Yakutia. Old photos. Part 1.

Sakha woman with a horse near

Blacksmiths

Ysyakh, summer solstice ritual re-enacted for Jochelson

Osuokhai, circle dance normally performed during the summer solstice festival Ysyakh. This is re-enacted for Jochelson

Northern reindeer

Ysyakh celebration nowadays

Sakha diamonds. If only

The gold. Yakutia-Sakha is also famous for its gold. But the same story here. People of the republic get nothing from it.

We have mountains like in Afghanistan. Verkhoyansk range.

Painting of a shaman but he looks surprisingly like one musician I know, Georgi Serguchev. Maybe he was modeling for this painting?

Sakha theatre. Scene from a theatre play

Sakha girl. She looks like she

Sakha granny.

Ostrog. A fortress that Russian Cossacks built when they arrived in 1630 in the place where Yakutsk is now.

Jumps. Sports competitions during Ysyakh festival.

Sports competition during Ysyakh festival.

Games during the Ysyakh festival.

President Mikhail Nikolaev.

Modern sports competitions during Ysyakh.

Folk master badge given to khomus blackmiths.

Great book with nice pictures of arts and crafts of Siberian peoples.

Detail of the saddle decoration

Detail of the saddle decoration.

Choron. A vessel for kumys.

Olonkho epic story teller.

Morninbg milking.

Jealous woman.

Pokrovsk, a view from the other side of the river.

A quiet night.

Hotel Khomus in the future Sakha town.

Paper cuttings.

Sakha ballet.

Welcome to the land of Sakha!

First romance.

I will take you to tundra!

The guy Andrey on the right used to go to school with us.

Yakutsk in winter

Gold digging...

Advert for Sakha jewellery, gold etc...

Sakha (Yakut) horses...