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A two-story residential building broke apart as layers of permafrost thawed during a summer heatwave in Yakutsk, Russia-often referred to as the "World's coldest city."
This warming climate-the average annual temperature in Yakutsk has risen more than four degrees over the past few decades-is leading to increased melting of the highest permafrost layers on which the city lies, threatening the very foundations of its buildings as the ground subsides.
"The change of landscape tremendously affects any kind of buildings or roads or structure that you have," Amber Soja, from NASA's Langley Research Center, told Newsweek.
The building in Yakutsk, located in the city's outskirts, started breaking apart in the early hours of June 24, when a roughly 4-inch crack appeared inside three flats and on the outer walls, The Siberian Times reported.
Most buildings in Yakutsk are built on deep concrete piles that sink deep into the permafrost in order to provide a solid foundation.
As Yakutsk and the wider region experiences rising air and ground temperatures, increased permafrost melting can cause the ground to subside, which can lead to the collapse of buildings.

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I'm sure every TWD fan is aching to know more about the outbreak, what started it and if the whole world is affected. Concepts like mine have probably been posted on here many times before, but I'd still love to see what ideas you like/dislike or what you'd want to add to/remove from my concept.
I really liked the way Fear The Walking Dead portrayed the first days of the outbreak in Los Angeles, the lights going out in LA is probably my favourite scene in the whole Walking Dead franchise. 1x5 on the main show (the CDC Episode) is my overall favourite Walking Dead Episode. I loved the way Dr. Jenner expanded our view on how the infection works, how the reanimation works, that the rest of the world is affected too and civilization all over the globe is basically eradicated. "World Beyond" is a title that sounds pretty cool for a spin-off to me, but what I would personally expect from a series that goes "beyond" TWD is a series that showcases the events of the first days of the outbreak all over the world. The global panic, the sudden collapse of society, and the different cultural impressions are what I'm incredibly interested in seeing.
So I thought of a concept I'd love to see in the future. It's completely unrealistic, would need sets all over the world and the costs would be insanely high, but it's just wishful thinking and a concept after all. Something similar, maybe in a smaller format, is probably not going to happen, as even Robert Kirkman has stated before that he wants his story to be about a group of survivors, and that the whole science, military stuff and whatever is not really that important.
My concept features a classic 16-episode season, with each single episode focusing on a group of people in a specific location. What we need to take into account is that the outbreak started in the summer of 2010, which reflects in a few things in my concept like the Haiti earthquake or the Hillary Step still existing.
The 16 episodes - 16 locations:
1x1 New Delhi, India
The first episode would follow the outbreak in New Delhi, the densely populated capital of India. It follows a father, trying to make his way through dense mixed crowds of people and walkers to find his family. It will be very difficult for any survivors there to make it to any safe area. The infrastructure and health system will be overloaded in no time. Roads will be blocked, hospitals will be crowded, and the infection will spread easily.
1x2 Sakha Republic, Russia
This would follow a remote town of indigenous people in the siberian tundra, with barely any contact to the rest of the world. Only when an elderly person dies and turns do they realize what is happening. A group of people then flees from their village and makes their way to Yakutsk, the next biggest city. On the way, they are stopped by the military, who shoot them on orders from the government, despite their cries for help.
1x3 Pyongyang, Korea PR
This episode would follow a fictional dictator and the way he deals with the pandemic. First, he will deny any evidence of the outbreak happening, both to his people and to the rest of the world. The military will mercilessly shoot infected or people assumed to be infected. As the outbreak gets more and more out of control, the dictator will flee into an underground bunkebase.
1x4 Antarctica
This episode would focus on an Antarctic research station. It will show how the scientists learn about the apocalypse starting to happen and how they soon lose contact to the rest of the world. When food starts running out, the scientists decide to travel to the next research station, but will only find frozen corpses/walkers. They will starve or freeze to death eventually.
1x5 London, United Kingdom
That one would focus on a night club in downtown London. A girl, feeling unwell, locks herself into one of the bathroom stalls. As her friends go and start checking on her, she already turned and attacks her friends. A seemingly normal night on the dancefloor suddenly stops and panic erupts, as more and more people turn and infect even more people. The episode later shows the panic in the streets of London, the Palace of Westminster burning in the background.
