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'On the Eve of the First World War, the single Siberian province of Irkutsk was larger than all of India'

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Beware smoke: forest fires pose terrifying traffic hazard in Siberia

Pictures show how drivers face deadly threat from summer fire 'hell' as fuel truck went at top speed to avoid killer spark.

Tomsk Airport closed for the second time this week as Siberian forest fire crisis deepens

Flights late on Thursday and on Friday suffered disruption due to smog caused by blazes in dry woodland made vulnerable by the current heat wave.

Fire rages on as death toll from two blazes reaches 33

As one area continues to fight blaze, communities in tragedy-hit Khakassia show that human spirit and togetherness can prevail.

Massive wildlife tragedy as bears and foxes flee taiga, while smaller animals suffocate in smoke

Predators seek food in villages all around Siberia as climate expert warns of worse fires each year due to soaring rise in temperatures, 10C above average.

Pole of Cold district that recently recorded desert-like heat of +38C now sees snow

Topsy-turvy summer swings from Saudi-heat to freezer in Arctic north of Russia’s largest region of Yakutia.

Sun disappears over the Pole of Cold, in bizarre repeat of last year’s blackout

Residents of sub-Arctic Verkhoyansk district of Yakutia woke up in complete darkness.

Death toll rises 'to 15' in Khakassia fires as republic mourns

Premier Dmitry Medvedev launches inquiry into the tragedy which leaves almost 600 injured.

Recent forest fires 'destroyed' 2 million hectares - 'an unprecedented catastrophe in Siberia'

Oilmen forced to stop work after being trapped in 'horseshoe' of burning taiga, as pall of smoke smothers Irkutsk region where state of emergency imposed.