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'What has enabled Russia to rise among the great powers of the world…has been the conquest of Siberia'

W.Bruce Lincoln

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

Flair to avoid snow glare - dazzling eye fashion from 2,000 years ago until today

Russian military sent to assess giant rockfall blocking Bureya River

Found: man who vanished before the Soviet Union collapsed to live as a hermit

FOCUS ON TUVA: Stunning treasures - and macabre slaughter - in Siberia's Valley of the Kings

Found in Antarctica: first pictures of Russian meteorite discoveries

Is this an ancient natural pyre, where underground fires have raged for thousands of years?

Weather goes crazy in Siberia - with record high temperatures, then July snow

Almost 21,500 people cannot return to their waterlogged homes after worst flooding in 45 years

Putin frees three endangered Siberian tiger orphans into the wild

'Go East' for great investment opportunities, say premier and finance minister

Russia must 'wake the sleeping Siberian tiger', urges Oleg Deripaska

Putting Siberia on the world map of contemporary art

Siberia's river transport system must be urgently improved- Security Council secretary Patrushev

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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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