1x6 Port-au-Prince, Haiti
This episode would focus on a mother and her daughter, homeless after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, trying to survive the first days of the outbreak in a country that is still completely destroyed by one of the worst earthquake catastrophes of our time. Infrastructure, hospitals etc will collapse immediately and the outbreak will spread very fast.
1x7 Dadaab Refugee Camp, Kenya
This would feature a Somalian refugee family, trying to fight their way out of a the massive Dadaab camp. The tents the refugees live in don't offer any sort of protection, and their only choice is to run. On their escape, they will have to deal with raiders, robbers, and of corse a great deal of walkers.
1x8 Washington D.C., USA
This episode would follow a fictional president and his government around in the first days of the apocalypse. It will show his reaction to when he first gets to know about the virus, his reaction when things start to get out of control. When the apocalypse reaches DC, they show what the plan to exile the president in such a situation is.
1x9 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
This one would focus on a German family on holiday on Gran Canaria. The outbreak has barely affected the Canaries yet, but upon getting a desperate phone call from a relative, and hearing reports of incidents in (mainland) Europe, the family decides to take the earliest plane back to Germany. More and more planes are grounded though, including theirs. As they stay in the airport for hours, waiting for any information on their delayed flight, the airport gets overrun by infected.
1x10 Solukhumbu, Nepal
This would be a group of European tourists/hikers and their accompanying sherpas on their ascent of Mount Everest. At the Hillary Step, an often overcrowded narrow point with both descending and ascending groups of people, a woman descending the mountain dies of exhaustion and lack of oxygen. She turns and attacks the group and other bystanders. Some fall to their deaths, most get bitten or devoured in the following hours. One of the group's members, bitten and getting weaker from the infection, decides to climb to the summit before he dies. The last scene will feature him turning and standing alone on the summit of Mt. Everest.
1x11 Tokyo, Japan
It would probably follow some random family. I don't know, I just thought neon signs and zombies are a nice combination.
1x12 Mekka, Saudi Arabia
This would be the story of a Muslim pilgrim, taking the trip to the Kaaba in Mekka. An elderly person dies of a heart attack there and reanimates, leading to more people getting bit, dying and reanimating. A gigantic stampede, a dozen times worse than the 1990 and 2015 Mekka stampedes, soon erupts. People get crushed or suffocate and soon reanimate. Thousands of people die in the span of hours. Our protagonist makes it out alive by climbing on a minaret. Looking down on the pool of bodies and walkers, he prays to Allah.
1x13 Helmand, Afghanistan
This would showcase the effects of the outbreak on a war zone. Either out of a group of Talibans or a group of US soldiers' perspective. People that get shot will reanimate and attack their comrades within their ranks. It would also show the outbreak out of civilians' perspectives, potentially showing the impact of suicide bombings etc. on the outbreak.
1x14 West Papua, Indonesia
The episode would focus on an uncontacted tribe deep in the jungle. They will possibly not know about the apocalypse until they're months into it. Either they encounter a zombified outsider, or one of their own dies. They will possibly consider this a spiritual message of some sorts. In the months after the outbreak, they will start noticing signs of human civilisation (planes, ships, trespassing scientists, missionaries, etc) suddenly disappearing.
1x15 International Space Station
An episode that would focus on the ISS, including Cosmonaut Valery Stepanovich Vashchenko, who Victor Strand was talking to over the radio on Fear the Walking Dead, with their conversation potentially being referenced in the episode. They will first get informed of the outbreak happening. A few days later, contact to Earth will break down. They will slowly watch the lights on Earth go out, city by city. They later will have to decide how they want to die, as there is no way to escape the space station without making contact to earth. The last scene shows the ISS going out of orbit years later and crashing towards our planet.
1x16 Paris Lyon, France
The last episode of the season. It would be following along the team of French scientists which, according to Dr. Jenner, "stayed in the labs until the end". They were the last operating research team in contact with Jennethe CDC. It would showcase how the French scientists first get to know about the virus and how in the following days they hear about their families dying or being in danger. They still decide against leaving the lab and stay there to search for a cure. As they slowly lose contact to every other country, they eventually lose hope. At some point, the lab gets overrun by the infected or runs out of power.

