Crown Prince's spaniel saw the Romanov family gunned to death before his epic escape.

Royal discovery made after 99-year-old code is broken by Siberian mathematics genius.

Unearthed on the edge of the Arctic, she is the only woman so far found in an otherwise all-male necropolis, buried in a cocoon of copper and fur.

As Western children salute Santa's Rudolph, here in the Sakha Republic the antlered animals are in peril from ravenous predators.

A daily bucket of icy water poured over the head 'helps block winter illnesses, and makes children optimistic'.

Trackers mark footprints with GPS technology as 2,000 people scour the forests in first count of rare big cat in 10 years.

We join photographer Kisoon Choi on a journey of discovery across Yakutia and the Far East and celebrate the unique landscapes, cities and peoples.

The celebrity emerged with a new fur coat, saying: 'My friends said I was mad when they learned I was going to Siberia'.