Yakutsk, the capital of the Sakha-Yakutia Republic in north-eastern Russia, is built on permafrost. All local buildings stand on cast-in-place piles. Their walls are at least 30 centimeters [one foot] thick, or twice as much as those in the European USSR.
- Categories: Lifestyle & Leisure, Arts, Culture & Entertainment
- Location: Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russia
- Event date: 09.10.1979
- Date published: 10.10.2008
- Author: Viktor Chernov
- Source: Sputnik
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: Дп79-581, 35 mm slide
- Media: JPEG, 3930x2661px, 2.6Mb