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Happy New Year our dear readers, get ready for a new country to explore. Once we pass Siberia and go further east, we end up in the Governorate of Yakutia - a cold, cruel, underdeveloped place, that nonetheless has all the potential needed to become a second Klondike. Now, where do we start?

BRIEF HISTORY

Yakutia was subjugated by Muscovite Tsardom by the second half of XVII century, however not even at the eve of XX century was it explored well enough to be considered an integral part of Russia proper. Rich with metal deposits, as well as other resources, but lacking in infrastructure and really distant from the capital, this region, organized as Yakut Oblast’, was only transformed into a full Governorate when in July 1912, as a part of Stolypin’s reforms as a prime minister for Emperor Alexei II, governor Ivan Kraft conducted reorganization of Yakut Oblast’ into Yakut Governorate. Those reforms however remained largely superficial; in 1913, Kraft was replaced by Rudolf Witte as a governor, which changed literally nothing for Yakutia’s inhabitants. In 1919, administration of the Governorate supported the revolution, as governor Witte oversaw the incorporation of Yakutia into Far East General-Governorate (in place of old Cisamur General-Governorate) while Irkutsk General-Governorate (to which Yakutia previously belonged) remained divided over whether to support the revolution or not; however, the course of civil war (and shock among the Russian establishment after governor Witte was assassinated by a Yakut nationalist early in 1925) caused the administration, led by a respectable admiral Georgiy Stark, to switch sides and swear fealty to Kolchak less than a month after Rudolf Witte’s assassination.
Georgiy Stark since then was forever branded a traitor by Zheltorossiyans, but Yakut Governorate remained under the Russian Empire. With much of the Far East General-Governorate occupied by Russian Republic and Semyonov’s troops, Yakutia remained a de facto successor of the General-Governorate, not to mention a naval base for whatever remained of Russian Imperial Fleet in the Pacific. After the results of the civil war were acknowledged, Yakutia returned to sluggish existence. Many things might change soon though...

STARTING SITUATION

Stark’s regime is pretty autocratic yet paradoxically rather passive. Advisors of the old admiral are overwhelmingly of military background, as the Governorate’s administration remains centered around two things - navy and management of prison camps for dissidents from European parts of Russia. Suppressing the nationalist resistance of ethnic Yakuts is also a priority, as is containing any excessive foreign influence. However, with the effects of November 1935 Strike felt throughout the Empire, Yakutia is no exception. Once winter becomes a bit less cold than usual, the streets of Yakutsk might once again welcome a half-forgotten sight - demonstrations, mass meetings, and police crackdowns.
Yakut nationalists have two ways to turn this surge of anger directed at the Kolchakocracy’s representatives into something productive - either they rely only on themselves when organizing the mass protests, unifying around a group of ambitious democratic intellectuals led by Pavel Ksenofontov, or they accept the Japanese aid - even though it means accepting the fact that a newly “independent” Yakutia would be a Japanese satellite in all but name.
Stark, who could negotiate with the protesters (so that he remains in command of Yakutia’s navy upon being removed from the Governor’s office) regardless whether they make a deal with the Japanese or not, also could just barely get an edge over his opponents by deploying the police and the coastal guard in the epicentres of protests, preventing an overthrow of his regime.
How would the winter end for Yakutia? With independence? With a surprise coup from the Japanese? Or with the continued rule of a statesman who could only offer more of the same?

