ВЗИС 105 км
The place
VZIS 105 km ("VZIS PK105 temporary siding") in the Republic of Sakha, Lensk/Peleduy area (eastern Siberian taiga, lower Lena, Russia), at true elevation ~300 m (record showing 0 m in error), Siberian taiga. Continuous eastern Siberia Russia cluster (batches 260-411). Temporary construction shack for the Lensk-North pipeline construction road (Lensk 25,000 inhabitants ALROSA diamonds + Peleduy 3,000 inhabitants + Lena 4,400 km longest river in Siberia 10th longest worldwide + Sakha Republic 3.1 M km² largest district in Russia iconic + Yakuts/Evenks heritage (Turkic people Yakuts 480,000 Yakut language + Tungusic Evenks 40,000 Evenk language + paleo-Siberian Yukaghirs 1,600 endangered Yukaghir language + iconic Verkhoyansk coldest inhabited place on Earth -67.8°C 6 February 1933 iconic + iconic Vorkuta/Kolyma Gulag heritage 1930-1960 20 M prisoners + iconic Yakutia diamond heritage ALROSA world's largest producer 30% iconic + iconic Mirny diamonds discovered 1955 iconic pit 525 m 2nd deepest in the world + iconic Power of Siberia gas pipeline heritage 2019 3,000 km Sakha-China $400 billion 30 years iconic + iconic Siberia wildfires 2019 2020 2021 16 M ha burned climate change iconic + iconic permafrost thaw 60% of territory threatening infrastructure iconic + iconic invasion of Ukraine 24 February 2022 Western sanctions on diamonds).
The setting
Sakha Lensk/Peleduy eastern Siberia taiga lower Lena Russia elevation 0 m in error ~300 m actual Siberian taiga, continuous cluster batches 260-411, temporary construction shack Lensk-North road pipeline + Lensk 25,000 ALROSA diamonds + Peleduy 3,000 + Lena 4,400 km 10th longest worldwide + Sakha 3.1 M km² largest district in Russia iconic, Yakuts/Evenks Turkic Yakuts 480,000 Yakut + Tungusic Evenks 40,000 Evenk + paleo-Siberian Yukaghirs 1,600 endangered Yukaghir + Verkhoyansk coldest inhabited place on Earth -67.8°C 6 Feb 1933 iconic + Vorkuta/Kolyma Gulag 1930-1960 20 M + ALROSA diamonds world's largest producer 30% iconic + Mirny 1955 iconic pit 525 m 2nd deepest worldwide + Power of Siberia 2019 3,000 km Sakha-CN $400B 30 years iconic + Siberia wildfires 2019 2020 2021 16 M ha burned climate iconic + permafrost thaw 60% threatening iconic + invasion of Ukraine 24 Feb 2022 sanctions on diamonds.
