Another video with YakutiaToday.com's pictures

Download Ayarkhaan's music and ringtone

Proud to announce Ayrakhaan's music available now online on demand.

INFO: Ayarkhaan is a Yakut ethno band. Based in Yakutsk (Siberia / Russia). Established by Albina Degtyareva. The group managed to revive lost manners of the Yakut singing ? khabarha yryata, tanalai yryata, etc. Remarkable khomus (Jew's-harp) playing. More.

Six tracks are available for streaming. Here are the links:
- The Legend of the World Creation
- Initiation into Sacred Knowledge
- Appeal to the Protector of Djesegej?s Horse
- The Breath of the North
- A White Birch
- Destiny

One ringtone and all the above mentioned tracks are also available for buying and downloading from: http://yakutiatoday.com/eshop/loads.shtml .

Bookmarking & sharing button added on the website

The well-known orange square with the white cross inside has been added on the website. That's easy to find on the top.

Bookmarking and sharing YakutiaToday.com became much easer. Click on and that's it.

Another video: Ysyakh

Found out another video made out of pictures and soundtracks take from YakutiaToday.com Gallery. Photo by Evgenia Arbugaeva. Song by Guerman Khatylaev.

Yakutsk: Journey to the coldest city on earth

Two weeks ago I received a message from Shaun Walker, The Independent Moscow-based correspondent. He informed me of his coming to Yakutsk and asked for meeting and advising. So, he arrived, spent three days here, and wrote the great story Yakutsk: Journey to the coldest city on earth.

The article turned out to be a headliner in The Independent Travel Section. The story immediately was reposted in other mass media, blogs (eg, A Walsh View) and sites. It was even translated into Russian by InoPress.ru (link), and came out in local online newspaper editions.

Cool! Another good job we did!

P.S. Outdoor market in Shaun Walker's picture.

BTW, next month Zadig Productions French company's team is arriving for making a documentary of Yakutsk as one of four extreme cities on earth.

Sweet home!

I'm back home. At long last. Ready to resume site management. YakutiaToday.com will be altered soon. Meanwhile, visitors are encouraged to keep sending requests at the major email address. Let's see what we can do for you.

Update Postponed

Sorry to tell. In Romania I've got no possibility to make site updates. Actually, there is no soft to maintain the site. Hope, in the nearest future the situation will be changed.

On the way to Romania

Dear site visitors,

Currently I am on a long journey to Romania, where I'm going to stay till the end of October. While on my way and due to the absence of Internet access, site updates have been postponed. Anyway, the content work will be resumed soon. Meanwhile, forward your emails at bolotbootur[AT]mail.ru.

Sincerely,
Bolot
site manager

Google makes me happy

No kidding. Google Analytics gives me a real picture of the world's interest in Yakutia. For past July days, people visited YakutiaToday.com from as many as 90 cities of 38 nations. You may see that in the above-posted picture.

Top 10 abroad cities: 1) Birmingham, 2) Bucharest, 3) New York, 4) London, 5) Los Angeles, 6) Shinjuku, 7) Zurich, 8) Quebec, 9) Klagenfurt, 10) Ad Dammam.

The PDF file with full analytics provided.

Found out that Bucharest is interested much in the far away Siberian region. Think those site visitors might be students who are arriving in Yakutsk for the international mathematical Olympiad "Tuymaada." Hello, guys of Bucharesti, if you're reading these lines right now, just know: I am going to your city in August.

Google Analytics

On July 1, YakutiaToday.com acquired a Google Analytics account.

The reason is simple. Hotlog.ru and Webalizer Program didn't surpass our expectations for profound web statistics. Actually, they are ok. They give us an idea of the traffic. However, later we have to develop this idea ourselves. We need data, but exact, precise, accurate, whatever.

So we joined the highly praised service and now we wonder "Is it really trustworthy and reliable?" Who knows? If anyone has experience with Google Analytics, just let us know.

