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Boeing 747 landed in Yakutsk for low temperature tests

Bolot — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:55:28 +0000

This Tuesday Boeing 747-800 arrived in Yakutsk from Seattle for low temperature testing.

As reported, it’s still at Yakutsk Airport. Currently, we have -40 degrees Centigrade.Similar Posts:

Siberian Hachiko from Yakutsk, Yakutia / Russia [video]

Bolot — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:03:07 +0000

This homeless dog became famous. Resident of Yakutsk, Russia’s Yakutian city, was astonissed at the story of the dog.

In the harsh condition of the cold winter weather, he spent weeks behind his frozen beloved. When he was found, the corpse was taken away and he was put in a kennel in the farest suburb.

Imagine what happened the next. He escaped and went all the way back to that place and he didn’t want to leave that spot, where he lost his love.

Here’s what you can read in many news stories on the net now:

“For several weeks, a dog from Yakutia named Hachiko has remained beside the lifeless body of another dog, his female friend, in minus 50 degree weather. The dog has been celebrated as a true hero on Internet forums. Moved by the dog’s loyalty, locals have been feeding him every day and have even decided to build him a warm doghouse.
The dog was named Hachiko in honor of a famous Japanese dog whose owner died of a heart attack. Every day for seven years the dog would go to the train station to greet his owner, and every day he would leave alone. // RIA Novosti”

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Yakutia Movies Screening in Paris, France. Dec. 15, 2011.

Bolot — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:39:29 +0000

Yes, just a few days left till Yakutian movies screening in Paris, France. The event will take place on December 15th, 2011.

Location: Movie Theater, the Centre Wallonie Bruxelles, 46, Rue Quincampoix (level-2), 75004 Paris.

Five short Yakutian movies to be screened:

- Caprices of Rain. Director S. Potapov
- Kündül. Director V. Semenov
- Aantchyk N. Arzhakov. Featured Jury International Film Festival Polar, Paris 2011
- Bitten, The Prediction (The Premonition). Director Mr. Lukatchevski. Special Jury Award International Film Festival Arsen and Andrei Tarkovsky (Kiev 2011)
- Balyksyt, The Fisherman. Director V. Semenov

Don’t miss this event!

By the way, France-based adventurer, a friend of mine, François Quiquet, provided on his blog more detailed information in French about the upcoming event and embed movie trailers.

Caprices of Rain. Director S. Potapov. Trailer:
(Apple Player will be required)

François Quiquet wrote (use the above translate tool link):

Le jeudi 15 décembre à 20h : première mondiale pour cinq courts-métrages autochtones de République Sakha (Iakoutie). C’est l’occasion unique de voir des films réalisés en Sibérie du Nord.

La projection durera environ 1h30. Le public sera ensuite invité à boire le verre de l’amitié et à déguster quelques apéritifs à son issue, en parlant des films projetés.

Où cela a-t-il lieu ?
à 20h pile
à la salle de Cinéma du Centre Wallonie Bruxelles
46, Rue Quincampoix (niveau-2)
75004 Paris
à quelques pas du Centre Pompidou.

Voici la liste des films que vous pourrez apprécier en V.O. sous-titré français :

- Caprices of Rain de S. Potapov
- Kündül de V. Semionov
- Aantchyk de N. Arzhakov. Coup de Coeur du jury du Festival international du Film Polaire, Paris 2011
- Bitteni, The Prediction (Le Pressentiment) de M. Lukatchevski. Prix spécial du jury du Festival International de Films Arsen et Andreï Tarkovski (Kiev 2011)
- Balyksyt, Le Pêcheur de V. Semionov

Comment acheter les billets ?

Sur place, le billet d’entrée est à 12 euros par personne.
Vous avez la possibilité de préacheter vos billets à tarif réduit (9 euros par personne). Pour cela, vous pouvez envoyer un chèque de la somme correspondante au nombre de billets voulus à l’ordre de BOREALIA. Envoyez le chèque avant le 11 décembre à BOREALIA, 115 rue Oberkampf, 75011 PARIS
Attention places limitées. Le préachat est recommandé.

Il est aussi possible d’acheter sa place sur http://www.billetreduc.com/61942/evt.htm

Plus d’informations ?
Vous souhaitez plus d’informations ? Vous pouvez consulter le site de BOREALIA : www.borealia.eu

N’hésitez pas à envoyer un mail à contact@borealia.eu ou téléphoner au 06.07.62.93.77.

Venez nombreux et faites suivre l’information parmi vos amis et vos proches intéressés par le cinéma, l’arctique, la Sibérie, les peuples autochtones, la nature, le chamanisme, la Russie…

Ce genre de soirée étant rare, il faut en profiter et faire salle comble et avoir une discussion animée après la projection !

