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May in the Oymyakonsky ulus, East Yakutia.
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THE REPUBLIC OF SAKHA (YAKUTIA) is one of the most economically important subjects of the Russian Federation. It is a part of the Far-Eastern federal district. Yakutia occupies one-fifth of the country and lies within three time-zones. Located in the north-eastern part of Asia, the region stretches 2000 km from north to south and 2500 km from west to east. Its area is
3,103,200 km².
Nature and resources of Yakutia are unique as well. Its larger part is occupied by mountains and plateaus. Only one-third of it is lowland. Mount Pobeda (Victory) on the Chersky ridge is the highest peak of northern Asia (3147 km)... Read more
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Extreme City: Yakutsk
A city that struggles doggedly against the toughest environmental conditions on our planet to provide its population with an acceptable level of existence. |
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Yakutsk Winter Photographs
It was -51°C/-59.8°F in Yakutsk on Dec. 15, 2008. We were also promised to experence -62°C/-79.6°F in the near future. Hard even for us, local residents, to imagine what the frost will be. |
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@Yakutia is twitting about the region, news & website updates. A Facebook group is a good place for the World and Yakutia to meet each other. Join us. |
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2009 Yakutsk Mammoth Tusks Auction
2009 Yakutsk Mammoth Tusks Auction will be held on December 9, 2009. Location: Business Center, Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). More info in the press release. |
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Descending into the world’s deepest shaft in the permafrost zone
The deepest shaft built on permafrost in Yakutsk, Siberia, more than 150 years ago, was drilled down and reopened for researchers and tourists, who wish to go down through never-melting, frozen soil layers as deep as 116 meter. |
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What is the standard tour to the Pole of Cold?
Giving away the description of the standard tour to the officially acknowledged coldest Siberian place in order to get an idea of travel time, activities, accommodations, and prices. |
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Download the Kolyma Highway travel map for free now.
Right. The Road of Bones map with info on distances, petrol stations, tyre repair stations, car repair garages, pharmacy, hotels, cafes, airports, etc. is free as never before. |
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Yakutia's PC game hit the 1st position on the popular US portal Big Fish Games
Yakutsk-based Sulus Gаmеs LLC released a new game called Strangе Cases: The Tarot Card Mystery that managed to get the 1st position in the chart of the popular Вig Fish Gamеs portal on the third day of sale. |
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Flights to/from Yakutsk
Uploaded the Excel file with information on 2009 Summer Flights Schedule. Available on the page "Travel/Useful info". The file size is about 100 kb only. The Lena River passenger boats timetable is not approved yet, promised to be available at the end of May. |
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YSIA in English now
On Apr. 30, Yakutia-Sakha News Agency launched the English version of the republic's news portal. English is not cool. Seems that stories are translated via online translation service. Nevertheless, that's a good start. |
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Entry permit for visiting Arctic/frontier zone in Yakutia
Visitors are required to apply certain docs in advance to get entry permit. ID, information on current residence, work, contact info, places to visit in Arctic. Issue procedure takes 40 days (regurlar period) or 10 days (if urgently). Application can be submitted by an inviting organization or travel agency.
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| Apr. 03, 2010 - Everything seems okey now. As you noted, in December of the last year the YakutiaToday website was shut down. Don't worry, it wasn't censored by the third party. The reason was pretty simple. Our NGO failed to renew the hosting service with a Russian company. Its renewal procedure was too complicated. So we found another reliable company. That's NameCheap. We are back online and restoring the content. Wish us luck! |
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