Category: The Sakha (Yakutia) Republic

Facts about the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia): history, culture and traditions, indigenous people, nature and the economy.

Oymyakonsky ulus in the winter (2020)

Oymyakon

Like many, I planned a trip to Oymyakon for a long time, and finally I succeeded. Thank you, @phototravel_yakutia and @fotoknigi_ykt for letting me discover the wonderful expanses of my native nature. Read more »

The program “Hunting and Fishing in Yakutia”: rafting on the territory of the Oymyakonsky and Momsky uluses (2011)

The author’s program “Hunting and Fishing in Yakutia” by Alexander Borisov. Read more »

Traveling in Yakutia: camping in the Lost World of Indigirka (2019)

A trip to the Lost World of Indigirka (17 days) organized by inYakutia. Read more »

Returned from the Granite Cities of Ulahan Sis (2019)

The Kisilyakh Plateau
The Kisilyakh Plateau of the Ulakhan Sis Range is located on the border of the Aby and Allaikhovsky uluses in the forest-tundra zone of the Arctic. Geographically, they are part of the Aby Ulus and therefore they can be called Kisilyakhi Abyya.
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Olenyok River: from the series – 5000 kilometers alone (2000)

Olenyok River

Moscow, summer, orange metro line, 2000th year. It is unlikely that probability theory and other material sciences will be able to explain such an event right on the eve of the upcoming expedition. Read more »

Summer fishing in Yakutia. Kusagan (2019)

We went fishing, had a great weekend. Read more »

Incredible Journey to Tomponsky District (2019)

Incredible Journey to Tomponsky District

That ended our incredible journey to Tomponsky district. Read more »

Bike Tour Magadan – Yakutsk – Neryungri (2018)

A film about the bike trip Magadan – Yakutsk – Neryungri, ~ 3000 km, summer 2018. Participants: Roman Orlov and Leonid Gezalyan. Read more »

Unknown Yakutia: Momsk GULAG

Momsk GULAG

Hello, reader! With the permission of Mikhail Cheremkin, the author of these simultaneously beautiful and scary photos, I am writing a post about one of the least known death camps of the GULAG system. Read more »