La fiche-évènement sur Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/events/179996408761641/

See more Sakha movie trailer videos at François Quiquet’s www.unmondedaventures.fr

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Yakutian cows lost and survived in the Siberian taiga and… got back home

Bolot — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 06:26:55 +0000

Survived young Yakutian cows in North Yakutia, Siberia / Russia. Photo from SakhaPress.ru

These three poorly-looking young Yakutian cows are big news in Russia. No kidding. They were lost in the autumn near the settlement of Sakkyryr in Eveno-Bytantaysky National District of North Yakutia, Russia, and managed to survive in taiga in extremely cold weather and got back home alive.

Here is the story.

Local farmers report that there had been six two-year-old Yakutian cows lost in the late autumn. They assumed that animals could die, especially after the arrival of the harsh minus-forty-degrees-centigrade frost, and stopped searching the lost cattle.

Just imagine how they were astonished, when seeing three of cows returned to the farm.

Experts say that in the autumn animals crossed the river near Sakkyryr and, when rains started pouring and the river was filled with high waters, they got isolated.

Instead of trying to swim and get drown, cloven-hoofed ones went into the nearest taiga and spent there all the time untill the river got finally covered with thick ice.

Three other cows have died. One of them was torn by wolves. How could the returned ones manage to survive in cold weather conditions? Was it enough for them to eat old grasses, twigs, and barks?

Local farmers say that Yakutian cows are very special and naturally adopted to harsh conditions.

Learn more about specifics of Yakutian cows in my previous post.Similar Posts:

President Dmitry Medvedev in Yakutsk to open the railway branch line in N. Bestyakh

Bolot — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:34:55 +0000

A railway station in Nizhnyj Bestyakh in front of Yakutsk on the opposite bank of the Lena River. Photo by Dmitry Medvedev.

Yep, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Yakutsk. He arrived right from Hawaii this night.

The purpose of his official visit is to discuss the issues related to housing and communal services and participate in the opening of the last constructed branch line of the railway Berkakit – Tommot – Yakutsk in the settlement of Nizhnyj Bestyakh. This place is located in front of Yakutsk on the opposite bank of the Lena River.

Amazing! The half of the day I had been waiting from local journalists for any photographs of the event, especially of the Nizhnyj Bestyakh event. But… it appeared to be Dmitry Medvedev, who took a picture and uploaded it on his Twitter account @MedvedevRussia.

President Medvedev said that the railway must come to Yakutsk via the bridge over the Lena River, not through the tunnel.

This photo was lately delivered by a Russian news agency.

The below photo was taken by me right after the lunch time in Yakutsk…

Russian President's cortège on Lenin Square in Yakutsk. He is in that dark minivan. They were heading to the Yakutsk office of ALROSA.

Btw, today’s weather is as low as -30C. Warm!Similar Posts:

Ayarkhaan is giving three concerts in London, UK, on Oct. 21-22, 2011

Bolot — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 03:36:45 +0000

Ayarkhaan

Albina Degtyareva’s AYARKHAAN female ensemble is giving three concerts in London, UK, on October 21-22, 2011. Learn more about the group and concerts’ time & locations.

AYARKHAAN

Ayarkhaan, the female ensemble from the Republic of Sakha-Yakutia in Siberia, have been at the forefront of the revival and innovation in Sakha music for many years. The principal instrument of Ayarkhaan is a khomus (jew’s harp) and the trio, led by Albina Degtyareva, also employ a variety of animal imitation techniques to create a unique interplay between human and natural sounds.

Sakha is a land of hunters and herders, and its music-making culture is a way to seek communion with the natural world, to interact with it and reproduce its ambience.

Their performances create a flow that takes the listener on a fascinating journey into the Siberian soundscape – the horses, the birds, the wind…the proto-musical world where natural and human made sounds blend.

They became a sensation at this summer’s BBC Proms and WOMAD festival

“The only concert I stayed from the beginning to end” – Lynne Franks (Britain’s PR Guru), on WOMAD performance

LONDON SERIES OF CONCERTS

CONCERT 1 – 21 OCTOBER
BRUNEI GALLERY, SOAS, Russell Square, 7 pm, Admission free

http://www.soas.ac.uk/music/events/concerts/21oct2011-spectacular-vocal-trio-from-the-depths-of-siberia.html

CONCERT 2 – 22 OCTOBER
BLOOMSBURY FESTIVAL, Russell Square, 2.30 pm, Admission free

http://www.bloomsburyfestival.org.uk/event/id/185

CONCERT 3 – 22 OCTOBER (evening)
KIT & CUTTER, The Old Nun’s Head, Nunhead, South London

http://transpont.blogspot.com/2011/10/kit-and-cutter.html

For any further information and requests contact Misha Maltsev on FB or through the FB event page.Similar Posts:

Two Yakutian films to be screened at Imagine Native Film Festival in Toronto, Canada

Bolot — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:34:19 +0000

An image from Days of Yakutia in Toronto, Canada.

