by bolot on March 23, 2012
One of FAQs is “How to make it from Yakutsk to Chukotka overland?” Here is the living answer. Follow Moscovite’s 4wd expedition launched in the early March 2012 and about to complete by the end of the current month.
They started in Nerungri, South Yakutia, and plan to finish in Chukotka. I think, it should be Pevek.
Their route is Nerungri – Yakutsk – Kyubyume – Oymyakon – Kyubyume – Ust Nera – Sinegorie (Magadan Oblast, see the above photo) – Susuman – Magadan – Kadykchan – Ust Nera (back to Yakutia) – Sasyr – Zyryanka – Srednekolymsk – Bilibino (Chukotka) – … and once again Chukotka.
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by bolot on January 26, 2012
This is the way the protest against unfair elecations is done in the city of Barnaul in Siberia, Russia. By toys LEGO and Kinder.
At the first glance, it looks funny and smart (no fun to stay outdoor in the cold), but it is not so funny now for the mini protest organizers. Russian police started invistigation.
The toy protest was arranged by student Olga Artamonova and her felllows. She says that the protest was actually against the permission system existing in Russia. As you know, any organization, that plans to get our for the protest, is required to inform the police and local authorities about it in advance.
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by bolot on January 24, 2012
Slow-motion video with clouds over Olkhon Island at Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. Pretty relaxing. And nature is awesome!
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by bolot on December 24, 2011
CNN shared VICE’s reportage about Vissarion (aka Sergey Anatolyevitch Torop, aka the Teacher), founder of the Church of the Last Testament.
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by bolot on December 18, 2011
by bolot on December 11, 2011
Lunar Eclipse looked the best from Siberia, Russia!
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by bolot on November 29, 2011
Bering Strait between Russian and USA. A space image.
How will Bering Strait look like, if the 60-billion-dollars Siberian-Alaskan Railway bridge be constructed? Totally different, we might guess.
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by bolot on November 23, 2011
Why do brown bears rise on their hind legs?
Igor Shpilenok is a famous Russian blogger and photographer. Regularly, he posts on his LJ blog fascinating photographs of animals living in nature reserves across the country. One of his lovely place is Kronotsky Nature Reserve in Kamchatka, Russia.
And he’s got the answer to the question, “Why do bears rise on their hindfoot?”
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by bolot on November 22, 2011
“A behind the scenes look at my trip to Chukotka, Russia. I was traveling around Chukotka starting with Anadyr (capital of Chukotka) and into the very deep Tundra where nobody lives except small tribal groups of reindeer herders, staying and photographing them in their everyday life, and it was a life changing experience.” (c) Sasha Leahovcenco.
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by bolot on November 18, 2011
I do really like Valery Titievsky’s street photographs of Novosibirsk, Russia. It’s his home city and it’s where he lives and works. Valery is a pro photographer.
Thanks to him, we can follow the winter life of the Siberian city of Novosibirsk.
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