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Video: Icebreak on the Lena River in Yakutia, Siberia / Russia. May 16, 2012.

Bolot — Thu, 17 May 2012 06:34:57 +0000

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.

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Happy Victory Day from Yakutsk, Siberia / Russia. 10 photos.

Bolot — Wed, 09 May 2012 08:20:48 +0000

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.

To see big images, click thumbnails.

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Parade on May 1st in Yakutsk, Russia. 45 photos.

Bolot — Tue, 01 May 2012 01:09:57 +0000

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.

To see big images, click thumbnails.

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2012 Yakutsk Spring Race Tournament by Mammoth Off-Road Club [photos]

Bolot — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:16:36 +0000

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.

By the way, let me know, what a type of a car you have and whether you participate in any races. If yes, give us a link to check.Similar Posts:

Kihilyakh & the Fire of the 5th Children of Asia International Sports Games [87 photos]

Bolot — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:27:10 +0000

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.”

What is Kihilyakh?

Stones on hills in Verkhoyansky district of Yakutia. They look gorgeous and they are considered to be sacred and worshipped highly by Sakha people. This place is more like Mecca. It is believed, when you touch stones, you recharge yourself and get the power of nature.

Photos of Kihilyakh in summer

Legend about Kihilyakh (Stone People)

Elders say that there were People of Sunlight living on Earth in the ancient time. Their thoughts were as clean as spring water, and their deeds like milk brought abundance and prosperity into the Middle World. The world was kept in peace and order, and no wars and fights happened, as People of Sunlight owned the Sacred Fire, that had ability to endow strength and courage, wisdom and longevity. Evil Spirits of the Lower World learned about the fire. They got a strong desire to bring maladies and wars to the people and they decided to steal the magic fire.

To protect the land, People of Sunlight clashed in a battle with Evil Spirits of the Lower World at the top of the mountain at the coldest place on Earth, where nothing lived nor grew. Skies filled with lightnings, grounds trembled under warriors’ feet, and Evil Spirits were defeated for ever and ever. To guard the Sacred Fire, People of Sunlight stayed on the mountain and turned into stones to become eternal sentinels. Even now the fire might be seen in the sky as bright flames of the Northern Lights.

What is The Children of Asia International Sports Games?

Children of Asia is the biggest sports event held by Republic of Sakha-Yakutia once in four years. This summer we’ll have it for the 5th time.

The 5th Children of Asia International Sports Games is supported by Olympic Council of Asia, Russian Olympic Committee, and Nike (as a sponsor), etc. Everything about the Games might be learned on its official website www.gamesasia.ru.

What was the event held on Kihilyakh on March 28th, 2012?

The official fire of the 5th Children of Asia was lit and the torch relay started.

During 100 days, Children of Asia Torch Relay will cover 32256 km and go through 197 settlements across Yakutia.

The first, who took the torch fire, was bronze Olympic winner, boxer Georgy Balakshin. The second was Pavel Pinigin, free-wrestler, Olympic winner.

The event was visited by high guests, namely by Olympic Council of Asia member Gofur-Arslonbek Rakhimov, National Olympic Committee of Russia Secretary General Marat Bariev, representative of sponsoring companies, Nike and Megafon.

In below photographs you can see our fly in AN 24 over the Lena River, Verkhoyansk mountains, the Yana River, welcome ceremony in Batagai Airport, Kihilyakh, torch relay start celebration in the village of Elges, and Batagai Airport.

SEE PHOTOGRAPHS:
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Osuokhay, Sakha Round Dance Beyond Time & Space [video+music]

Bolot — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 06:22:56 +0000

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.

Song: Mira Maximova.
Leading voice: Alex Montyro.
Photos: Bolot Bochkarev.
In pictures: Osuokhai during Stroganina Festival in Yakutsk, 12 Dec. 2009.

Dance Description:

Universal unity of people is symbolized by round dance with singing of Osuokhay, meaning existential circle. Dancers sing and move slowly with the motion of the Sun, as if following constant flow of life in time and space and giving the contribution of gratitude to heavenly bodies for their light and warmth given to people of Earth. The dance proceeds continuously till morning; in past Osuokhay has been sung for three days and nights. It is considered that everybody in a circle is charged with energy for the whole year. The ritual symbolizes the birth of Universe and Man.

Lyrics:

Oh-huo-oh-huo-oh-huo-khuy!
Eh- hey-eh-hey-eh-hey-kay!
I’m so honored here today!
To be with you all and say!

We are starting Osuokhay!
The roundelay of Sakha!
Let us speak out from the soul!
Our best regards to all!

May your inner mind be free!
May your breath be long and deep!
Always live your life in peace!
Live your life in harmony!

And let all-embracing Love!
Melt the ice inside your heart!
Make your body strong and hard!
Make You beautiful and smart!

Let deep wisdom grow up!
Wisdom that lives deep inside!
May you be from now on!
Good-looking, clever and strong!

May you always live in peace!
Let your mind be clean and free!
Let us wish to all our friends!
Kind regards and all the best!

We all dance and sing today!
Universal roundelay!
Dance is energizing us!
It is filling us with love!

We all have to realize!
That the Universe is one!
It wants love from all of us!
So space could be lighten up!

We are having round dance!
And the light surrounds us!
Due to our dance today!
The world became a better place!

So, My Friends, I want to say!
Let us change ourselves today!
Let us try to do our best!
To live lives with no regrets!

Oh-huo-oh-huo-oh-huo-khuy!
Eh- hey-eh-hey-eh-hey-kay!
Let us wish to all our friends!
Kind regards and all the best!

