Otto Lagerfeld held in bleak camp in Verkhoyansk for four years of First World War, show contemporary documents.

One man's carelessness causes 'fire tornado' which destroys 59 houses, another avoidable blaze razes 17 homes, as state of emergency called.

Pedal power challenge as the Red Bull Trans-Siberian Extreme ultra-stage bicycle race heads from Moscow to Vladivostok.

Eye-catching numbers have emerged on the expected trade boom from the Arctic route to Europe for Chinese business. 

Marriott opens prestigious new hotel on 16 June in Novosibirsk, Siberia's biggest city.

Aleftina Rapatsevich, 85, a survivor of the wartime Siege of Leningrad, was infuriated at the lack of action by her housing management company.

Kara-ool Dopchun-ool - the highest shaman in the Tuva Republic, and also Turkey - explains his role in his own words.

Tatiana Andreeva, 20, has been jailed for 7 years in a controversial case that is becoming a cause celebre on the web.

Through his extraordinary photographs, Sergey Anisimov has done more than most to show real Siberia to the world.