Daily Life in Yakutia

Morning Routine

Kirill Petrov

• Starts day by heating the house
  • Uses wood-burning stove
  • Climate requires continuous heating for 9 months

Water Sources

• Drinking water through ice
  • No water treatment facilities (pipes freeze)
  • Ice harvested from river in November

Liubov's Role

• Prepares breakfast
  • Kercheh: whipped cream with strawberry jam
  • Dairy foods are common due to difficulty in growing fruits/vegetables

Aryan's Day

School Routine

• Wakes up and prepares for school
  • Local school: attends if warmer than -54°C
  • Today: -40°C, attends school

Hygiene and Breakfast

• Uses ice-cold water for washing
• Breakfast
  • Fatty pancakes and whipped cream for high energy

School Environment

• Primary School Schedule

  • Third grade, 8 students, 5-hour school day
  • Subjects: math, literature, art, geography, history, languages

• Languages

  • Russian, English, and Sakha (mother tongue)

Break and Play

• Second breakfast
  • Apple and bread
  • Play indoors due to extreme cold

Afternoon Activities

After School

• Returns home, stops at snack shop
  • Eats ice cream despite cold
  • Close-knit community (~800 people)
• House maintenance
  • Average household uses 60 cubic meters of wood

Domestic Chores

• Helps his dad
  • Crafts traditional Yakut knives
  • Daily duties: chopping firewood
• Helps mom with lunch
  • Prepares fish caught by father

Recreational Activities

Fishing

• Spends time fishing
  • Ice fishing in March
  • Immediate freezing of caught fish

Survival and Culture

• Craftsmanship

  • Traditional Yakut knives made from local iron ore and birch wood handles

• Clothing and Precaution

  • Multiple layers of clothing and insulated boots
  • Essential against temperatures as low as -55°C

• Animals

  • Yakutian horses adapted to extreme cold (able to forage in snow)

Conclusion

• Adaptation to Extreme Cold
  • Harmonious living with nature's gifts and challenges