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'The beauty of Siberia took me by surprise'

Ian Frazier, 2013

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

Below minus 40C? Here's how you stay fashionable out in the street

Coming soon: 'Chateau Permafrost', wine from Siberia

Weather goes crazy in Siberia - with record high temperatures, then July snow

200-plus agreements worth $27 billion at forum to 'open up Russian Far East'

If your young daughters are ready for modelling, don't delay

We have to make Siberia a territory of exceptional economic and social comfort

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

Siberian Princess reveals her 2,500 year old tattoos

The Siberian parents who gave up Jessica Long as a new-born baby salute her heroic achievement

Ancient mummy 'with 1,100 year old Adidas boots' died after she was struck on the head

Lunch arrives on Wrangel Island, and 230 polar bears show up for the feast

Stone bracelet is oldest ever found in the world

Iconic 2,500 year old Siberian princess 'died from breast cancer', reveals MRI scan

Tigress who came out of the woods to seek help can be a pet who escaped owners or was thrown out

Large crater appears at the 'end of the world'

Beauty Against Cancer: inspiring pictures show women fighting back

They're off! The world's longest bike race covering 9,200 km across Siberia

Unique group for elderly women practising the art of Japanese Aikido is the only one in the world

Gone: endemic Baikal sponge has died completely in several areas of the vast lake

This is how little Siberians learn to love our trademark cold, and stay healthy

No snow in Siberia? Locals marvel - and worry - at the 'snow shortage'

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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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