Highway to Yakutsk

Russian highway to the far east Gallery
Photographing Russia: Pasik [photographer] (undated, circa 21-Sep-06), Russian roads 4, English Russia [entertaiment blog focusing on Russian speaking countries; "just because something cool happens daily on 1/6 of the Earth surface"], online at englishrussia.com (accessed 28-Jul-07).


"Fuel, food, firearms and steel tow-line are the things that are needed most these days on this Federal highway."

Which is to say that Mother Russia eats her own...These photos show the only highway from Moscow to the major economic center of Lena (formerly Yakutsk), in the far east, about 300 miles south of the Arctic Circle.

 

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