KSENOFONTOV’S ROUTE: FREE INDEPENDENT YAKUTIA

With Yakut demonstrators prevailing entirely on their own, and Stark relocated to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky for him to train a new generation of naval officers there, the governance of Yakutia is now in hands of republican intellectuals, chief among them - Pavel Ksenofontov, a longtime leader of a Yakut Confederalist movement, who believes that Yakutia in order to be independent should be a democratic republic with representation given to all peoples of this diverse nation - not just Yakuts and Russians, but Chukchi, Koryaks, Yukagirs, Itelmens, Evenks, Evens, Kamchadals, and many other indigenous tribes (as well as minorities among the European settlers, such as whatever few Ukrainians, Germans, Jews, Poles and even some Belarusians that could be found in Yakutia). Reforms of this new government would go beyond merely promising various reforms to both the people and the navy, as Ksenofontov genuinely wishes for the Constitution to work as intended, and for the people’s prosperity to be guaranteed. Which is why, to counter the fading Japanese influence, a free Yakutia would trade with the USA as well as British Commonwealth, securing free trade deals that would help to fund the growing welfare state. Finally, in the field of foreign policy, the Republic of Yakutia would have some interesting opportunities. In case Siberia is led by the Black Hundreds carrying out reprisals against the Asian natives, Yakutia would be able to protect them (or at least try to). In case Siberia is led by the Autonomists, Yakutia would find many benefits in modernizing the Yakut culture to assert the Yakut nation’s position as being Asian ethnically, but European culturally, which would especially useful if Siberia goes down the “Europe of our Own” route. Finally, regardless who rules Siberia, Yakutia could assert a Swiss-like neutrality or seek some additional prestige and security at the cost of letting unemployed British and Anglo-Canadian fishermen and labourers to settle in a couple of dozen of new settlements near Okhotsk Sea, reward for that being Yakutia’s membership in the Commonwealth of Nations.
(Full tree for Ksenofontov’s path is here)
But what if Yakutia remains under Stark’s rule?

STARK’S ROUTE: STATUS QUO

With the admiral’s position as the Yakutia’s governor being cemented, he would embark upon doing three things - improving the situation somewhat for his subjects, improving the situation greatly for the Pacific Fleet, and continuing Russian Imperial attempts at modernization by attracting more Russians to this part of the country - whether they be technical specialists, gold prospectors or convicted criminals. Like most other warlords who rule their own petty fiefdoms on the ruins of Imperial Russia, admiral Stark would be observing the situation in Central Russia carefully, with any decisions about Yakutia’s fate postponed until the Summer Coup would end with either side’s victory.
Reunification with Russia or any other legitimate polity claiming to be Russia?
Reluctant press conference in which Yakutia would be proclaimed an independent nation, even though Yakuts would have de facto less rights than Russians under such regime?
Same as before but with a more moderate, less autocratic rhetoric, aiming to secure the Autonomist Siberia’s favor?
Or maybe Stark, in case Boldyrev would have his victory, could voluntarily let Yakutia reunify with the Far East General-Governorate, since there would be no reason to postpone the inevitable?
(Full tree for Stark's path is here)
Sure, there are nationalists, there’s a pro-Russian path, but...pro-Japanese path? Well, you’ll see:

AIZAWA’S ROUTE: SURPRISE FROM MANTETSU

Situation in Yakutia interested many factions within the Japanese establishment for a long time (especially those that favored an expansion in the northern direction). Which is why governor Kishi of Mantetsu offered full support to colonel Saburo Aizawa
in his bid for securing these troublesome outskirts of Russian Empire for Japan. Enough gullible nationalists, as well as some carefully placed special agents in the provincial capital of Yakutsk and key port cities, can bring Yakutia under the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere. While nominally independent, Yakutia would become a resource colony for Japan as well as its northern naval station in practice, receiving a significant stream of Japanese, Chinese and Korean newcomers in the first months of Aizawa’s takeover. (Side note - Aizawa IRL was the one who assassinated Tetsuzan Nagata, but in this timeline they both remained more or less neutral to each other, and Aizawa functions as Nobusuke Kishi’s protege.)
However, soon after Japan acquires this Klondike, it inevitably collapses upon itself in the civil war, which is apocalyptic news for everyone that hoped to avoid the Japanese Empire’s demise. How does the government of Yakutia respond to it?
Proclaim neutrality and hope that none would notice Yakutia after that?
Or maybe Yakutia becomes an official dominion of Japan, should the Imperial side win the war.
Or, in case the Revolutionaries win, the remnants of Imperial establishment, most of which flee to Korea and/or Mantetsu, might end up in Yakutia, proclaiming a new Empire in exile led by a relatively moderate emperor. Otherwise, if Revolutionaries win, there is also an option for Yakutia’s regime to fail spectacularly - with agents sent by Revolutionary Japan to sabotage Aizawa’s regime so that the far-left Zheltorossiya might be able to annex Yakutia without much bloodshed.
(Full tree for the pro-Japanese path is here)