What a great news! Sardana Savvina let me know that two Yakutian films are going to participate at The Imagine Native Film + Media Arts Festival in Toronto, Canada. They will be screened at Bell Light BOX Movie Theater on October 22nd and 23rd, 2011.

If by any chance you appeared to be in Toronto on those days, don’t miss the chance to visit the film festival and watch Yakutian movies. You won’t regret ever! Check the screening schedule.

Further, find films description and get energized by the While the Wind Blows movie trailer with a song performed by the famous Yakut rock band “103″ and Varya Maksimova.

Tual baarun tukaru
(While the Wind Blows)
2010, Russia, 76 min, DVCAM,
Sakha English
Director: Sergei Potapov

While the Wind Blows. A movie by Sergey Potapov.

International Premiere
Oct 22 2011, 3:30PM
TIFF Bell Lightbox, Cinema 3

Touted as the first feature film from the Sakha (Yakut) region of Russia, and the imagineNATIVE debut of young Yakut director Sergei Potapov, Tual baarun tukaru is a cinematic and mythic tour de force of good vs. evil, and a new voice in Indigenous film. In the rural expanse of the Russian wilderness, a mysterious storyteller wanders upon the feudal enclave of the Moyos family and their servants. Aiyyna, the beautiful daughter of Lord Moyos, is transfixed by the storyteller and dreaming of her future when she is abducted by Ehr Sogotokh, a lonely and mysterious castaway. Aiyyna’s fiance, Sette Timekh, son of the regional duke, mounts a campaign to rescue his lover and hunt down her captor with a squad of warriors. But meeting with Ehr changes Aiyya’s life. Reliving his strange upbringing, Ehr understands his destiny and that the battle for Aiyyna may be his last. Jealousy, betrayal and yearning test heroes and villains, a showdown between love and death. Sumptuous cinematography, landscapes and distinctive storytelling make this Beauty and the Beast tale a magical and memorable film.

This is the first feature for Sergei Potapov (Sakha). Born in the village of Suntar in the Yakutia region of eastern Russia, Sergei created several short documentary and dramatic works such as Breath, Once in Yakutsk and Whims of Rain before establishing with fellow filmmakers the Cinema Centre Production company in 2009. In production since then, this is the company’s first large-scale production. The film screened to local audiences in Yakutsk before making its international debut at imagineNATIVE.

Put’ k solnsu
(Towards the Sun)
2010, Russia, 50 min, MiniDV,
Even and Russian English
Director: Marina Kalinina

Towards the Sun. A film by Marina Kalinina.

North America Premiere
Oct 23 2011, 12:00PM
TIFF Bell Lightbox, Cinema 2

The Indigenous people of northeastern Russia have a legend about a magic reindeer that has the sun on its antlers. In this incredibly intimate and direct cinema approach, the experiences of a nomadic migratory trip made by a group of Evenki reindeer herders is told with a timeless and unique style by filmmaker Marina Kalinina. Through 500 kilometres of beautiful landscapes, harsh conditions and minus 45 degree temperatures, this film captures the daily trials, tribulations and routines of one family that still survives according to ancient ways of living.

Born in the Yakutia Russian Republic, Marina Kalinina (Even) has an extensive filmmaking background, from the horror film Naakara in 2006 to the intimate point-of-view documentary Shergin’s Mine and her current documentary series about World War Two. Put’ k solnsu caught the eye of imagineNATIVE programmers at the Skabmogovat Film Festival in Finland earlier this year.

If you wonder, who is Sardana Savvina, so here is the clue. It was her, who made two Yakutian movies screening at The Imagine Native Film + Media Art Festival possible!Similar Posts:

Tiksi in Winter. Photos by Evgenia Arbugaeva.

Bolot — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 06:37:25 +0000

Evgenia Arbugaeva, a Yakutian photographer, keeps stunning us all the time. In September – October, she is exhibiting her pictures from the project “Tiksi In Winter” in Toronto, Canada. Her photo exhibit will be a part of so-called Days of Sakha-Yakutia at Bezpala Brown Gallery.

Days of Sakha-Yakutia at Bezpala Brown Gallery
Sept. 30-Oct. 9; Oct. 15-30, 17 Church St., Toronto; bezpalabrown.com

If you are in Toronto, don’t miss a chance to see her images of the Russian Arctic seaport of Tiksi located in Yakutia in the area of the Lena Delta.

Some of Evgenia’s photographs you might see right now.

Evgenia Arbugaeva’s website.

To see more eYakutia posts with Evgenia’s photographs, click the tag Evgenia Arbugaeva.

