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'Right on the bank of the river there is a station Ob, a big trading city with magnificent cathedral, great schools and shops — very American-like.'
1904, priest Mitrophan Serebryaniy
floods 2019
Flood apocalypse in Eastern Siberia kills five and maroons 9,919 whose homes destroyed or damaged
State of emergency in Irkutsk region as President Vladimir Putin flies in amid carnage from heavy rain - with ‘worse to come’.
Siberian flood forces hermit killer to leave taiga where he was hiding for 24 years
For quarter of a century he waited for police to come for him, convinced - wrongly - he had murdered girlfriend and her daughter in knife attack.
Fire and flood apocalypse with wildfires raging and dire threat to Baikal, world’s deepest lake
Almost 3 million hectares on fire, including Arctic, with fumes having hit area larger than European Union.
Siberia’s stark warning to Scotland for Cop26: climate change in the planet’s last great wilderness
Eight phenomena highlight how our world is altering right here, right now, an ecological ticking time bomb.
UPDATED: Arctic river turns red again - two years after ‘pollution problem' supposedly fixed
Shocking puce water as nearby nickel processing plant says cause is decades of contamination in Soviet times which company is working to overcome.
More than two million hectares on fire in Siberia, with turndra on fire destroying the permafrost
Most fires will not be extinguished, with major cities polluted by fumes.
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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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