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Plea for help to fund trip into Siberian wilderness to aid famous hermit

American couple want to take their prayers and assistance to Russian forest but need at least 720,000 roubles to reach Agafya Lykov’s remote home.

I AM living the life I always wanted

There is so much to see and do here that when I am asked in an accusatory fashion ‘why did you move here?’ I find myself replying ‘why on Earth do you want to leave?!’

Excitement, fear and passionate hope for new life as brave Darina, 6, travels to London

Born without lips and chin, disowned by her family, she is to see one of Britain’s top surgeons in the hope that she can finally smile.

What is it like being married to a Siberian woman, are they tougher than 'normal'?

This is just one of the many questions I have been asked recently as a result of blogging here. What a question!

The most perfect summer I have known

Siberia is so alive in summer, so full of energy, that the air is charged with excitement which just makes people want to create, do stuff, and live.

Travelling on the Trans-Siberian in style: wi-fi, gyms, libraries, restaurant carriages, children's playrooms - even arrange for your own carriage to be attached to the train

Fighting stigma: parents of girl born with half a face tell of their battle to help her

When Darina was born 3 years ago without lips and a chin, her mother lost consciousness from shock, and soon her family disowned the child.

Woman tells of recovery after her face wrecked in bear attack as she protected children

Marina Fokina, 34, screamed at beast: 'Eat me but don't touch my child.'

These days Mikhail blends into the crisp snow like any other Siberian peasant farmer

He ekes out a living in the remote village of Dubinka, population 15.

Life behind closed doors in the Arctic is.....fun!

Norilsk is home to the world biggest mining and metallurgy complex, and is shut off from the world in more ways than one.

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Rookie FSB agents are punished for 'indecent' graduation jinx in Moscow

Gelandewagen parade videos leads to 'career change' as Russia demands highest standards from secret servicemen.

Born in Siberia

Up-close laboratory pictures of ancient mummy as scientists recreate his life and times

Probes taken by South Korean experts will reveal lifestyle of this Arctic boy from 800 years ago.

Voice of Siberia

Siberians mark end of the snow season with swimsuit skiing day

Locals undress to impress at resorts across four time zones.

We say

Lake Baikal 'holds key to new advances in antibiotics'

Scientists make crucial new discoveries of bacteria, up to 30 million years old.

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