Snow burial

Oleg Rezanov says he was in ‘trance’ and unable to breathe but walked away - shaking - in -32C Yakutsk cold.

Unique crouched burials for this period - comprising seriously ill quartet - presents archeologists with a puzzle.

Siberian goggles among the world’s earliest eyewear to prevent winter blindness from the sun’s piercing reflection.

Ancient 'wealthy' young woman was found laid to rest with her horse and weapons by workers who accidentally dug up her burial mound.

Mummified potentate and wife were found in burial mound 42 metres in diameter, and they went to the next life alongside 9 geldings, saddled and harnessed.

The ancient mummy of a mysterious young woman, known as the Ukok Princess, is finally returning home to the Altai Republic this month.

Our map shows the attacks by bears on humans across a swathe of Siberia and the Russian Far East.

This year sees the 400th anniversary of the House of Romanov, the Russian royal family thrown on the scrapheap of history in 1917.