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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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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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Taxi & Flight: Yakutsk – Oymyakon – Ust Nera – Yakutsk

“Next January I will come in Yakutia. I will stay 2 days in Yakutsk then I’ll go to Oymyakon by a long-distance taxi (where does this taxi start?). To come back is it possible to fly from ust nera to yakutsk? You know aircompany and cost of ticket?” asked a weblog visitor.

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Coldest place on the earth in Sibiria

Might want to watch a Brit reportage from Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold. Here is the video to stream.

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MIR Diamond Pipe – Mirny

What was the first diamond mine in Yakutia? What is the biggest hole we see often in pictures of Mirny? Certainly, it is the MIR Diamond Pipe. Read further to learn about the biggest hole in the world.

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Welcome to Yakutia in winter!

Just wanna let you know about the existence of the national tour operator “Yakutia” that has all rights to sell Yakuia-based tours directly.

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How to drive Kolyma Highway (the Road of Bones) in winter?

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 [...]

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How do winter roads look like in Yakutia?

Winter roads 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.

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Winter driving in Yakutsk

Click the link “more” to see how driving at streets of Yakutsk looks like in winter. The video was shot in December 2005.

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Verkhoyansk Info Wanted

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.

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  • 2010 Yakutia Summer Travels

    - The Lena River Cruises by Demian Bednyi (to Lena Pillars in summer & to the Polar Circle in September);
    - Yakutsk to Magadan Auto Expedition (via the old route of the Road of Bones).

  • 2010 Motorcycle Travels via Yakutia:

    - Sibirsky Extreme: Magadan to Mongolia (say "Hello" to Walter from me);
    - The Road of Bones: London to Magadan (yeah, pass my greetings to Mike Garbe as well).

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