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Yakutsk

18th January, 2023 Geography

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Context:

  • Temperatures have plunged to minus 50 degrees Celsius (-58 Fahrenheit) this week in Yakutsk.

About:

  • Yakutsk, city and capital of Sakha republic (Yakutia), is located in far northeastern Russia, on the Lena River.
  • The Siberian city is known as the coldest place on earth.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/mad-mad-world/dress-like-a-cabbage-yakutsk-worlds-coldest-city/articleshow/97016851.cms