Yenisei River (28 photos)

Yenisey (TUV. Ulug-Khem "great river") - a river in Siberia, one of the greatest rivers of the world and Russia, which flows into the Kara Sea of ​​the Arctic Ocean. It provides food, transportation and more for more than one million people. For a whole year Reuters photographer Ilya Naimushin traveled to many actors in the region, and much of the images were made in the territories near the Yenisey River.

How was the year the mighty Yenisei River as the river changes of the seasons as residents living here - all that and more in today's article.



beginning of autumn on the Yenisei, September 13, 2012:


The name of the river comes from the Evenki "Ionesci" - big water. The length of the Yenisei River is 3487 km. August 28, 2012:


Passenger train moving along the shore of the Yenisei River, near the village of Sliznevo, June 28, 2012:


I'm sure many have seen as the ships moved from the river into the reservoir via a gateway - a special structure located between the reservoirs with different levels. But the gateway - this is not the only option for the courts. The photograph shows only Russian ship lift, September 22, 2012:


Yenisey is preparing for the winter, the temperature - minus 10 degrees, 27 October 2012:


December 7th, 2012, at the end of the Yenisei River shipping season, created a makeshift boat rings a bell:


Trees covered with frost on the banks of the Yenisei. On the street -24 Celsius, December 24, 2012:


1st International Festival of snow and ice sculptures named "Ice Magic Siberia", he was held in the beginning of the year on the bank of the Yenisei River, January 14, 2013:


Create a sculpture of the great Italian painter and architect Michelangelo, 17 January 2013:


In winter, on the banks of the Yenisei need to go prepared, January 2, 2013:


Woodworking plant on the banks of the Yenisei River in the village of Novoyeniseysk, January 31, 2013:


Fishermen:


On the frozen sections of the river you can walk in the winter, February 4, 2013:


Or ride on a special transport on 18 April 2013.


Teachings lifeguards on ice-covered Yenisey, 18 April 2013:


Competitions kiters during a regional amateur championships on the Yenisei River in taiga areas, 31 March 2013:


Winter photo shoot on the banks of the Yenisei:


After watching "Pirates of the Caribbean", the owner of a small village of Cheryomushki Alexander Marchenko, decided to build a copy of the "Black Pearl" - the ship of Captain Jack Sparrow. He plans to use the ship as a tourist attraction Yenisei:


One of the Russian troubles, July 23, 2013:


A herd of cows grazing on the banks of the Yenisei River, July 24, 2013:


Homemade milk tanker - powerboat. The driver of the truck transfer pump milk in a container, June 16, 2013:


The patrol boat in the Sayano-Shushenskoye Reserve - the habitat of a small population of snow leopards, May 25, 2013:


Abandoned ships of the Russian river fleet, June 15, 2013:


A huge number of logs. This is a consequence of the descent of water from the reservoir power plant, May 24, 2013:


Members of children's music festival in Divnogorsk, June 8, 2013:


The dam of Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station on the Yenisei River - the largest installed capacity of power plants in Russia, the 7th - among the existing hydro power plants in the world. May 27, 2013:


The power of the Yenisei. Spillway at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station on 22 August 2013.


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