Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 17 hours ago
Why do people choose to live here? How do they heat their houses? What do you need to wear to keep your body safe and what should you do to stay healthy? How do locals manage not only to survive but also to strive in this harsh environment? Let’s go to the coldest city in the world to find the answers to these questions.
Yakutia is the coldest inhabited place in the world where temperature in winter can go below -70C. This is the biggest republic of Russia which almost equals the size of India, however the whole population of the region is less than 1 million people.
Time codes:
00:00 Sakha Republic - the Coldest inhabited place in the world
01:12 How to get to Yakutsk city
03:22 History and facts about Yakutia
04:37 The Coldest Market in the World
06:30 What is COLD for locals?
07:28 Walrus club! Ice water plunge at... -40C!
17:57 How to stay healthy in such extreme climate?
19:44 Yakut national sports
22:36 How Yakutsk city functions on permafrost
25:37 Houses in Yakutsk, utility bills for heating
27:43 What to wear outside in Yakutsk
28:51 City on Permafrost
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📍 More videos:
youtu.be/BpZHXmrfjLg - Life in Russia's COLDEST CITY - Yakutsk | Yakut habits, heatwave(-35 C°), my walrus-friends
youtu.be/sFWtQ5AV0vg - COLDEST PLACE on Earth (-71°C, -96°F) Why people live here? | Oymyakon, Russia
youtu.be/R7dC5SHaqbQ - Nomadic Life of Khanty people in Far North of Russia | Yamalo-Nenets region
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Songs from the video:
youtube.com/watch?v=kOoMagQJhpQ - Бэйэ дьоно. Урут керсубут буол
youtube.com/watch?v=mEtd8olRXD4 - Samadhi Saki "Саха тыыннаах"
youtu.be/xJTnxMoK0bo?si=OK1CJG9Xo0ZbAkLh - Кеша Лебедев. Гимн ММА Саха сирэ
youtube.com/watch?v=oDIj1qOf71A - Tyas Uus - Бытарыйыам
Why do people choose to live here? How do they heat their houses? What do you need to wear to keep your body safe and what should you do to stay healthy? How do locals manage not only to survive but also to strive in this harsh environment? Let’s go to the coldest city in the world to find the answers to these questions.
Yakutia is the coldest inhabited place in the world where temperature in winter can go below -70C. This is the biggest republic of Russia which almost equals the size of India, however the whole population of the region is less than 1 million people.
Time codes:
00:00 Sakha Republic - the Coldest inhabited place in the world
01:12 How to get to Yakutsk city
03:22 History and facts about Yakutia
04:37 The Coldest Market in the World
06:30 What is COLD for locals?
07:28 Walrus club! Ice water plunge at... -40C!
17:57 How to stay healthy in such extreme climate?
19:44 Yakut national sports
22:36 How Yakutsk city functions on permafrost
25:37 Houses in Yakutsk, utility bills for heating
27:43 What to wear outside in Yakutsk
28:51 City on Permafrost
📌https://elibakunova.su/ - more about my projects & partnerships
✉️ travel.elina07@gmail.com - email for partnerships
🤍 patreon.com/elifromrussia - you can find more content, get early access to my videos and support my channel through Patreon
📍 More videos:
youtu.be/BpZHXmrfjLg - Life in Russia's COLDEST CITY - Yakutsk | Yakut habits, heatwave(-35 C°), my walrus-friends
youtu.be/sFWtQ5AV0vg - COLDEST PLACE on Earth (-71°C, -96°F) Why people live here? | Oymyakon, Russia
youtu.be/R7dC5SHaqbQ - Nomadic Life of Khanty people in Far North of Russia | Yamalo-Nenets region
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📸 @elibakunova - more content about Russia, cultures, traveling, and my daily life
___
Songs from the video:
youtube.com/watch?v=kOoMagQJhpQ - Бэйэ дьоно. Урут керсубут буол
youtube.com/watch?v=mEtd8olRXD4 - Samadhi Saki "Саха тыыннаах"
youtu.be/xJTnxMoK0bo?si=OK1CJG9Xo0ZbAkLh - Кеша Лебедев. Гимн ММА Саха сирэ
youtube.com/watch?v=oDIj1qOf71A - Tyas Uus - Бытарыйыам
