Yakutsk

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Yakutsk, birds view at dusk. Friendship square

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Why visit Yakutsk

Remote yet booming Yakutsk stands on stilts (the shifting permafrost causes buildings to collapse otherwise) and has its water and gas delivered in giant overground pipes, the surreal, entangled sight of which might be its most enduring image to visitors.

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