Kolyma Road in winter is in perfect condition. However, in mountain area, especially, it is highly recommended to be all eyes, drive slowly, watch ahead to see if there are cars coming towards you, in order to escape the situation when two cars meet each other in the narrowest way over a cliff and cannot go backward to let a car pass through. Read more…
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In the previous post “Verkhoyansk Info Wanted” it is said that Verkhoyansk is located 650 km north-east of Yakutsk. Is it the same distance to go by a vehicle? Read more…
Winter roads (zimnik as we say in Russian) are the roads that exist only in winter and run on iced rivers. Further, please, find Michael Zakharov’s photographs of a winter road leading to the Kobyaiksy ulus/district from Yakutsk by the Lena River. Read more…
Right, that’s the most popular question asked by travellers, who are eager to try the Kolyma road. Read further to learn more about route details. Read more…
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Click the link “more” to see how driving at streets of Yakutsk looks like in winter. The video was shot in December 2005. Read more…
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There are many taxi services in Yakutsk. It’s easier and cheaper to order a cab by phone than to stop at streets. Read more…
Verkhoyansk is located 650 km north-east of Yakutsk, in the basin of the Yana river and its distributies – the Batagay, the Adycha, the Dulgalakh, the Sartan. Read more…
Another big portion of questions I received from the British company Firefly Film & Television Productions Ltd that is very interesting in making a documentary about the life in Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold. Read more…
Three dutch drivers who are planning to get to Verkhoyansk from Amsterdam with a 4WD car in winter, asked me a LOT of questions. The questions are: Read more…
Found out that there is constant interest in the Kolyma road known much as the Road of Bones. Is it safe or not? When is the best time to travel through? And so on, and so on. Okey. Let me give some idea. Further I may expand, if readers wish. Read more…
