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'Larger than Belgium and a mile deep, lake Baikal holds a fifth of the earth's fresh water'

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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

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

Russia’s loneliest woman doesn’t know there is virus pandemic in the world

Admiral Kolchak’s archive has returned to Russia 100 years after his execution

Is this stunning bracelet made by Paleolithic man for his favourite woman really 70,000 years old?

By 2080 Siberia to become 'the go-to place to live due to climate change'

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

Shocking oil spill scenes from Siberia: but is there a way to a cleaner future?

Baikal 'no longer the cleanest lake on Earth'

Rescued baby seals released back into the wild

All in! Siberia’s first casino opens, complete with golden sinks

Introducing the great new Siberian railway, opening soon

Our night together at Siberia's first 5-star top international brand hotel

Leading British newspaper photographer was one of the first to see Empress Alexandra's diary

The never ending spring is in full swing at the sixth Siberian Ballet Festival

Frenchman Sylvain Tesson vowed to live alone in a hut before he was 40

With the world famous Beringia Dog Race underway, a former participant explains its magical appeal

Three very special Siberian girls and their amazing American Mom and Dad

Being a surrogate: 'Clients order two women to get pregnant - and then remove one of the babies'

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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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