Hannes, many thanks for sharing with the slideshow video, and it’s really great to hear that you liked the the journey to Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold.

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Famous Yakut Knives. Ajar Varlamov s Photograph.

Ajar Varlamov, a friend of mine, rocks. Yesterday he visited 2010 Yakutsk Yakut/Sakha Knives Fair. He was really lucky. He had taken pictures of the famous Yakut knives before they were sold out. See his 35 elected photographs. Read the rest of this entry…

This road was built by the inmates of Gulag camps, most of them were buried along the way. That’s why it’s named the Road of Bones. Read the rest of this entry…

Our ice fishing on the Indigirka River was so short that we decided to make an experiment. Read the rest of this entry…

See the first portion of old photos. 42 photographs. Scanned and presented by Misha Maltsev, a London-based Yakutian.

My comment: I think scanned old book pictures have their own aesthetics.

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Yulia Gibadullina, a 2010 Miss Virtual Yakutia finalist, #1 in semi-final. 7405 voices.

This news is a little bit delayed. I was really busy. Nevertheless, check the portraits of the 2010 Miss Virtual Yakutia online contest finalists elected on the basis of the results of online voting, sms voting race, and sub-competitions “the best video presentation” and “the best out-of-format picture.” Ten finalists were announced on Feb. 09, 2010. Read the rest of this entry…

Tomas Holman on the bike. Between Tomtor/Yakutia and Magadan, the Road of Bones (the M56 Kolyma Highway). August 2009. Photo by Eva Krecova.

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Tuyara Shaposhnikova is a Yakutsk-based artist. Photos by Ajar Varlamov. See more art pieces. Read the rest of this entry…

Dusya Romanova's paintings. Yakutian fine arts. Photo by Ajar Varlamov.

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Famous Yakut singers and musicians, Legentej, Klavdia and Guerman Khatylaevs, Albina Degtyareva, Ayarkhaan and others, decided to support the Olympic Games movement. They performed Scorpions’ hit “We are the champions!” in the Yakut (Sakha) language. The video was shot in the ice tunnel “The Kingdom of Everlasting Permafrost” in Yakutsk, Yakutia/Siberia in January 2010.

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