YAKUTIA IS A NAVY WITH THE STATE

Regardless which path for Yakutia you pick, there is a matter which constitutes a shared concern for any government that might rule Yakutia - namely, the navy and the ways it might impact the rest of the country.
Much of Yakutia’s infrastructure is geared towards supplying whatever remains of the Russian Imperial Pacific Fleet after more than half of it was lost in the Civil War or defected to Zheltorossiya. Taking the navy focus tree helps Yakutia to modify its starting “Remnants of the Pacific Fleet” national spirit so that it only has beneficial effects for the state, not to mention that the research of new naval tech is what drives the evolution of Yakut armed forces, with army being composed mainly out of coastal guard and the air force still constituting primarily recon and auxiliary units. Focus tree helps improve the navy, not to mention it allows for a flexible composition of the fleet.
Should everything go as intended, Yakutia might be a very useful support nation in any major conflict, with its gameplay being more navy-oriented than that of any other Russian warlord state.
And that’s all, full focus tree for Yakutia is here, travel log number 6 is over, Happy New Year everyone, stay tuned for next progress reports!
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UTC-10 (Cook Island Time, Hawaii-Aluetian Time, Tahiti Time):
UTC-09:30 (Marquesas Island Time):
UTC-09:00 (Alaska Standard Time, Gambier Island Time, Hawaii-Aluetian Daylight Time):
UTC-08:00 (Alaska Daylight Time, Clipperton Island Standard Time, Pacific Standard Time):
UTC-07:00 (Mountain Standard Time, Pacific Daylight Time):
UTC-06:00 (Central Standard Time, Easter Island Standard Time, Galapagos Time, Mountain Daylight Time):
UTC-05:00 (Acre Time, Central Daylight Time, Columbia Time, Cuba Standard Time, Easter Island Summer Time, Ecuador Time, Eastern Standard Time, Peru Time):
UTC-4:00 (Amazon Time, Atlantic Standard Time, Bolivia Time, Cuba Daylight Time, Chile Standard Time, Colombia Summer Time, Eastern Daylight Time, Falklands Island Time, Guyana Time, Paraguay Time, Venezuelan Standard Time):
UTC-3:00 (Atlantic Daylight Time, Amazon Summer Time, Argentina Time, Brasilia Time, Chile Summer Time, Falkland Islands Summer Time, French Guiana Time, Saint Pierre and Miquelon Standard Time, Paraguay Summer Time, Rothera Research Station Time, Suriname Time, Uruguay Standard Time, West Greenland Time):
UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Standard Time, Newfoundland Time):
UTC-2:00 (Brasilia Summer Time, Fernando De Noronha Time, South Georgia Time, Saint Pierre and Miquelon Daylight Time, Uruguay Standard Time, West Greenland Summer Time):
UTC-1:00 (Azores Standard Time, Cape Verde Time, Eastern Greenland Time):
UTC-0 (Azores Summer Time, Eastern Greenland Summer Time, Greenwich Mean Time, Western European Time):
UTC+1:00 (British Summer Time, Central European Time, Irish Standard Time, West Africa Time, Western European Summer Time):
UTC+2:00 (Central Africa Time, Central European Summer Time, Eastern European Time, Israel Standard Time, South Africa Standard Time, Kaliningrad Time, West Africa Summer Time):
UTC+3:00 (Arabia Standard Time, East Africa Time, Eastern European Summer Time, Further-eastern European Time, Israel Daylight Time, Moscow Time, Showa Station Time, Turkey Time):
UTC+3:30 (Iran Standard Time):
UTC+4:00 (Armenia Time, Azerbaijan Time, Georgia Standard Time, Gulf Standard Time, Mauritius Time, Réunion Time, Samara Time, Seychelles Time, Volgograd Time):
UTC+4:30 (Afghanistan Time, Iran Daylight Time):
UTC+5:00 (Heard and McDonald Islands Time, Mawson Station Time, Maldives Time, Oral Time, Pakistan Standard Time, French Southern and Antarctic Time, Tajikistan Time, Turkmenistan Time, Uzbekistan Time, Yekaterinburg Time):
UTC+5:30 (Indian Standard Time, Sri Lanka Standard Time):
UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time):
UTC+6:00 (Bangladesh Standard Time, Bhutan Time, Indian Chagos Time, Kyrgyzstan Time, Omsk Time, Vostok Station Time):
UTC+6:30 (Cocos Island Time, Myanmar Standard Time):
UTC+7:00 (Christmas Island Time, Davis Time, Khovd Standard Time, Indochina Time, Krasnoyarsk Time, Thailand Standard Time, Western Indonesia Time):
UTC+8:00 (Australian Western Standard Time, Brunei Time, Brunei Darussalam Time, Choibalsan Standard Time, Central Indonesia Time, China Standard Time, Hong Kong Time, Irkutsk Time, Malaysia Standard Time, Malaysia Time, Philippine Time, Philippine Standard Time, Singapore Time, Ulaanbaatar Standard Time, Western Standard Time):
UTC+8:45 (Australian Central Western Standard Time, Central Western Standard Time):
UTC+9:00 (Choibalsan Summer Time, Eastern Indonesia Time, Japan Standard Time, Korea Standard Time, Palau Time, Timor Leste Time, Ulaanbaatar Summer Time, Eastern Indonesia Time, Yakutsk Time):
UTC+9:30 (Australia Central Standard Time):
UTC+10:00 (Australian Eastern Standard Time, Chamorro Standard Time, Chuuk Time, Dumont D'Urville Time, Papua New Guinea Time, Vladivostok Time):
UTC+10:30 (Australian Central Daylight Savings Time, Lord Howe Standard Time):
UTC+11:00 (Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time, Bougainville Standard Time, Kosrae Time, Lord Howe Daylight Time, Magadan Time, Macquarie Island Station Time, New Caledonia Time, Norfolk Time, Pohnpei Standard Time, Sakhalin Island time, Solomon Islands Time, Srednekolymsk Time, Vanuatu Time):
UTC+12:00 (Fiji Time, Gilbert Island Time, Marshall Islands, Nauru Time, New Zealand Standard Time, Kamchatka Time, Tuvalu Time, Wake Island Time, Wallis and Futuna Time):
UTC+12:45 (Chatham Standard Time):
UTC+13:00 (New Zealand Daylight Time, Phoenix Island Time, Tokelau Time, Tonga Time):
UTC+14:00 (Line Islands Time):

