By bolot | Published:
February 20, 2010
Received a request from Jenanne, a Scotland University of Aberdeen PhD Student. Her major is Social Anthropology, so all her questions sounded accordingly. Mainly she wondered how popular the Sakha (Yakut) language was on the Internet. I said I had a friend of mine, who’s hobby was to write in his native language everything and [...]
Also posted in Answers, Culture, General, History, Science | Tagged anthropology, Culture, dictionary, Internet, language, online, Sakha, Siberia, Yakut, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
October 16, 2009
This is a good question asked by a friend of mine from Fairbanks, Alaska. He is a big fan of photography and off-roading. His Flickr nick is rpiereck. Wonderful pictures he has. So… Frankly saying, it was me who first asked him “How do you prepare your Jeep for the winter in Alaska?” In his [...]
Also posted in Answers, General, Photo | Tagged 4WD, Alaska, car, Cold, Coldest City, Fairbanks, heater, Jeep, life, oil, Photo, roads, Siberia, UAZ, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
January 20, 2009
“I am planning on moving to Yakutsk and need information on housing, cost of living and the average yearly salary?” asked a foreigner.
By bolot | Published:
January 12, 2009
Another portion of questions regarding Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold, I received from a Hungarian journalist, who was also wondering how people could live in such extreme weather conditions.
Also posted in Answers, Locations, Services, Travel | Tagged car, life, Oymyakon, Pole of Cold, roads, Travel, weather, winter, Winter Exotica |
By bolot | Published:
December 11, 2008
We, I and other Yakutians, are often asked about Oymyakon. The last time we forwarded received questions to a local resident. His name is Nikolay N. Krivoshapkin, 50-year-old driver, who was born, grew up and live the whole life in Oymyakon. Nikolay tried to describe what life in the coldest place on Earth looks like. [...]
Also posted in Answers, Locations, Travel | Tagged Cold, Kolyma Highway, life, Oymyakon, Pole of Cold, Road of Bones, Travel, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia |
By bolot | Published:
November 27, 2008
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 [...]
Also posted in Answers, Editorial, Locations, Photo, Travel | Tagged Cold, Coldest City, Independent, life, Photo, Shaun Walker, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
November 26, 2008
PROFILE: Evgenia I. Mikhailova, President of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
By bolot | Published:
September 3, 2008
Ecologists! They sent me a release and a few info to post. Further, please, find them.
By bolot | Published:
September 1, 2008
Regret to say, “Certainly, not“. Yakutia may seem to be the area of the Sakha people only, but that’s illusion. The republic is multinational. More than 100 nations live in the region. That’s not my point of view. That’s life true.
By bolot | Published:
August 30, 2008
Anonymous, of Iceland, wrote “I was wondering what attitude Yakutians had towards homosexuality. I know what the Russians think but often minorities tend to differ in such matter.”
Also posted in Answers | Tagged attitude, homo, minority |
