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The Northernmost Railway in the World
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Regions, Technology, Travel
This railway is located on the Yamal Peninsula in northern Western Siberia, in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of Russia. Some of the world’s largest natural gas deposits are found here.
It consists of 5 stations and 70 bridges starting from Obskaya Station (Labytnangi) and going to Karskaya Station (the Bovanenkovo natural gas deposit). The length of the railway is 572 km, and it is located entirely beyond the Arctic Circle. Photos by: Slava Stepanov.
the railway at the edge of the world
Tags: Salekhard city · Yamalo-Nenets okrug
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Life of Reindeer Herders of the Polar Urals
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in People, Photos, Society
The Polar Urals is the northernmost part of the Ural Mountains. As well as throughout the Ural watershed, it is a geographical border between Asia and Europe, as well as an administrative border between the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the Komi Republic.
These are harsh and sparsely populated places, but due to the fact that the Vorkuta-Labytnangi Railway crosses the Polar Urals, it is relatively easy to get here. In winter, the Nenets come to the mountains of the Polar Urals with their herds of deer. Photos by: Sergey Karpukhin.
Tags: Salekhard city · Yamalo-Nenets okrug
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Salekhard – the view from above
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, Photos, Travel
Salekhard is a city with a population of about 49 thousand people, the administrative center of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District. It is the only city in the world located directly on the Arctic Circle.
It was founded as a Cossack fort of Obdorsk in 1595. At the beginning of the 19th century, the fortifications were demolished, and Obdorsk turned into a village. In 1933, it received a new name – Salekhard, which in translation from the Nenets language means “settlement on a cape”. Photos by: Slava Stepanov.
Tags: Salekhard city · Yamalo-Nenets okrug
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Transpolar Railway – The Dead Railroad
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in History, Photos, Regions
Transpolar railway (Gulag construction sites #501 and #503) is a railroad running on the way Chum – Salekhard – Igarka.
The construction of the railway began in 1947. Among the most likely reasons of the construction were the developing of infrastructure of Russian North, the simplification of supply of Norilsk, as well as improving the supply of the Northern Fleet.
Tags: Abandoned · Salekhard city · Yamalo-Nenets okrug