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'Dancing in light, shimmering.. like a giant diorama made from mother-of-pearl… was Lake Baikal'
Mike Carter, The Observer, 2009
salt mines
Boost for Siberian salt mines as Russia bans Western imports
Increase in production expected after the government halts imports from countries imposing sanctions.
The lake that always turns pink in August
Attraction in Altai region never fails to put on its annual show for tourists.
Nine workers killed in underground inferno 363 metres deep in potassium mine
Desperate rescue efforts failed to pull the men to safety after the earlier rescue of eight subcontractors.
Nine men trapped underground after fire broke inside a potassium mine
Time is running tight as the workers’ individual oxygen kits are about to run out.
Governor seeks to force world's most famous hermit to abandon taiga home 100 km from civilisation
Agafya Lykova, 73, lives in home her father built when he secretly fled Stalin's religious persecution, vanishing from world in 1936.
Siberian experts say they can solve the cause of mystery 'sleeping disorder'
The shocking 'sleep epidemic' in a village and nearby Soviet ghost town in Kazakhstan maybe caused by a nearby disused uranium plant.
Siberian woman becomes latest victim of unexplained mass sleep epidemic
Novosibirsk resident developed symptoms of the illness that has baffled scientists and doctors during visit to family in Kazakhstan.
Emergency helicopter sent to rescue world famous Siberian hermit
72 year old Agafya Lykova begged for help saying she was short of food.
Kolyma: no barbed wire in sight
...yet still they remember times spent in Siberia with nostalgia
More than 500,000 soldiers and officers of the former Kwantung Army were sent to camps in Siberia and the Far East.
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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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The Bank of Russia official exchange rates of foreign currencies
