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Photo Report: Another Day in Yakutsk, December 2008

Yeee, we are in the midst of intensely cold weather. December is prominent here for minus 40 degrees Celsius (-40F). The first day with registered -40C was December 5, 2008. Praise God, there were no strong winds, otherwise we couldn’t stand it.

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Video: When it is below – 40C. Yakutsk, Dec. 2008

Real winter arrived in Yakutsk. Fog, cold, slow driving became a part of our daily life. Watch the 30-sec video shot on Dec. 7, 2008. That’s the view on the intersection from my window.

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Video Reports: The struggle against the cold

Today I was interviewed by a RussiaToday TV Channel reporter. The channel has the program “Russia Close-Up”. It’s a unique series on RT, travelling to hard-to-reach places, revealing the answers to your questions. Last 20 days a RT team was travelling across the region and has aired many videos. Some of them are available on [...]

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Photo Report: One Day in Yakutsk

Just decided to take pictures of what I see daily on the way to my job place and back home.

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Road distances between Yakutsk and towns

Further, please, find the list of distances between republic’s towns and Yakutsk:

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Adventures in the Pole of Cold

Stumbled upon an amazing blog. Her owner is Susan Hicks, an American researcher. She is conducting research for her PhD dissertation in cultural anthropology in Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold, where she has been living since January, 2008.

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Photo Report: The Coldest City on the Earth

Last December Shaun Walker, The Independent’s Moscow-based correspondent, wrote a great feature story about Yakutsk. He depicted how locals managed to live in the city that reminded more as a Siberian freezer. I gave him some support while he was in Yakutsk. Then he sent me his photographs attached to the mentioned story and gave [...]

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Ayaal I. Stepanov, Deputy Chairman of Government

PROFILE: Ayaal I. Stepanov, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

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Yuri S. Koupriyanov, Deputy Chairman of Government

PROFILE: Yuri S. Koupriyanov, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

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Galina I. Danchikova, Deputy Chairwoman of Government

PROFILE: Galina I. Danchikova, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

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