På gång i Yakutsk, Russia under året

Mycket folk — New Year holidays, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Deep winter (20 nov – 5 mar (vanligtvis)), Lena ice road (15 dec – 15 apr (vanligtvis)), New Year holidays (31 dec – 8 jan (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Maslenitsa, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Maslenitsa

  16–22 febKarnevalTrångt

  Pancake week before Orthodox Lent: blini at cafes and street stalls, and open-air fairs with folk music and games in the main square and city parks. It peaks on the Sunday, when a straw effigy of winter is usually burned. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Deep winter (20 nov – 5 mar (vanligtvis)), Lena ice road (15 dec – 15 apr (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Maslenitsa (16–22 feb), Deep winter (20 nov – 5 mar (vanligtvis)), Lena ice road (15 dec – 15 apr (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Lena ice road (15 dec – 15 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Victory Day, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Victory Day

  9 majNationell helgdagStängningarTrångt

  9 May is a public holiday marked in every city with a morning parade or wreath-laying in the centre, and usually fireworks after dark. Central streets close for hours and public transport is rerouted; security measures have scaled some events back in recent years. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Ysyakh, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Lena boat season

  1 jun – 30 sep · vanligtvisSommarsäsongen öppnar

  The ferry restarts and the boats to the Lena Pillars run for about four months — the only way to reach the rock columns upstream, a full day each way. Everything on the river is timed against the freeze that ends it.

• Säsong

  Mosquito season

  5 jun – 5 aug · vanligtvisInsekter & sjukdomar

  The thaw turns the permafrost surface into standing water and the taiga produces mosquitoes in clouds. Head nets are sold in supermarkets, not outdoor shops, which tells you what the summer is like away from the wind.

• Festival

  Ysyakh

  18 jun – 1 jul · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  The Sakha midsummer festival, held on a field outside town on the last weekend of June: kumys drunk from carved cups, circle dancing that runs all night, wrestling and horse racing. Tens of thousands come and beds are gone well ahead. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Ysyakh, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Lena boat season (1 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), Mosquito season (5 jun – 5 aug (vanligtvis)), Ysyakh (18 jun – 1 jul (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Lena boat season (1 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), Mosquito season (5 jun – 5 aug (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Lena boat season (1 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Stängt

  No crossing at freeze and break-up

  15 okt – 10 dec · vanligtvis

  For several weeks each autumn, and again in May, the Lena carries loose ice: too broken for the ferry, too thin to drive on. The highway east simply stops, and hovercraft or a flight is the only way across. Källa ↗

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Säsong

  Deep winter

  20 nov – 5 mar · vanligtvisExtrem kyla

  The coldest city of its size anywhere, built on permafrost with its buildings up on piles and its pipes above ground. Cars are left running outside shops, phones die in minutes, and the fog you see is the town's own breath.

Pågår fortfarande: No crossing at freeze and break-up (15 okt – 10 dec (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — New Year holidays, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Öppning

  Lena ice road

  15 dec – 15 apr · vanligtvisIssäsong

  There is no bridge over the Lena anywhere in Sakha, so once the ice is thick enough the river becomes the road and the trucks run supplies out over it. Driving on a marked lane across a kilometres-wide river is ordinary here. Källa ↗

• Helg

  New Year holidays

  31 dec – 8 jan · vanligtvisNationell helgdagStängningarBoka tidigt

  The longest break of the Russian year: usually the first eight days of January or more are non-working. Offices, banks and many services close, while trains, flights and hotels fill with holidaying families at peak fares. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: No crossing at freeze and break-up (15 okt – 10 dec (vanligtvis)), Deep winter (20 nov – 5 mar (vanligtvis))