Tuymaada International Olympiad Insights
REPUBLIC OF SAKHA (YAKUTIA)
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The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is the largest and one of
the most important regions in the Russian Federation. Its
area is 3,103,200 sq km it is 18.2% or one fifth of Russia's
territory, or almost two thirds of Western Europe's territory.
The people of Yakutia say that the Republic is larger than
France, Austria, Germany, Italy, Sweden, England, Finland and
Greece combined. There are three time zones in the Republic.
The local time is 6, 7 and 8 hours ahead of Moscow time. The
capital of the Republic is the City of Yakutsk, which is 8,468 km
away from Moscow.
Yakutia is full of natural contrasts. Due to its continental
climate, the air temperature fluctuates from 40 degrees above
zero in summer to 60 degrees below zero in winter. Oymyakon
settlement is considered to be the Pole of Cold, as the coldest
ever temperature recorded there was -71.2 C. Sometimes,
the clear night skies over Yakutia are illuminated by aurora.
In summer, when the sun reaches its highest point, the air is
transparent and dry. Then the white nights begin. Almost all of
the Republic is covered in permafrost. During summer, the top
layer of soil thaws to a depth of only 3.5 m.
Berelyakh is a unique place that is home to a mammoth
cemetery, where 150 mammoth bodies were found. Yakutia is
also home to the Permafrost Institute, which has an underground
laboratory that can be visited by tourists.
There is an absolutely amazing place in Yakutia: the Lena
Pillars Nature Park with vertical rock pillars that stretch for over
80 miles along the right bank of the Lena River. The park was
established in the mid-1990s and consists of two parts: "The
Pillars" and "Sinsky". On July 2, 2012, the Lena Pillars Nature
Park became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Park is 140-
200 km to the South-West of Yakutsk. Tectonic shifts that took
place 400,000 years ago created a fault in the Lena basin and
lifted the whole territory up by 200 meters, forming these
unique rocky formations.
ENGRY BEAR
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