The far north-east of Russia...

In Moscow they say: ‘It is full of criminals, there is famine, and the trains don’t run’.

None of this is true.

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Siberian BAM Guide - rail, rivers, and road Siberian BAM Guide - rail, rivers, and road / Includes North-East Russia’s Siberian BAM Railway, Lena River & Kolyma Highway, 2nd edition, by Athol Yates and Nicholas Zvegintzov. Trailblazer Publications, UK. 2001. ISBN 1-873756-18-6.

Secret Siberia - by Rail, River, and Road (slide show) The slide show: Secret Siberia - by Rail, River, and Road

157 pictures and maps of sights and life in summer and winter along the the BAM railway, the Lena River, Lake Baikal, and Sakha (Yakutia), many not in the guidebook.

Little girl in II Khomustakh on home-made skis

Little girl in II Khomustakh on home-made skis