Serious and immaculate, her haunting image is barely visible on tsarist-era Krasnoyarsk pictures, only spotted now, with new technology.
As much as two billion tonnes can be extracted from open-cast site over the next 167 years with hopes it can transform rural region.
Bears are increasingly coming out of the forest in search of food, say wildlife experts.
Dozens of major tremors recorded this year as scientists monitor 'unusually strong seismic activity' that will one day tear continent in half.
New tourism offices planned across China as government eyes up five-fold increase in visitors crossing the border.
Siberia isn’t simply a land full of bears, spies and nuclear reactors... it is also now my duty to help my fellow Siberians understand my home country.
Everyone knows that Istanbul is the city of contrasts; much less known is that Novosibirsk is the city of start-ups.
This famous ballet troupe toured the UK, becoming unique cultural ambassadors and putting their native Krasnoyarsk on the map in the West.
New four times a week link between Beijing and Vladivostok.