An interesting video

Umira, YouTube user, created an interesting video clip using YakutiaToday.com's photos. That seems to be the promotion of the site, Varya Larionova and Ysyakh (Yakut national holiday). Watch it!

RSS Feed Installed

Hi, everybody!

We've eventually installed RSS Feed for YakutiaToday.com so that you may follow site updates. The picture above shows where to find the link to the RSS file (.xml). Just copy the link and paste it to your news (feed) reader.

If any, please, check out RSSBoard.org or Wikipedia.org for more info about 'Really Simple Syndication.'

Stay up to date with us!

Connected to YouTube

Right. 'Broadcast yourself' is about us, YakutiaToday.com . We started uploading video to a YouTube.com account to make watching videos easy.

Here are some links to check out:
- A Yakut horse,
- Aitalina Adamova,
- Ayarkhaan,
- the Yakut dancing,
- 103, a newly-fledged rock band,
- taimen fishing,
- the life of Even nomads.

Ayarkhaan's blog

YakutiaToday.com helped Ayarkhaan, world-known khomus players group, and its leader Albina Degtyareva to create and launch the group's official site in the form of blog. More profound group info and latest news are available online at http://ayarkhaan.blogspot.com/. More about the site creation, please, read in news.

Off-road expedition through Yakutia

Found out that the story Off-road Expedition Through Yakutia done by Krasnoyarsk drivers from the republic's southern boarder to Magadan, attracts site visitors attention. Some displayed interest in Alexander, Lena & Volodya's experience and wish to ask them questions about the road. If you are one of those readers, feel free to get in touch with us. We may provide you with the drivers' email address.

By the way you might want to check out Mark Chorzempa's road report. It is the Brit who made the same way as Krasnoyarsk adventurers.

Russian version is justifying hopes

It seems like Russian version is justifying hopes. Recently YakutiaToday.com received a message from Mike Stokes, a U.K. exchange program coordinator.

In 1993 Mike arranged for the group of young people from Yakutsk to stay with local families in Greenock (Near Glasgow in western Scotland) and study at James Watt College, also in Greenock.

"During their 3 months in the UK I spent a lot of time with the group, visiting them in the college and in their host families and generally making sure that they were OK and were enjoying their stay in the UK," Mike wrote.

"Since then I have tried unsuccessfully on many occasions to make contact with any of these young people who wished to retain contacts with the UK but despite trying to contact local politicians etc. I have never heard from any of these young people since I last saw them at Manchester Airport. Is there any way you can help me with this or perhaps suggest other people in Yakutia that I could contact?"

So I post a story about a Yakutian group visited Scotland in 1993. Two days past and we got a message from Vladimir Arinkin, one of those young Yakutians. "I am pleased to hear that Mike still remember us," he said. Than he promised to say other group-mates about Mr. Stoke's wish to keep contact. Sounds good!

Russian Version Appeared

At long last, we aquired the Russian version. Precisely, this section is done in the format of blog. Here we are going to post information on site work and cooperation activity for Russian readers.

This site section is another opportunity for international visitors to make their messages available to Russian-speaking Yakutians. If you've got any offer or request, send it to us and we'll translate and post it on the Russian blog.

E-shop Master: CafePress.com

As you may see, we've discovered CafePress.com.

That's the easiest way to create online store. Register an account, upload and post your own media files on any desired products - all with no upfront costs. CafePress handles all product creation, credit card processing, shipping and customer service.

Products might be:
1) T-shirts & Clothing, Posters & Prints, Housewares, etc.
2) Books (you've got unique opportunity to self-publish them).
3) Audio and data CDs.

This site is perfect for designers, artists, photographers, writers, programmers and other creative persons to make money out of their works.

So Internet users are encouraged to use such opportunity. Especially, if you've got something related to Yakutia. We think your selling T-Shirts with pictures of Yakutia is another good way to promote the exotic unknown region. If you're ready to sell pieces related to Yakutia, just let us know. We'll post links to your products and be sure we are ready to reforward traffic to your e-shop.

