Alexey has accrued 13 children, 117 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren over his lifetime, and there may be more on the way!
The Okhotsk Sea quake registered 8.3 on the Richter Scale at a depth of 600km, and prompted a tsunami warning.
Independent film makers from around the world choose Siberia.
I am able to compare the two, and my conclusion is that there doesn’t seem to be any difference.
The president's visit to Novosibirsk honours one of the Soviet Union's great heroes but also set the course for future Russian military aviation.
Practised in Yakutia for generations, there is only one way to learn the art of ice fishing as Yakutia school children have discovered.
One of the world's great dancers is rediscovering his passion for ballet in Novosibirsk after dramatically quitting the Royal Ballet in the United Kingdom.
Anatoly Zemlyanka, 28, came from 'normal' family in Noyabrsk, and was into Thai boxing and karate.
At least 76 were injured in the serious rail incident on a train from Novosibirsk to Adler.
Thousands of volunteers had joined search for three year old girl in Tomsk.