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The Russian president election in Yakutsk, Siberia [photos]

Bolot — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 02:29:59 +0000

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.

As of March 5th, 2012, the election results in Yakutsk:

Vladimir Putin – 70,12 % (278 811 votes)
Gennady Zyuganov – 14,29 % (56 807 votes)
Mikhail Prohorov – 6,06 % (24 084 votes)
Vladimir Zhirinovsky – 4,36 % (17 333 votes)
Sergei Mironov – 4,30 % (17 103 votes)

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Examining Yuka wooly mammoth baby, ancient bison & horse in Yakutsk, Siberia / Russia

Bolot — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:58:44 +0000

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.

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ABOUT THE YUKA WOOLY MAMMOTH BABY

History of the Yuka finding: In August 2010, almost complete carcass of a wooly mammoth was found by members of Yukagir community on the Laptevs sea shore at Oyogossky Yar location near the Kondratievo River mouth. The wooly mammoth carcass and its bones found separately nearby were transported to the Yukagir community ice-house and kept there till November 2011, when it was transported to the city of Yakutsk.

Description of the object:

The mammoth carcass with fore and hind legs is well preserved, covered with reddish hair, 35-40 cm long. The carcass length from the trunk base to the tail base makes 177 cm.

The head skin is considerably deformed and its area is considerably smaller than usual due to absence of the skull and lower jaw. There are external auricles, 17 cm long.

The trunk is preserved completely. It is 102 cm long, which makes it the longest one among the previously found baby mammoths.

The back from the neck base to the mid-chest has undamaged skin. The abdominal part lacks most of the ribs, vertebrae, pelvis and viscera. There is a cross diagonal rupture, 40cm long, in the area of lumber vertebrae. The rupture edges are mainly smooth. The rupture is 10.5 cm wide in the middle and becomes narrower at the ends. Through this rupture, most likely, somebody, maybe a paleolithic man, took off all the vertebrae, most ribs, haunch bone with sacrum, left shoulder-blade and viscera.

The visible part of the tail is 8 cm.

The skull nasal bones are absent, they are broken at the base. There is the upper jaw with teeth preserved. The fourth milk tooth has about 7-8 plates, which assumes that the wooly mammoth calf was about 3-4 years old. The lower jaw is well preserved.

The haunch bone is covered with tendons and fragments of muscle tissue, and so is the left shoulder-blade. The bone is undamaged.

Remains in the intestines are much mummified, destructed, and dark-gray in colour.

The people who discovered the wooly mammoth also found 9 ribs near the carcass, with their fragments likely being inside the skeleton.

Conclusion: Judging from the dental system, the age of the wooly mammoth is estimated at 3-4 years. Sexual characters indicate that it is a female. Undoubtedly, remains of Yuka wooly mammoth calf are of great scientific and museum value.

ABOUT THE EVENT

The paleontological examination was done within the International Seminar on Research of Paleontological Objects (a young wooly mammoth named Yuka, an ancient bison and an ancient horse carcasses) hosted by the Academy of Sciences of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) from 27 February to 3 March 2012.

Host: Academy of Sciences of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)

Seminar partners:

- International Mammoth Committee
- Research Institute of Applied Ecology, North-Eastern Federal University
- Institute of Geology of Diamonds and Precious Metals, Siberian Branch, RAS
- Yukagir community

Participants: Leading researchers from Russia, France, Japan, the USA.

Including:

Evgeny MASHENKO, Institute of Paleonthology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Alexei TIKHONOV, Institute of Zoology, RAS, St.Petersburg
Sergei GORBUNOV, International Mammoth Committee, Moscow
Bernard BUIGUES, International Mammoth Committee, France
Daniel FISHER, University of Michigan, USA
Hiromi KATO, University of Kinki, Japan

SEMINAR PROGRAM

Opening of the seminar, 27 February:
09.00 – 10.00 – Registration of participants and guests of the seminar
10.00 – 12.30 – Opening of the seminar. Plenary session
12.30 – 12.45 – Briefing by Dr. Hiromi Kato (University of Kinki, Japan), the geneticist, member of the mammoth resurrection group
16:00 – 16:15 – taking pictures and video of Yuka wooly mammoth examination by mass-media

Closing of the seminar is on 2 March, Friday:
15.00 -18.00 – Closing session. Summing up the preliminary research stage. Round table – discussion of the research plan. Press conference.

Venue: Academy of Sciences of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Lenin Avenue, 33, 2 Floor, the Oval Hall

For more info, please, contact:

Larisa Nikolaevna Semenova
PR and Mass Media Department
mob. +79245916354
e-mail:larisa_sem@mail.ru

PS. Saying a lot of thanks to Albert Protopopov, Mammoth Committee at the Academy of Science of the Republic of Sakha-Yakutia for giving me such a rare chance.

PHOTOGRAPHS FOR MEDIA TO DOWNLOAD

Currently, the following photographs are available only for free download.

Credit to mention: Bolot Bochkarev, eYakutia.com.
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The 2012 Miss Virtual Yakutia online beauty pageant. Beginning.

Bolot — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:21:18 +0000

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.

Here’s the schedule:

Nov. 25, 2011 – Jan. 25, 2012. Participants application period.
Feb. 1 – 7, 2012. Semifinal online voting.
Feb. 24 – March 2, 2012. Final voting.
March 7, 2012. Final show. The winner announcement.

Above and below are photographs of the first participants:

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Miss Yakutia 2011. Beauty constest in Yakutsk, Siberia / Russia [photos]

Bolot — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:23:06 +0000

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.

In the above photo: Olesya Kondakova-Zaharova, who won the last year’s Miss Yakutia beauty competition.

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