Yakutsk, the coldest city in the world, as photographed by Steeve Iuncker—a few more here instagram.com/p/CKv1r0ejkn5/
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Located in the Central Yakutian Lowland, Yakutsk has the coldest winter temperatures for any major city on our Planet. The lowest temperature recorded there was −64.4 °C (−83.9 °F) on 5 February 1891 (Source: Wikipedia).
Current weather −45.2 °C
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However, its population is still growing rapidily
2010: 269,601
2020: 322,987
Yakutsk is at the centre of one the richest regions in the world—for its diamonds, first of all, but also for its gold, uranium, antimony, etc.
In Russia, only Moscow has better salaries...
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Yakutsk inhabitants love to visit one another just for few minutes, as photographer Steeve Iuncker noted: 'They would come in, take off their first layer, drink hot tea, and have a toast with jam before bundling up again and stepping outside ...
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... As if their neighbors’ abodes served as relay points along their journey.'
(Source: National Geographic, 'Shrouded in Ice and Fog', January 22, 2018 nationalgeographic.com/photography/pr)
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An 18th century view of Yakutsk with the Lena Pillars in the background ... In reality, this spectacular rock formation on the banks of the river Lena is located ca. 1500 km southward
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January 23, pro-Navalny protestors surrounded by police in Yakutsk.
On that day it was –52 °C
[Photo by Ksenia Korshun/Reuters]
