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'In the winter he skated and Nadya thought him rather too showy with his style of strutting like a chicken'
Robert Service on Lenin's exile in Siberia

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

Excavating the thick ice under a whole ship at bone-chilling minus 50C?

Incredible journey to the land where winter begins, the place winter is born

Millions of people donate to give 5 year old Darina a chance to smile

Was this 'emerald' brought to Earth 108 years ago by the Tunguska meteor? 

Paleothithic man 'not the main cause of deaths at vast mammoth graveyard'

World famous ancient Siberian Venus figurines 'are NOT Venuses after all'

Siberian seals could be used for food delicacy amid population crisis

Tickets please! Bird stowaway travels on Trans-Siberian

A dying form of hunting with eagles could be resurrected, despite opposition from conservationists

Great people, bustling cities, unbeatable nature - this is my Siberia

A meteoric rise in tourism on the edge of Siberia?

Burger War hots up across Siberia as US giants battle for business

Fashion and beauty secrets of 2,500 year old Siberian 'princess' from her permafrost burial chamber

Supermodel Irina Shayk - and her amazing Siberian spy link

Siberian Princess reveals her 2,500 year old tattoos

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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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