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'Please will you get a message to my wife in Paris, to say I bless my son?-reported final words of Admiral Kolchak'

Wonder girl Karina Chikitova, 11, wins place at world’s northernmost professional ballet school

Karina became the symbol of resilience and hope when - aged only 4 - she survived 12 days in taiga of Yakutia.

Permafrost is ablaze with hundreds of wildfires in world’s coldest region

Unique 2,000-year-old statuette of dancing man, likely made in Northern India, dug up in Siberia

Wildlife sat-nav goes awry as White Stork and Flamingo defy nature and fly to Siberia in winter

A mummified woman with a Christian cross dashes hopes of finding first Russian fortress in Yakutia

Girl, 6, born without half her face returns to Russia laughing for first time after surgery in UK

Pagan god 'caught' in river by fisherman confirmed as being up to 4,200 years old and 'unique'

Found: grave of Siberian noblewoman up to 4,500 years old - with links to native Americans

Reconstructing brain surgery as it was conducted around 3,000 years ago

Putrid green algae spreads across shores of Lake Baikal

Massive census to record Amur tiger numbers takes place in the Far East

Putin's tigers survive the abnormally cold winter and are on the move again

Siberian company feeling the heat over Olympic torch for Sochi 2014

Clink, clink! Siberia gets its own Pinot Noir and Chardonnay

We have to make Siberia a territory of exceptional economic and social comfort

The amazing Siberian ice orchestra playing on the world's deepest lake

If your young daughters are ready for modelling, don't delay

Ice and Fire to link frozen Siberia with red-hot Oz

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First expedition to depths of Lake Cheko close to epicentre of Tunguska event to start in February
Geophysicists and hydrobiologists will dive below 30 metres in what some scientists believe is the impact crater.
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Red Book’s Steller Sea lion rescued from a plastic death trap in Russian Far East

The endangered mammal got tied up to the Nevelsk breakwater like a chained dog.

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World’s coldest marathon at blistering minus 53C is complete in Yakutia
Local runner Vasily Lukin won the full distance in 3 hours, 22 minutes.
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Treasure trove of Palaeolithic jewellery, made at least 45,000 years ago, found in the Denisova Cav

Archeologists discovered a new stone bracelet, two sharp pins, a marble ring and fox tooth pendants.

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Photographer captures eerie graveyard of North Korean schooners scattered along the Russian coast
Ghost flotilla is the only memorial to dozens of North Korean squid poachers who never returned to their home waters.
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Work underway to create the world’s first Arctic station powered by hydrogen and renewables

The $27-million Snezhinka (Snowflake) is seen as a future international science hub for biotech, robotic and AI-driven projects.

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Sent to Siberia

Rookie FSB agents are punished for 'indecent' graduation jinx in Moscow
Gelandewagen parade videos leads to 'career change' as Russia demands highest standards from secret servicemen.

Born in Siberia

Up-close laboratory pictures of ancient mummy as scientists recreate his life and times
Probes taken by South Korean experts will reveal lifestyle of this Arctic boy from 800 years ago.

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Siberians mark end of the snow season with swimsuit skiing day
Locals undress to impress at resorts across four time zones.

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Lake Baikal 'holds key to new advances in antibiotics'
Scientists make crucial new discoveries of bacteria, up to 30 million years old.

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