New Zealand-based photographer Amos Chapple decided to go on a two-day journey from Yakutsk, the coldest major city on Earth, to capture what everyday life is like in village Oymyakon, which is even colder, then Yakutsk. Much colder... With the lowest temperature of -67.7°C (-90°F), recorded in

Yakutsk, a remote city in Eastern Siberia along the Lena River, is the coldest city in the world. Located 1840 km away from Irkoustk and 5000 km away from Moscow, this city founded in 1632 by the Cossacks imposes upon its inhabitants an extreme way of life. And yet, despite particularly harsh

And that's how Kamchatka looks in Summer... At first summertime glance, the Russian peninsula of Kamchatka appears to be surrounded by a lot of very beautiful mountains. But these are no ordinary "mountains" -- in fact, Kamchatka has many volcanoes, some of which have been extremely active in

With its fiery river spewing out across a dark, volcanic wasteland, this picture could be straight from the film series The Lord of the Rings. But rather than a scene depicting the evil land of Mordor, this incredible picture has captured a volcanic eruption so powerful it spewed a lava fountain a

From the sandy beaches of the Far East, to Swiss-like villages lost in the middle of South Siberia, to German villages on the Baltic Sea coast – it is all still Russia. Tibet? This monastery is situated 100km (62 miles) from Lake Baikal, not far from the City of Ulan-Ude in the Republic of