Rare and sacred Buddhist books were presented to mark the crowning of Nicholas II in 1896.
Police say they suspect suicide of 32 year old from Yakutsk despite seven stab wounds to his chest and gashes on his arm.
The successful bid was at one of Siberia's most popular winter sports resorts - Sheregesh.
Now the Far East of Russia linked to beaches and cities in the sun with direct routes from Vladivostok on low-cost airline Vietjet.
President Putin opened his visit to Buryatia by going to Ivolga Datsan, the main monastery of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha in Russia.
In case of any doubts, we mean the twitching variety, which are now back to Siberia, resting before their next extraordinary journey.
Crew of Siberian UTair plane tell of 'confusion and silence' from air traffic controllers at key moment.
When Vadim Kolpakov went on an expedition to the north of Irkutsk region, he had no inkling of the sensational discovery he was about to make.