Category: Helpful information

All sorts of useful information for those planning a rafting, cruise and other travel down the river Lena.

As the palm: Yakutsk appeared on Google Street View

Yakutsk

Yakutsk is now available for viewing on Google Street View. Read more »

Irkutsk-Yakutsk post road: the story of becoming

The article is devoted to the history of development of the Irkutsk-Yakutsk post road, trailing portion tract St. Petersburg – Okhotsk.

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Establishment of the tract is associated with the activities of the Second Kamchatka expedition and was led by V. Bering. Irkutsk-Yakutsk postal route played a leading role in the system of Railways North-Eastern Siberia and Russian relations with America in the XVIII – XIX centuries.
(Article in Russian)

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A traveler from Poland alone sailed the Lena River

Polish traveler Marcin Genechko Lena River was alone for 63 days.

Extreme overcame a canoe 4,300 miles from its source to its mouth. Read more »