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Photographer Captures The Lives Of People In Yakutia, Where It Gets As Cold As -58 Fahrenheit (35 Pics)
Winter can be quite painful and annoying to many people. At least to the ones living in the places of the world that have cold temperatures and piles of snow. However, this region in Russia called Yakutia, also known as the Sakha Republic, tops it off with winters that get as cold as -50 degrees Celsius (-58 Fahrenheit). The region is located 5,300 kilometers from Moscow and has almost 1 million residents.
A Yakutian photographer named Aleksey Vasiliev decided to capture the daily lives and struggles of the Yakutian people, showing what living in such a cold region looks like and what people do to pass the time. The photographer told Bored Panda: "In the past, I was an alcoholic. When I stopped drinking, I needed to fill the void that the drink left. Then photography came to me and taught me to see life more positively."
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Demongrrrrl 5 years ago
They're all wearing t-shirts! Either they have acclimated to frigid temperatures or that building is really well insulated.
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cassiushumanmother 5 years ago
Who need a professional photographer? I took almost the same picture! 20171011_1...4d396f.jpg 
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Up All Night 5 years ago
I had no idea one could put up curtains like this. I think I like it.
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grey galah 5 years ago
I bet this photo means more to the couple than those taken by foreigners at an internationally recognised building or monument. This one has heart.
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grey galah 5 years ago
You've got to admire these people living and making do with what they have.
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Mary Chapin 5 years ago
I love these photos. I may never be able to visit, but the photos give me a hint of what I would find. Thank you
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Glynna Bowood 5 years ago
This could be a painting...one of those Dutch Masters like the Girl With a Pearl Earring...
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Glynna Bowood 5 years ago
If you ware that in the woods in the US you would get shot by every Sasquatch hunter who saw you!
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Christy Bates 5 years ago
Beautiful! I love how very subtle similarities can be found throughout many cultural traditions while still being so vastly unique and breathtaking.
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Caryn Pacheco 5 years ago
Scroll down! These aren't savages! So many observations that befuddle me! Current cars. TV! Where did they get food? They have seasons? Churches? Thanks to the photographer for showing another place, another way of life! They're thriving. This area is rich with minerals, natural resources. Could offer a better quality of life. You can dress for weather.
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Otto Mõmmiste 5 years ago (edited)
Most reliable soviet era "vezdehod" aka. absolutely-all-terrain-vehicle UAZ-452 :D
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Sofiia Melnikova 5 years ago
My grandfather is from Yakutsk and I visited the place once or twice, my brightest memory is in the winter, when ice is very thick, they built like an play area out of pure ice, it had slides, thrones, and blocks of ice with fish still frozen in them, as a little kid it was very exiting and its still now.
Sheena Ferr 5 years ago
I hate the cold, but I would endure to play there. Sounds fun!
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Melissa TO 5 years ago
This is beyond amazing to me, a born and bred Floridian. It gets below 70 and we are putting on sweaters, no joke! These people must be beyond tough! I'm full of admiration!
Annie Niemands 5 years ago
Living in the same sort of longitude as this city, people here aren't really comfortable of such admiration, because the cold and long winters are not exotic to us at all. We just persist through it and shovel enough snow to continue the day-to-day. On the other hand, many people here would say they admire Floridians, how they can stand with the extreme heat and lack of seasons 😛
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Sofiia Melnikova 5 years ago
My grandfather is from Yakutsk and I visited the place once or twice, my brightest memory is in the winter, when ice is very thick, they built like an play area out of pure ice, it had slides, thrones, and blocks of ice with fish still frozen in them, as a little kid it was very exiting and its still now.
Sheena Ferr 5 years ago
I hate the cold, but I would endure to play there. Sounds fun!
Load More Replies... Melissa TO 5 years ago
This is beyond amazing to me, a born and bred Floridian. It gets below 70 and we are putting on sweaters, no joke! These people must be beyond tough! I'm full of admiration!
Annie Niemands 5 years ago
Living in the same sort of longitude as this city, people here aren't really comfortable of such admiration, because the cold and long winters are not exotic to us at all. We just persist through it and shovel enough snow to continue the day-to-day. On the other hand, many people here would say they admire Floridians, how they can stand with the extreme heat and lack of seasons 😛
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