Oymyakon - the coldest village in Russia and one of the coldest populated areas of the world Bashny.Net

Average winter temperature - -45 ° C, but also live here lyudi



From 500 to 800 people called Lost in the snow house village Oymyakon. All year round, this small group of people living in lyutom cold. The settlement was founded as a fort - here referred to political prisoners during the time of Stalin's repression.





Long winter night in this place lasts 21 hours, and the average winter temperature is -45 ° S.Posёlok located just a few hundred kilometers from the Arctic Circle, but is a very civilized place. In the village there is a school that is only closed at temperatures below -52 ° C.

In the village there is no mobile phone, and the majority of cars and trucks are useless. Pipes can peremёrznut a matter of hours. Constantly running powerhouse - it is necessary that she did not stop for a minute and worked 24 hours a day.





Bury the dead are almost impossible promёrzla land and, therefore, to dig a grave - a difficult task. Where it is planned to dig a grave, bonfires, and they need to constantly burn for quite a long time to warm the soil. The process can take several days. Previously, the inhabitants practiced a kind of Tibetan celestial funeral, leaving the body hanging in the trees, where they were eating the wild animals, but the government put an end to this practice.





It's too cold to grow vegetables, fruit and cereals. The only food - fish, reindeer meat, horse meat and milk.





What is strange, one of the most important sources of income in Oymyakon - tourism, as one of the main attractions - swimming. Tourists take a call and jump into the icy water, and indigenous people swears that this practice - a sure way to never get sick, they regularly swim in the icy water. They say that the jump into the icy water - not too difficult and frightening, but then get out of the water in the outdoor cold air - a real test.





Also, tourists are attracted by the hunting of deer, winter fishing, bath in the hot springs. Though, probably, the term "hot spring" may not be what you imagine.





via factroom.ru