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Icebreak on the Lena River. Ice is floating fast on May 16th, 2012.
Location: Pokrovsk town, Central Yakutia, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Siberia / Russia.
This is the biggest nature event in May. The end of the cold season, the start of the warm days!
See how ice is floating on the Lene River via the live webcam.
The above video was shared by ykt user REPKA.
Today is Russia’s Victory Day, a national holiday celebrated across the country. See photographs taken on Victory Day in Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha-Yakutia, Russia.
May 1st is a special day in Russia. It’s a national holiday. It might called in different ways. International Workers’ Day, May Day, Spring & Labour Day or Labour Day. Here we just use the word “May 1st” (in Russian, “Pervomaj” or “Pervoe Maja”.)
How do we percept this holiday?
In my and many others’ opinion, it is more like a celebration of the spring. It is a day, when we can enjoy parades and go out of the city for BBQ (shashliki).
See photographs of the May 1st Parade taken place in Yakutsk, Russia. Read the rest of this entry…
It’s already a good tradition. Annually, Mammoth Yakutsk Off-Road Club arranges the spring race, that officially opens the season for the club’s all-terrain events. It happens in April, when snow is still on the ground. This year was not exception.
Last weekend, the club held the snow race tournament called “Spring Melting.” Participants were devided into different categories depending on a vehicle type and they needed to compete who would come to the finish line first.
Ok. No more words, take a look at my following photographs.
To visit Kihilyakh, sacred stones in Verkhoyansk district in North-East Yakutia, was my long dream. I’ve never been to that area. And, finally, I made it.
Two weeks ago, I received a call. There was Yakutia’s Vice President Dmintry Glushko on the phone. Amazing. He asked, whether I wanted to go to Kihilyakh. “My god! Definitely,” I said. He continued, “There will be the ceremony of lighting of the Fire of the 5th Children of Asia International Sports Games.”
Mira Maximova is a talented Sakha composer, who currently lives in China. Many might know her as a YouTuber ExUmira2. On her channel there are a lot of songs written and performed by her. A few years ago China closed the access to YouTube and now she can’t upload her new songs.
Recently she sent me the song Osuokhay, Sakha Round Dance Beyond Time & Space and asked, if I can post it on the website. Sure, Mira. That’s what I am doing now. Moreover, I made a slideshow with my photographs.
Further find information on the song dedicated to the Sakha traditional round dance known as Osoukhay.
Russia elects its President today, March 04, 2011.
Today I managed to have visited three voting sites during the first half of the 2012 Russian President election. By the way, Yakutsk is electing its mayor as well.
See photographs of how people is choosing its leader in Yakutsk, Siberia / Russia.
Russia’s Republic of Sakha-Yakutia is pretty proud of being the land, where mammoths could be found nearly every year.
Recently, the Yukagir community area in Yakutia’s Arctic zone has brought many valuable findings for the world of paleontology. Eight years ago, it was the intacted Yukagir mammoth head and foot. They were shown at 2005 World Expo in Japan. A few years ago, there was already an ancient horse remains found. Read the related post with photographs.
Last year was prominent with two events. In August, the well-preserved corpse of an ancient bison was discovered at the same place in permafrost. In Novermber, the wooly mammoth baby nicknamed Yuka was delivered on snowmobiles from the Yukagir area, Russia’s Arctic, to Yakutsk. A story is here.
And… today… thanks to the Academy of Science of the Republic of Sakha-Yakutia… I had an unique chance to photograph how Russian and international scientists had been conducting examination on palentological findings – the Yuka wooly mammoth baby, ancient bison and horse – in Yakutsk, Russia, precisely at Institute of Geology of Diamonds and Precious Metals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science.
Take a look at photos and learn more about the Yuka wooly mammoth baby and the event. Read the rest of this entry…
As far as you know, SakhaInternet LLC, a major Yakutsk City portal owner, hosts annual Miss Virtual Yakutia online beauty contest, that gives all Yakutian young ladies a chance to show their beauty online and get evaluation, awards and people’s recognition.
It has been conducted since 1999. Currently, it is one of major events of the year.
We published posts dedicated to previous Yakutia online beauty pageants.
Good news! The 2012 Miss Virtual Yakutia contest has started. Read the rest of this entry…
This post is published a little bit late, but think guys will like it for sure.
As you know, every December Yakutsk hosts the Miss Yakutia beauty contest. It is not done online. Everything happens on stage. See how the beauty pageant went in 2011.
Ok, There must be no mmore words said. Enjoy Alexey Pavlov‘s photogaphs.
We blog about the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), the biggest & coldest region in Russia's Siberia. Also known as Yakutia. My honor to have been born and live in such a beautiful land! ~ Bolot.
