On January 20, Tomsk Memorial Museum held a meeting with members of the international winter veloekspeditsii “Roads memory. Sakha (Yakutia) in 2014”.
“Members of the expedition – the inhabitants of Tomsk John Chechnev Yegor Oksana Kovalchuk and Meadow, as well as Polish cyclist Krzysztof Suhoversky – spoke about their readiness for the upcoming winter bike ride along Yakutia.
Start of the expedition is scheduled for February 1, 2014, the journey will last 2-3 months. Participants have the goal to pass through the territory of Yakutia bicycles on the “winter road”, from south to north through the cold pole – Oymyakon. The length of the route is 3500 kilometers, according to TV2.
Why expedition called “Roads of memory”? “There was a lot of Stalin’s camps, where millions of people died. It is our duty to remember them”, – said Yegor Kovalchuk in an interview with “Beep”.
“We will pass at least 50 miles a day. In 30 and sometimes 40 degrees below zero. We even have a place to hide”,- said Krzysztof Suhoversky for which the expedition along the roads of Yakutia – the opportunity to learn Russian and to collect material for his forthcoming book.
Official Site Roads memory. Sakha Yakutia Veloekspeditsiya 2014
Source: IA SakhaNews
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