Life in Oymyakon. Resident described it.
Comments OffWe, 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. [...]
Photo Report: The Coldest City on the Earth
Comments OffLast 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 [...]
Evgenia I. Mikhailova, Vice-President
Comments OffPROFILE: Evgenia I. Mikhailova, President of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Who is against the ESPO pipeline?
Ecologists! They sent me a release and a few info to post. Further, please, find them.
Is Yakutia a separatist republic in Russia?
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.
Unexpected issue raised
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.”