We noticed that YakutiaToday.com is often visited from the USA, Australia, Hong Kong, Germany, UK, Canada, Japan. If you're from these nations, click on links to your countries to see what CafePress has to offer you.

*Shipping rates are not so high, indeed.

Good luck!

By the way, don't forget to visit YakutiaToday.com Online Store.

YakutiaToday.Com Online Store

T-shirts, mugs, mousepads, caps, messenger bags, magnets, calendar prints... And all of them with reference to Yakutia. No, I am not kidding. Souvenirs e-shop works, indeed. Check and buy products at http://www.cafepress.com/yakutia .

Yakutia is really undermined...

A letter arrived:

"...Yakutia to me, not only its beautiful country but it has tremendous potential in becoming a hot tourist spot. Not that I want more tourists there to spoil nature...lol. But due to lack of information on the internet and tourism agencies throughout the world, Yakutia is really undermined in its very huge potential to place it in importance in the world map.

Sadly, be in Singapore where I live or in most countries where I travel for business, most people never heard of the word Yakutia or anything related. When I ask how about North-Eastern Siberia? Most funny replies are... anywhere east of Moscow..."

L.Leong
from Singapore

Three ways of requesting

Decided to modify the site a little bit.

Now you may make your request in three ways: 1) email (more confidential), 2) forum (in case of searching answers from any forum residents) or 3) blog (if blog is your convinient mean of communication).

If the latter option is the case, you may leave your message below.

Interns to come

Glad to inform that Translation Department of Yakutsk State University is sending five four-year students to have internship in YakutiaToday.com's editorial office. It means more big stories to appear on the website. Cool!

Information Centre

Feel myself as an Information Centre. Regularly I recieve requests for Yakutians' contact information. That's cool. YakutiaToday.com is designed to introduce the republic to Internet users. So feel free to get in touch with us.

68 Nations

Since January 1, 2007
YakutiaToday.com has been visited by Internet users of
68 nations.

TOP 10:
- USA (20.08%)
- Russia (16.09%)
- Australia (11.04%)
- UK (6.52%)
- Germany (6.10%)
- Canada (3.79%)
- Turkey (3.36%)
- Finland (2.52%)
- Italy (2.00%)
- the Netherlands (1.89%)

Other nations interested in Yakutia:
Spain, France, Hong Kong, Belgium, Sweden, China, Poland, Japan, Austria, India, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Bulgaria, Israel, the Slovak Republic, Roumania, Singapore, Switzerland, Denmark, Luxemburg, Slovenia, the Philippines, the Czech Republic, Europe (unidentified IP), Iran, Latvia, Malta, Tailand, Estonia, Brazil, Iceland, Morocco, Nigeria, Ukraine, South Korea, Algeria, Afghanistan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

P.S. The data was powered by HotLog.ru.

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To Russians:
C 1 janvarja s.g. sajt YakutiaToday.com posetili pol'zovateli Internet iz 68 stran mira. CHem ne rezul'tat?

Gratitude

I recieved email message from Igor, who used to live in the settlement of Deputatsky, Yakutia, and who works now in Boston, USA. He said "Thanks for your maintaining YakutiaToday.com.'

I was shocked. That was the first time when I heard any gratitude. Actually, I am working on the site, just because I feel the duty. There must be the site about Yakutia in English and there should be someone to make it. That's it. But, damn, to hear the word 'thank' was really pleasant to me!

Thanks, Igor, for your thanks.

Blog must live

Hello, web-site visitors!

Here we are. Since now we have YakutiaToday.Com Editor's blog. Hope to make the site more interactive and attractive thanks to Google's endeavours. And do believe you, dear site visitors, will help our team to improve the Internet resource dedicated to the biggest and coldest Russian region.

Just curious. What do you think about YakutiaToday.Com? Like it or not?

Best Regards,
Bolot.