Rare historic pictures show Russia's last tsar as the first builder of the Trans-Siberian Railway 125 years ago this month.

New statistics on Saturday showed the vast scale of the human effort in Russia to halt a natural disaster that has destroyed swathes of woodland and taiga.

The zoo at Seversk - a city closed to outsiders without special permits - has unveiled its latest inhabitants, several brightly striped snakes.

Bones of 11 extinct giants discovered, plus one woolly rhinoceros: but why did they die here?

Siberia's colossal resource potential is a great competitive advantage that needs to be skilfully deployed.

It was described as a 'v-e-rrry hot day' in fashionable snow resort Sheregesh as 700 women and men (in swim suits) smashed the world record.

Implements or weapons made of quartz and quartzite unearthed among tons of bones under a Siberian village called... Mammoth.

A life in the day of one of Siberia's industrial giants.

Nowhere in the world runs its roads, trains and airports as well as Siberia during the harsh winters.