The Lena River from Ust-Kut to Yakutsk (2011)

Today I will tell you and show you what it looks like Lena River sturgeon from the port city of Ust-Kut (w / train station Lena) to the capital of the Republic of Sakha Yakutsk.

Lena River

The Lena River in eastern Siberia, the largest, has its origins in the Irkutsk region and flows into the Laptev Sea, far above the Arctic Circle. The river is 4,500 km. Navigable part of the river the large size of the fleet – 3620 km, that is, to Ust-Kut, then works a little dimensional fleet.

Navigation Lena takes place in two stages.

Phase 1: delivery of cargo to the small rivers of Yakutia (Viluy, Aldan, Amga, etc.)

Step 2: delivery of cargo to the Arctic coast of Hatangi to Pevek.

Virtually all cargo should be from different parts of the country in Ust-Kut, from there transshipped to the court and sent to customers in remote corners of eastern Siberia. The upper reaches of the Lena tankers for river-sea class is available only at the beginning of navigation, on average, by mid-June, the river after the flood shoal and is available only for small boats class river / lake.

At the beginning of class vessels navigating the river / sea alone were loaded in Ust-Kut and followed down (up map of the country) on the river. Most of the cargo is sent to the capital of Yakutia, Yakutsk, located on the 1640th kilometer of the river Lena.

Zero Mile River Lena is on the Bulls Cape – Cape separating the river from the Laptev Sea (Arctic Ocean). Consequently, Ust-Kut is located in the 3620 kilometers from the Arctic Ocean, and Yakutsk 1,640 kilometers.

This year we have delivered the goods only to Yakutsk on Zhatayskuyu tank farm. Unfortunately the policy of the country is still detrimental to the north of the country, every year people are less and less people are trying to move at least in the major cities – Yakutsk, Mirny, Lensk. Accordingly, the reduced need for products and fuels. Cargo turnover is decreasing every year for small settlements and increases for the regional centers.

This year I did not get any on Viluy nor Aldan due to lower deliveries neftenaliva. Life is changing for the worse, but nature still surprises and delights. How much more do I need to stay in these parts, that would finally enjoy a truly amazing and magical beauty of nature in East Siberia.

So much for the politics, let’s talk about pleasant – about nature, in the words to tell pretty hard, take the hands of canon and went from Ust-Kut to Yakutsk. Sam Ust-Kut pictures do not see any sense, an ordinary provincial town, with the usual river port berths and storage facilities. But with the 3550-kilometer begin painting of great beauty.

A narrow roll. Verxniy Ubiennuy 3550 km. It is worth noting the width of the river about two hundred meters – three, 121 meter long vessel, a little mistake and we’re on the shore, so the management takes quite a stressful environment.

Verxniy Ubiennuy

From the bridge wheelhouse it looks approximately like this:
The view from the bridge

With a speed of 18 – 20 kilometers per hour (note for such a narrow river, and for this size of boat speed more than decent, strong currents sometimes forced to transfer to smaller engines operating modes) follow downstream (up the map of the country).

3549 km Perekat Bachakta
Perekat Bachakta

Village Tayura 3545 km
Village Tayura

In the Lena River flows into a number of small mountain rivers, supplying clean water, resulting in approximately 1,500 km river reaches a width of 25-30 km.

Mouth of the river Tayura 3546 kilometer
Mouth of the river Tayura

Abandoned village of Tyre 3467 km
Abandoned village of Tyre

Village Ulkan 3459 km
Village Ulkan

MY COUNTRY. MY LOVE. MY …
MY COUNTRY

village Zayarnovo
village Zayarnovo

Zakharovsky island 3230 km
Zakharovsky island

Perekat The upper Kondrashinsky
Perekat The upper Kondrashinsky

Perekat The lower Kondrashinsky
Perekat The lower Kondrashinsky

town house in the village of Petropavlovskoe
town house in the village of Petropavlovskoe

village Mutina
village Mutina

village Mutina
village Mutina

Abandoned church in the village of Mutina (a mystical place) than it constantly attracted me
Abandoned church in the village of Mutina

3078 km
3078 km

3150-km favorite place for many of the Lena river transport workers here at the behest of the nature of the rocks are “Cheeks”
Lena cheeks

Lena cheeks

Lena cheeks

3041-km river Lena
3041-km river Lena

crag “Drunken Bull”
crag

crag

3034-km river Lena
3034-km river Lena

on the 3030th kilometer abruptly ends rocky terrain and begin the fields and meadows
3030th kilometer

village Chuya
village Chuya

Yakut with diamond, village Peleduy.
Yakut with diamond

village Macha 2639 km
village Macha

village Macha

2280 km sunset
2280 km

2274 km
2274 km

2272 km
2272 km

2255 km city Olekminsk (Olekminsky Church)
city Olekminsk

1988 km mountain Kyys-hai (Davachya Mountain)
mountain Kyys-hai

In Olekminsk in Lena river flows into another fairly large river Olekma in Olekminsk on the bottom of the Lena River passes the “Putin pipeline” Talakan – Far East. More special interest then and there, conventional banks. But starting from 1835 miles begins “Lena Pillars” – amazing cliffs, it is very difficult for them to tell their best show.

here is a natural invention Arts. The name she had not, but very fit, “Welcome to Yakutia”
Lena Pillars

in May in the Far East are raging fires, acrid smoke covers large areas, like this look “Lena Pillars” during fires
Lena Pillars

… and that’s how “Lena Pillars” looks into the normal weather
Lena Pillars

Lena Pillars

Lena Pillars

“Lena Pillars” towering over the river from 1835-km to 1805, exactly 30 kilometers. To Yakutsk 160 kilometers, the river does not look like, well, the one in the Irkutsk region. Many islands, shoals. But sunsets are the same exciting and always different.

Sunset at the 1795 km of the river Lena
Sunset at the 1795 km of the river Lena

Sunset at the 1795 km of the river Lena

It looks like a river of Ust-Kut to Yakutsk. Closer to August, and I’ll show you what it looks like river-Beauty from Yakutsk to Tiksi (the Laptev Sea, the Arctic Ocean).

Sincerely,
Alex Goryachev

Source: Goryachev.Livejournal.com
Translation: Google

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