Aged 4, she battled through chest-deep snow in minus 24 C to plead with closest neighbours to help her blind grandfather.
The first evidence that sailors may have survived revealed with pictures of life jackets from the vessel found on a nearby island.
Andrey Medvedev, 20, and Alexander Grunenko, 15, met the fearsome beast when they were collecting wild garlic in Kemerovo region.
Stunning sculptures appear hanging on trees that were submerged by a giant new reservoir.
As one area continues to fight blaze, communities in tragedy-hit Khakassia show that human spirit and togetherness can prevail.
New twist in case of lost anglers 'who ate human flesh to survive'.
Possible 'explosion' at time of Tyva Republic helicopter crash, say experts, as mourning period expected for up to 14 people killed.
Relatives of the sailors lost almost six weeks ago on a gold-ore carrying freighter are begging the authorities to keep hunting for the crew.
Experts say a crack has appeared in the precarious granite giant: but if it falls into the lake, it will unleash ancient legends which might change the world.