Spectacular ice show attracts mesmerised crowds of onlookers in Surgut as world’s 7th longest river defies spring.
This is precisely how Yakutia gets its impressive river fleet ready for the new season of navigation.
Divers brave minus 45C to place a 'New Year Tree' beneath the ice on bed of the mighty Lena River.
They dived into rivers and lakes to celebrate the Orthodox Christian holiday of Epiphany.
At first sight it maybe a UFO but in fact this both a boat and a plane - and it is to be tested in Spring on the River Lena in the Sakha Republic.
Lena Pillars, a World Heritage Site, hit by the rampant flames, as calls grow for greater efforts to tackle infernos.
Model Amina Karat, 34, poses on the Saamys-Kumaga sands in Yakutia.
Major engineering achievement will connect Russia’s largest region to Moscow by train for the first time.
A grave on Lena River sand bank ‘proves site north of Yakutsk city is not historic original Cossack settlement’ in coldest region.
After a series of delays, Prime Minister orders the line to Russia’s diamond capital Yakutsk to be ready for the first passengers by July.