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		<title>Mystery Khanty Of Siberia</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today there are around 22,500 Khanty living in Siberia. Most Khanty people live in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug in Western Siberia. Until the 1930s, the Khanty were called Ostiak. The translation of the word &#8220;Khanty&#8221; from the native language means &#8220;Man&#8221;. Khanty have always been excellent hunters. Children were always the ultimate value in Khanty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Novosibirsk &#8211; The Third Capital of Russia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 17:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Founded in 1893 Novosibirsk is the third largest city in Russia, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and the largest city of Siberia. Novosibirsk means &#8220;New Siberian city&#8221; Novosibirsk obliges its birth to the construction of the Trans-Siberian railroad. The railway demanded in 1893 a bridge across the Ob river and the town was established next to the bridge. Novonikolaevsk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SiBEARia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 02:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most amazing and widespread myths about Siberia is that bears frequently walk the city streets. Of course this is only a myth but its occurrence is not accidental. The bear is a very important symbol and a big part of Siberian culture. Historically, in the view of East Slavic People or “Slavs” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Riches of the Far East</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 20:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Far East is the largest part of the Siberian region. People can confuse the Russian “Far East” with the bigger area that includes several Asian countries. In regard to Siberian geography, the Far East is only the portions of the Russian territory. The Far East is divided into two sub districts based on their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Khanty-Mansiysk &#8211; The Mountain Skiing Centre</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Khanty-Mansiysk is the city located in the central part of Western Siberia on the bank of the Irtysh River. It is a small town with an area of 534,8 thousand sq. km surrounded by coniferous wood. The population is just above 1500 people. The history of the city began in 1930 as a working settlement. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surprising Facts about Siberia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo courtesy of Alexandr Kuzovkov Think you know all about Siberia? The following facts might surprise you… Siberia makes up 75% of the Russian Federations territory, approximately 9,653 square kilometers&#160; or 3,727 square miles. That’s almost the same size as Canada and 1.5 times bigger than Europe! There are three distinct regions in Siberia: Western [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Blue Eye of Siberia or Siberian Perl</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lake Baikal &#8211; the most outstanding lake on earth is known as the Blue Eye of Siberia, and also carried the name Siberian Perl among Russians. The lake is located in the southern region of Eastern Siberia. Lake Baikal is 636 km (395 ml) long with a maximum width of 81 km (50ml) at its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby Woolly Mammoth Lyuba is Coming to Chicago</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost perfectly preserved baby woolly mammoth Lyuba will make its U.S. debut next spring at the Field Museum as part of a &#8220;Mammoths and Mastodons&#8221; exhibit. Exhibit scheduled to run from March to September. Lyuba will be encased in glass that will afford viewers a 360-degree look. About Lyuba Lyuba is a female woolly mammoth which died 40,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Other Stories of Frosen Mammoths</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1977, the well-preserved carcass of a 7- to 8-month old baby woolly mammoth, named &#8220;Dima&#8221;, was discovered. This carcass was recovered from permafrost on a tributary of the Kolyma River in northeastern Siberia. This baby woolly mammoth weighed approximately 100 kg (220 lb) at death and was 104 cm (41 in) high and 115 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frozen Remains</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The stuffed Adams mammoth, in The Museum of Zoology, St. Petersburg, Russia While frozen mammoth carcasses had been excavated by Westerners as early as 1728 (by German scientist Daniel Messerschmidt), the first mammoth fossil fully documented by modern science was unearthed by a hunter in Siberia during 1799, on the banks of the Lena River. [...]]]></description>
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