Bone-chilling winter temperatures. Sub-Arctic taiga forests as far as the eye can see. Blinding clouds of mosquitos. Vast deposits of diamonds, gold, and other minerals. Add to the list of qualities ...
In Russia's Urals region, towns that once churned out industrial chemicals and coal are now largely abandoned. Verkhnyaya Gubakha was once a thriving city of more than 30,000, but the population has ...
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Want to see Russia’s real soul? Step inside its endless forests
To understand why forests sit so close to the heart of Russian identity, it helps to start with scale. The country stretches across eleven time zones, and a vast share of that territory is cloaked in ...
YAKUTSK, Russia, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Smoke from fires raging across Russia's vast forest wilderness has engulfed the far eastern city of Yakutsk, forcing citizens to close doors and windows despite the ...
ULAN-UDE, May 28 (Itar-Tass) —— The areas of burning forests in Siberia decreased more than 30 times over the weekend. Three of the eight fires were extinguished on Sunday. The rest five are burning ...
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