This is a list of notable ethnic Buryats, sorted by field and last name regardless of citizenship / nationality ... Buddhist teacher and writer in the Soviet Union Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov (1852–1927) — ...

While the term ‘blood-red lake’ might conjure up chilling images, the truth of Lake Baikal’s deep blue waters is equally ...

Horse-riding Scythian herders and warriors, who inhabited Central Asia and Eastern Europe around 2,500 years ago, may have had cultural roots several thousand kilometers to the east in Siberia ...

The U.S. should conduct information operations aimed at encouraging Russian resistance to the war. Russian casualties in the invasion of Ukraine are staggering. According to U.S. officials, at ...

Lake Baikal is a treasure trove of cultural significance and folklore, deeply intertwined with the history and the people of Siberia ... spiritual relationship the Buryats maintain with the ...

New research examines thousands of years of Arctic sled dog ancestry and reveals when and how Siberian and Alaskan sled dogs' DNA mixed. New research co-led by Cornell University examines ...

New research co-led by Cornell University examines thousands of years of Arctic sled dog ancestry and reveals when and how Siberian and Alaskan sled dogs' DNA mixed. "There was a real concern from ...

Oct 8 (Reuters) - A miner died after a rock collapse at the Denisovsky Vostochny coal mine in Siberia, Russia's ministry of emergency situations said on Tuesday. The miner's body was pulled out ...

Why it's incredible: The gateway exposes the oldest permafrost in Siberia at 650,000 years old. The "gateway to the underworld" is a colossal, expanding crater in Siberia's permafrost. It is ...

An ancient woolly rhino illustration by Benjamin Langlois. Credit: Mr Langlois10 / CC BY-SA 4.0 Researchers have found the frozen remains of a half-eaten young woolly rhino in the icy ground of ...