Otto Lagerfeld held in bleak camp in Verkhoyansk for four years of First World War, show contemporary documents.
New rector Mikhail Fedoruk has set a bold target of bringing Siberia's leading university into the top 90 in world rankings.
'Oldushka' was born out of Siberian creator Igor Gavar striking pictures of 'babushkas' in home city of Omsk.
Sightings of 'primeval monsters' in Siberia's Lake Labynkyr were made before 'Nessie' was spotted in Scotland.
There are movies made about the girls performing at the Paralympic Games and the parents who adopted them. But no one notices them in Russia.