When it is below -45C (-49F) schoolchildren from first to fifth grade do not go to school. When iy is colder than -47C (-52.6F) eighth graders are also permitted to stay at home. When it becomes as cold as -50C (-58F) all children miss school classes. Many years ago they didn’t go to school but they didn’t stay at home either. They came outside and played different winter games. Today they prefer the Internet and video games.
We are going to visit one school of Yakutsk right now.
Meanwhile the temperature is – 46C (-50.8F).
This school is one of the best in the city. Today they have 700 pupils and two branches.
It starts from the bright building.
They have many warm clothes on!
Timetable hangs on the wall.
“Hwow I spent my summer”. By the way, summer in Yakutia is rather hot. +30C (86F) and even hotter.
The bell sounds like a national musical instrument combined with sounds of nature which is very cool.
They have ballet classes too.
The school is given many presents.
The director of the school collects bells from all around the world.
Guimbarde museum (it’s a national musical instrument).
The pupil of the school is on the cover.
It’s a rockstar-club!
This is their art museum – expositions vary from classic to modern art.
1960s.
“I love you, Yakutsk!”
Winter is more a state of mind than the temperature outside. Even very cold days can be bright and wonderful.
via alexcheban
looks better than most schools in Germany 🙂
Absolutely.
In Yakutia they are’t any russians?
This is ethnic school for Yakuts. It’s name is Yakutsk city national gymnasium.
Mongol descendants with a coating of slavic culture.
Yakuts are of similar descent as native-american far north tribes that live in alaska. They are as much Mongol as they are Cherokee. Juss saying.
Nice school. The children look very happy.
What is the language present in the all texts in the images? (not Russian – the other one in kirilyc script)
What language can you expect in Yakutia? May be Yakut language? 😉
Russian is also taught at this School.
Yakut (Sakha yakut.) – Yakut language belongs to the Turkic group of languages.
Photos 2 and 3…why they show children shooting the guns???!!
Ad for some children bench championship. Yakuts, just like chukchi, mansi and other northern natives are naturally good at shooting, being born hunters. It’s their favorite sport.
This is propaganda.
This is a good school only because it is for ethnic Yakuts. Russians have no chance to study in such school.
Oh, that’s no true. That’s because this school is common and with specialty in native language. In the best school in yakutia, republic lyceum, are studied both of nations: russian, yakutsk, and also national minorities: evenks, evens, dolgans, ekagiry and others of many nationalites in Russia. Yes, we have not strong enough economy and infrastructure, but at least, in yakutia, we still can get good education
Americans looking forward to bring freedom and democracy to Yakutia. ready to kill innocent peoples as thay just do all around the world, Iraq, Afganistan, Suriya, Kosova, Vietnam, Korea, Mali, Sudan, Somalia, Colombia, Venezuela ,,,,, Coming closer to Russia
Beautiful school. Disciplined and happy children. In a far off corner of Russia.