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Discover "Seven Wonders of Yakutia" with National Tour Operator "Planet Yakutia". 

The City of Yakutsk: World's largest city on permafrost, founded in 1632. Explore Yakutsk and attend Ysyakh, the biggest traditional Yakut festival and celebration of the nature's revival and beginning of the new life cycle - Yakut New Year.  

Lena Pillars Nature Park, an impressive chain of sharp-pointed rocks resembling pillars about 490-985 ft high, that extends for about 50 miles along the Lena River. Lena Pillars Nature Park has been recently added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. 

Olonkho is a heroic epic tale of the Yakuts, declared as the world's oral and intangible masterpiece by UNESCO. It is performed by an Olonkho singer or story-teller.

Buluus: this non-melting glacier reforms every winter, thanks to an underground spring, and in the summer, in 90 degree F weather, the thickness of the ice reaches up to 3 meters (9.8 feet). For many visitors, a walk on this glacier is the experience of a lifetime.

White nights: June-July is a great time to see the Northern wilderness in its full glory and enjoy white nights when the sun sets over the horizon only for an hour or half an hour.

Mammoth is the second brand of Yakutia, after diamonds. The tusks and bones of mammoths are used traditionally in Yakutia to make souvenirs. There is a unique Mammoth Museum in Yakutsk that has one of the world's most diverse collections of exhibits from the Ice Age. 

Permafrost: About 40% of Yakutia lies above the Arctic circle and all of it is covered by permafrost. There is a Kingdom of Permafrost in Yakutsk, an underground tourist attraction inspired by the extreme cold of Yakutia. The 150 meter deep (apprx. 492 feet) complex of tunnels in the Russian permafrost are decorated with hundreds of ice sculptures. Ask the staff for a chance to try a shot of vodka - from a shot glass made of ice. 

To learn more about 2013 tours to Yakutia and the Russian Far East, click HERE 

Anchorage, Alaska. Photo: Frank Flavin, Courtesy of ATIA

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Visit Anchorage will be represented at the Pacific International Tourism Expo in Vladivostok, May 17-19, 2013. Click here to learn more.   

Learn more about connecting to the Russian Far East through Anchorage HERE  

Make the most of your visit to the Russian Far East. The 18th Annual Meeting of the Russian American Pacific Partnership (RAPP) will take place on 17-18 September, 2013 in Vladivostok, Russia. On your way to the RAPP meeting, consider visiting Yakutsk, Kamchatka or Khabarovsk to explore business opportunities or see the sites.

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RAPP is a bilateral forum engaging the private-sector and government to identify and address barriers to business and commerce between the Russian East and the United States. Committed RAPP volunteers, private-sector partners, and government representatives collaborate to expand opportunity between Russia's East and the western United States. Click here to read more about RAPP. 

Walk along the rocks of the edges of each cove, where starfish and sea anemones live in abundance. Photo: Catherine Trainor

Nakhodka, a city about four hours north of Vladivostok, is best known for its active port - but the most spectacular part of this area of Primorsky Krai is the small, nearby coves on the Sea of Japan. They are easily accessible by car, yet feel a world away. The beaches are naturally sandy and the water is warm enough to swim in during July and August.