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'Krasnoyarsk… is the best and most beautiful of all Siberian cities, with its smoked-coloured and dreamy mountains'

A.P. Chekhov, 1890

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A palm tree on Mars?

No, a mysterious Chinese-style palace thousands of miles from home in Siberia.

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.

Siberian woman becomes latest victim of unexplained mass sleep epidemic

Novosibirsk resident developed symptoms of the illness that has baffled scientists and doctors during visit to family in Kazakhstan.

City residents in fear as 'rare Siberian tigers stalk Vladivostok'

Parents concerned about their children from huge wild cat - or more than one - on the loose, with another terrorising Solontsovy village.

Glass Beach: where nature has turned pollution into beauty

Waves on Russia's Pacific shoreline crafted old bottles, porcelain and tiles into a sparkling tourist attraction.

Siberian grandmother hailed the Queen of Flex for reading rap in freezing waters of Lake Baikal

Cool Galina Kharitonova, 65, won an army of fans in her native Irkutsk and online.

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.