One man's carelessness causes 'fire tornado' which destroys 59 houses, another avoidable blaze razes 17 homes, as state of emergency called.

Probes taken by South Korean experts will reveal lifestyle of this Arctic boy from 800 years ago.

Ceremonial suit was embellished with decorations and left as a sacrifice for the gods by ancient bear cult polar people, say archeologists.

Through his extraordinary photographs, Sergey Anisimov has done more than most to show real Siberia to the world.

Replica shows visage of 16 year old fighter buried with her weapons and horses.

Described as 'wonders of nature', explore two of the most fascinating places on earth where the warm sand dunes meet the icy steppe.

But who were the mysterious Paleolithic artists of these rock drawings?

 ….and it was worn by a man!

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