Oymyakon

The coldest town on earth

A fld leghidegebb vrosa.

If you get up in the morning and you see that the temperature outside is -71 C, for sure you live in Oymyakon. (Although we should clarify, that this extreme temperature was reached only once; in 1926.)

Ha reggel felkelsz, s ltod, hogy a kls hmrsklet -71 C, akkor biztosan Oymyakon vrosban lsz. (Br tisztzni kell, hogy ez az extrm hmrsklet csak egyszer, 1926-ban fordult el.)

Memorial of the lowest temperature recorded in a populated area. A lakott terleten elrt legalacsonyabb hmrsklet emlkmve.

The town is located in the Russian republic of Yakutia in Siberia, on a plateau 750 meters above sea level. The winter last for 9 months here. The climate is extreme because the mountain ranges surrounding it prevents the heavy cold air masses that cover the valley to escape.

A vros az orosz Yakutia Kztrsasgban, Szibria szaknyugati rszn tallhat, egy750 m tengerszint feletti fennskon. A tl 9 hnapig, vagy tovbb tart. A szlssges ghajlatot a vlgyet krlvev hegylncnak ksznheti, ami megakadlyozza a nehz hideg lgtmegek tvozst.

Its population of 2200 inhabitants lives far from the amenities that usualy cities provide. The students attend classes only if the temperature does not fall under -52 C.

A npessge 2200 f, s knyelme messze van attl amit ltalban a vrosok nyjtanak. A dikok iskolba csak akkor mennek, ha a hmrsklet nem esik -52 C al.

Oymyakon is a s frozen landscape, immersed in a snow for nine months. Oymyakon kilenc hnapig egy hval takart, fagyott tj.

During fishing, the fish is already covered with ice as it leaves the water. Thirty seconds is enough for it to be frozen hard as a rock. Another curiosity of this place is; in a supermarket no one can buy a carton of milk, there is no milk in liquid form, but only frozen like a marble block.

Halszat kzben, amint a halat kiemelik a vzbl mr jg bortja. Harminc msodperc elg, hogy olyan kemny fagyjon, mint a k. Egy msik rdekessge ennek a helynek; senki sem vsrohat a szupermarketben egy karton tejet, mert folykony tej nincs, csak fagyott llapotban, mint egy mrvny darab.

Freezing is free. Within three seconds of leaving the water, the fish are hard as rocks.

A fagyaszts ingyenes Amint a hal elhagyja a vizet, hrom msodperc alatt kkemnny fagy.

In this picture, we can imagine what it's like a walk down town. E kpet nzve, el tudjuk kpzelni, milyen lehet egy kis sta a belvrosban.

Interestingly, the name Oymyakon means water that never freezes. The government decided to build the city here because of the presence of hot water springs. In addition, Oymyakon is in a valley surrounded by high mountains that stop the wind. This makes it more bearable, the extreme temperatures in winter, but during the brief summer period, the temperature can reach +35 C. (Can you imagine the great differences in temperature?)

rdekes mdon az Oymyakon nv jelentse: "a vz soha nem fagy meg. Itt a melegviz-forrsok jelenlte hozta ltre a vros ptst. Ezen kvl, Oymyakon vlgyt krlvev hatalmas hegyek teljesen gtoljk a szelet, gy tlen az alacsony hmrsklet kiss elviselhetbb, de ugyanakkor a rvid nyr alatt elrheti a 35 C meleget is. (El tudod kpzelni a nagy hmrsklet klnbsget?)

In the early twentieth century it was a place of reindeer herding. Later in its heyday, the Soviet regime created a city equipped with all necessities. It created an important development as the mountains of the region are extremely rich in gold, silver, platinum and other metals. However, most residents of Oymyakon are barely above the poverty line. A huszadik szzad elejn a terletet rnszarvastenysztsre hasznltk. Ksbb a szovjet rendszer fnykorban, minden szksgletekkel elltott vross vlt, mivel a krnyez hegyek rendkvl gazdagok aranyban, ezstben, platinban s ms fmekben ami fontos fejlesztst hozott ltre. Ugyanakkor a lakossg nagy rsze alig lpte t a szegnysg kszbt.

Now the city survives on local resources (as before), especially livestock, hunting and fishing, and also of tourism which is a destination for many adventurers and eccentrics.

Most a vros, (gy mint azeltt), az llattenyszts, vadszat s halszat helyi lehetsgeire tmaszkodva l, valamint turizmusbl, ami sok kalandoz klncnek clja lett.

About after 2 hours at -52 C

Kb. 2 ra utn -52 C-on

The mayor issues a certificate stating the visit of the coldest point, where very few tourists come each year.

-56 C

A polgrmester igazost ad ki a leghidegebb pont ltogatsrl, ahov vente csak kevs trists jn.

To reach Oymyakon one must take the Kolyma highway, a road built by Stalins order, by convicts and political prisoners. Many thousands of them died during the tough construction and they were later buried under the pavement, that is why the Kolyma highway is known as the "road of bones."

Ahhoz, hogy elrjk Oymyakon-t a Kolyma autplyn kell menni, amit Stalin rendelsre: eltltekel s politikai foglyokkal ptetettek. Azok kzl, az pts nehz krlmnyeitl, tbb ezren elpusztultak s az aszfalt al lettek temetve. Ezrt a Kolyma autplya a csontok tja nven ismeretes .

As you can see in the image before, in winter snow on the roads is so thick that many trucks end up literally buried under the snow, and in summer the route turns into a quagmire in which it is very often bogged down.

Amint az elz kpen lthat, tlen a h az utakon olyan vastag, hogy sok teherautt maga al temet, s nyron az tvonal ingovny alakul, ahol nagyon gyakran leragadnak a jrmvek.

The vehicles arriving at Oymyakon are equipped with double glass to keep out cold air from the cabin, and the engine must remain running for as long as its fuel last, otherwise it almost instantly freezes. Az Oymyakonba rkez jrmvek dupla vegezssel vannak felszerelve, hogy az utastrbl a hideg levegt tvol tartsk. A motort, amg zemanyag van, llandan jratni kell, klmben szinte azonnal lefagy.

The animals of the area have adapted to the rigors of time. Oymyakon horses are very robust, short-legged and with thick fur. They have been used in many polar expeditions. They are semiwild horses and rarely accept to be mounted. They are used as beasts of burden and their meat is highly valued by the villagers who eat very few vegetables, because most fruits and vegetables are ruined at such low temperatures. A krnyk llatai alkalmazkodtak az idjrshoz; az oymyakoni lovak, nagyon ersek, rvid lbak s vastag szrzetek, szmos sarki expedcin hasznltk ket. Fl-vad lovak szinte lehetetlen lovagolni rajtuk. Igavon llatoknak hasznljk, s hst a helyiek nagyon nagyra becslik, akik nagyon kevs zldsget esznek mert a legtbb gymlcs s zldsg az ilyen alacsony hmrskleten tnkremegy.

Water transporting

Vz szllts

Translated by: Fordtotta: