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A guide on how to survive in Western Siberia

Former spies and military operatives write handbook for tourists and hunters, using techniques learned during Soviet era.

Fountain of boiling hot water gushes over Abakan

Spray as tall as nine storey house.

Stop playing with death, warn rescuers at the world’s oldest lake

All ice crossings shut in Irkutsk region, local emergency service on top alert.

Frantic bid to save Umka the lost and forlorn polar bear who travelled 700 km in the wrong direction on ice floe

Lame, exhausted and confused animal seeks out help from the local police in Olyutorsky district of Kamchatka.

Road trip across Siberia using electric Porsches branded a success

New 'plug-in' cars coping well with harsh climate and landscape and were even recharged overnight in remote taiga at -33C.

Foreign visitor to Siberia takes part in coldest IceBucketChallenge

It may be -40C outside but that did not put off fearless Irish strongman from pouring water over his head.

Novosibirsk Zoo

With more than 11,000 animals from 702 species - about 150 of them are from them World Red Book - Novosibirsk Zoo is a popular tourist attraction with almost a million visitors annually, and a noted scientific institution.

One of the largest in Russia, it boasts a world record in captive breeding programmes for endangered species.

Rostislav Shilo, Zoo’s Director since 1969, says that there are only two other self-supporting zoos in the world - in Singapore and in San Diego.

Mammoth wipeout: new evidence from ancient animal 'graveyard'

Many prehistoric creatures craved salt and vital minerals missing from their diets due to abrupt climate change, suggests a new scientific expedition.