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    A cool place A quick glance at a map is enough to understand that Siberia is a land of great rivers and lakes. And the people who assimilated these harsh spaces settled mainly along the banks of the rivers where there were practically no roads to speak off. And ...
    A cool place
    People
    Peregudov the Wolf Hunter Last winter we were travelling through Altai. It was morning. There was not a soul around. The road was empty. All was quiet. No bird chirped and no branch stirred. Only the sound of the wheels gritting against the icy tarmac could be heard. We trav...
    Peregudov the Wolf Hunter
    Cuisine
    ‘Ukha’ (fish soup) in the Siberian forestExpressed in grandiose fashion 'ukha' is a triumph, a culinary diamond in the dazzling crown of high Russian cuisine. You could say that 'ukha' (Russian fish soup), for all the tales, proverbs and sayings that have been dedicated to it, is a legendar...
    ‘Ukha’ (fish soup) in the Siberian forest
    Thoughts
    When will Moscow grow into Siberia?Tobolsk, a town on the right bank of the Irtysh River near its confluence with the Tobol River... Seat of the Tobolsk Governate... Founded by the Cossack leader Danil Chulkov in 1587, moved to its present site in 1610... Boston, capital of Massachuse...
    When will Moscow grow into Siberia?
    Wildlife
    Roedeer rescueIn the last days of April ranger Viktor Makashov and I set out by boat to see whether the ice floe at the river mouth had melted. The middle of the river was already clear. Just a crust of ice left along the edges of the bank.Having stopped at the side of the river we scoured the nearby slopes with our binoculars and enjoyed the silence. But then we heard a melodic sound, like the jingle of crystal bells. At first we thought we must have imagined it. But the sound continued. Carefully studying the water’s surface we caught sight of a roedeer throwing itself up against the r...
    Roedeer rescue
    Travel
    Huts in the cloudsIf a parallel world does exist, you will find it here at the Krasnoyarsk Stolby Nature Reserve. The huge intricately shaped stony blocks rise amid a thick forest reaching up to 100 meters in height, and aged more than 600 million years. It is hard to...
    Huts in the clouds
    People
    The Kaloshin paradoxKaloshin's entire property consists of a house, a dog and eighty thousand books, although, strictly speaking, the books do not belong to him but to the library, and the situation with the house is not that simple either. It holds a large public readi...
    The Kaloshin paradox
    Wildlife
    Breakfast on the GrassWatching bears is becoming more and more popular nowadays. But on the other hand many people have died during filming of brown bears and this number is much greater than the number of people dying during the filming of other dangerous predators....
    Breakfast on the Grass
    People
    The solitary voice of manI happened to meet with hermits on various occasions during my travels, people who had chosen to live in the wilds of the Siberian taiga. These recluse had travelled voluntarily to the middle of nowhere, leaving their own world behind, sacrificing th...
    The solitary voice of man
    People
    Traditional Buryats’ hospitalityTraditional Buryats` hospitality is not just a manifestation of behavior standards and morale but this is also a common feature of the national character which has been forming during many ages....
    Traditional Buryats’ hospitality
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    Wildlife
    A cool place A quick glance at a map is enough to understand that Siberia is a land of great rivers and lakes. And the people who assimilated these harsh spaces settled mainly along the banks of the rivers where there were practically no roads to speak off. And ...
    A cool place
    People
    Peregudov the Wolf Hunter Last winter we were travelling through Altai. It was morning. There was not a soul around. The road was empty. All was quiet. No bird chirped and no branch stirred. Only the sound of the wheels gritting against the icy tarmac could be heard. We trav...
    Peregudov the Wolf Hunter
    Cuisine
    ‘Ukha’ (fish soup) in the Siberian forestExpressed in grandiose fashion 'ukha' is a triumph, a culinary diamond in the dazzling crown of high Russian cuisine. You could say that 'ukha' (Russian fish soup), for all the tales, proverbs and sayings that have been dedicated to it, is a legendar...
    ‘Ukha’ (fish soup) in the Siberian forest
    Thoughts
    When will Moscow grow into Siberia?Tobolsk, a town on the right bank of the Irtysh River near its confluence with the Tobol River... Seat of the Tobolsk Governate... Founded by the Cossack leader Danil Chulkov in 1587, moved to its present site in 1610... Boston, capital of Massachuse...
    When will Moscow grow into Siberia?
    Wildlife
    Roedeer rescueIn the last days of April ranger Viktor Makashov and I set out by boat to see whether the ice floe at the river mouth had melted. The middle of the river was already clear. Just a crust of ice left along the edges of the bank.Having stopped at the si...
    Roedeer rescue
    Travel
    Huts in the cloudsIf a parallel world does exist, you will find it here at the Krasnoyarsk Stolby Nature Reserve. The huge intricately shaped stony blocks rise amid a thick forest reaching up to 100 meters in height, and aged more than 600 million years. It is hard to...
    Huts in the clouds
    People
    The Kaloshin paradoxKaloshin's entire property consists of a house, a dog and eighty thousand books, although, strictly speaking, the books do not belong to him but to the library, and the situation with the house is not that simple either. It holds a large public readi...
    The Kaloshin paradox
    Wildlife
    Breakfast on the GrassWatching bears is becoming more and more popular nowadays. But on the other hand many people have died during filming of brown bears and this number is much greater than the number of people dying during the filming of other dangerous predators....
    Breakfast on the Grass
    People
    The solitary voice of manI happened to meet with hermits on various occasions during my travels, people who had chosen to live in the wilds of the Siberian taiga. These recluse had travelled voluntarily to the middle of nowhere, leaving their own world behind, sacrificing th...
    The solitary voice of man
    People
    Traditional Buryats’ hospitalityTraditional Buryats` hospitality is not just a manifestation of behavior standards and morale but this is also a common feature of the national character which has been forming during many ages....
    Traditional Buryats’ hospitality
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