If you like this post and are glad for Evgenia, please, feel free to share it with your friends. Thanks! Similar Posts:

Wildfires in Russia’s Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Summer 2011.

Bolot — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:54:04 +0000

Wildfires in Yakutia, North-Eastern Siberia, Russia

Just to let you know what’s going on in Yakutia, Siberia / Russia. The summer 2011 appeared to be extremely hot. Last three weeks we had temperatures much above +30C. There were days with +42C. As a result, our precious forest (taiga) got set on fire immediately. Taiga is vulnerable.

Here is what yesterday YSIA News Agency informed. Note: the text was translated by Sayyna Gogoleva and published without proof-reading.

From the beginning of flammable season 2011 have registered 378 forest fires on the main square 416 886,0 GA, have eliminated 358 fires on the main square 409 188,0 GA.

On 20th of July was founded 8 fires on the main square 701, 1 hectare, 9 fires on the main square 1 555, 1 hectare had eliminated.

As the end of the 20th July there are 20 forest fires acting(Aldanskyi – 3, Olekminskyi – 3, Amginskyi – 2, Gornyi – 2, Kobyaiskyi – 2, Megino-Kangalasskyi – 2, Nerungryiskyi – 2, Churapchinskyi – 1, Hangalasskyi – 1, Yakutsk city – 1, Namskyi – 1) on the main square 7 698,0 hectare, including 6 941,0 hectare of forest-zone.10 fires of them was eliminated on the main square 2 400,0 hectare.

For extinguishing the fire are involved 134 workers of air base, 86 workers of State Management of RS(Y) – forestry and GAU “Centerles RS(Y), 89 employees of State Management of Russian Emergencies Ministry in Yakutia and 452 volunteers, beside that 93 pieces of equipment: 4 bulldozers, 33 tractors, 56 cars, 5 helicopters MI-8, helicopter MI-8-MTV, 4 planes AN-2, helicopter MI-26 of Emergencies Ministry

As of July 21th, 2011, 20 vast wildfires were registered in Russia’s Siberian region of Yakutia, 10 of them have been already isolated, 9 doused. Suppression operations involved 1555 people, 196 vehicles and 12 helicopters, according to Yakutia Emergency Ministry’s report.

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One more new Boeing 737-700 NG aircraft for Yakutia Airlines

Bolot — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:11:28 +0000

Another Yakutia Airlines’ Boeing 737-700 NG has arrived at Yakutsk’s airport. The aircraft has performed flight directly from Budapest Franz Liszt International Airport, where it has been undergoing a preliminary maintenance at Aeroplex base, the airline’s press-service reports.

“The plane landed in Yakutsk on Monday on a direct flight from the airport of Budapest, where he was on a special basis of preparation is a form of maintenance”, – said the agency interlocutor. According to her, the aircraft will be used for interregional and international flights. “The first flight will make a brand new Boeing for 8 June to route Yakutsk to Moscow”, – explained Samsonov.

She added that within a week the airline “Yakutia” will join its fleet another aircraft Boeing 737-700. “The Boeing 737 family is the most successfully marketed in the history of civil aviation. Currently in operation around the world there are over 6,000 units of these aircraft, accounting for more than a quarter of the world’s fleet of large civil aircraft “, – said Samsonov.

Boeing 737-700 with identification number VQ-BLS has been acquired from “Aviation Capital Group” using “dry lease”-scheme. The contract’s signing and inspection of the jet have been carried out in summer 2010.

This liner may carry up to 132 passengers in two classes («business» and «economical») for 6200 km with flight speed of 850 km/h. The 737 VQ-BLS will be used for regional and international flights. The aircraft’s first flight will be performed on June 8th from Yakutsk to Moscow.

It is the second Boeing 737-700 in Yakutia Airlines’ fleet and the fourth one from «Next Generation»-family. The company will receive another Boing 737-700 in a week.

The first Boeing 737-700 has been delivered to Yakutia Airlines in July 2009. Yakutia Airlines is the third operator of this model in Russia. The first delivery of this type of jets has been completed by Boeing in 1997.

The 737-family aircrafts has become the best-selling jets in the history of civil aviation. At present more than 6100 jets from 737-family are being operated all over the world which is more than 25% of the world’s fleet of large civil aircraft.

Airline “Yakutia” was created by presidential decree in Yakutia in 2002. Today, the company is in the top 20 largest airlines in Russia in terms of passenger traffic, which is more than 1.5 billion passenger-kilometers a year. The carrier operates flights to all destinations in Yakutia and central regions of Russia, operates regular international flights to Seoul, Harbin, Dushanbe. Total company flies to 56 destinations. Its fleet consists of aircraft Boeing 737-800, Boeing 757-200, Boeing 737-700, the Tu-154, AN-140, AN-24 Antonov An-26.

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