdom of Cold.

More than two million hectares on fire in Siberia, with turndra on fire destroying the permafrost

Most fires will not be extinguished, with major cities polluted by fumes.

Dozens of cities, towns and villages get their first taste of snow after hot summer

Here are some seasonal pictures as western Siberia gets its debut whiteout of the autumn.

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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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