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'In the winter he skated and Nadya thought him rather too showy with his style of strutting like a chicken'
Robert Service on Lenin's exile in Siberia
WWII
Saluting air heroes as US wartime planes land again in Anadyr after seven decades
The Alaska-Siberia flight recalls historic Second World War supply route which helped defeat Nazism.
Vladimir Putin walks with half a million Russians to salute the immortal heroes of the WWII
The idea of the Immortal Regiment was born in Tomsk, Siberia three years ago, and has now spread throughout Russia and abroad.
Secret tunnel discovered between China and Russia
Located close to border region pivotal in war with Japan, experts say the pass was used to exchange intelligence.
Immortal Regiment marches across Russia as families honour war heroes
Emotional ceremonies mark the 74th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, known as the Great Patriot War.
73 years late - an American tank sent to Stalin is almost ready for first mission on Russian soil
Rusting Sherman dating from WW2 airlifted all the way across Russia for use in major military parade.
First pictures of US warplane lost over Siberia in 1943
The Douglas A-20 Havoc (DB-7) loaned to the USSR under the World War II Lend-Lease programme.
War hero born when Nicholas II ruled Russia casts his vote in elections
Retired paratrooper aged 102 keeps secret how he cast his ballot in Tyumen.
America and Russia work together to recall wartime flights over Siberia
Sour relations not stopping memorial to historic flights to help save world from Nazism.
The average lifetime of a soldier coming to Stalingrad front was 24 hours. Just one day
‘There were special NKVD forces who were given orders to shoot anyone who tried to desert or to retreat - but it wasn't them who won the battle'.
Legal bid fails to rebury remains of 2,500 year old tattooed 'ice princess'
After archeologists dug up the ancient mummy - preserved in permafrost - natural disasters were unleashed in Siberia, court told.
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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.
Business
The Bank of Russia official exchange rates of foreign currencies