This is the masterpost for all resources I have found so far. Please feel free to add any you feel are appropriate, or interesting
This is a mixture of both English and Russian language material.
Key: (RU) Russian language materials
(ENG) English language materials
Offline courses
University of Texas,the%20rest%20of%20the%20world.) Language and culture at the Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies, University of Texas (USA)
SVFU Summer school Summer school programme including Sakha language lessons at North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk
Book stores & libraries
Bichik Publisher of Sakha language books
National Library of the Republic of Sakha Web library of books written in Sakhatyla
Online textbooks
English translation of the Самоучитель якутского языка textbook An English language translation of the Самоучитель якутского языка textbook, along with a vocabulary masterlist, and solutions to the exercises. (ENG)
Самоучитель якутского языка Scanned version of the original Самоучитель якутского языка textbook by Харитонова Л.Н (RU)
Let's talk in Yakut Self-study guide (RU)
Tools for supporting language learning for Sakha free PDF for download (ENG)
Online courses
University of Helsinki free course An advanced level course designed by the University of Helsinki. Free resource. Designed with help from native speakers (ENG)
Memrise courses
ENG - YAKUT
Duolingo Yakut
Basic Yakut: Eng - Yakut
Sakha for English speakers
RU - YAKUT
Ru - Yakut
Vocabulary from Самоучитель якутского языка by Харитонова Л.Н.
Dictionaries
Talking phrasebook presents useful phrases and words in side-by-side translation and with audio files specifically geared to help students work on listening skills and pronunciation
Phrasebook free phrasebook from Wikivoyage (ENG)
Useful phrases with audio Useful phrases and audio from omniglot (ENG)
Sakhatyla.ru Dictionary Free online dictionary. Mobile app available (RU)
Yandex translate English to Yakut online translator
Collection of dictionaries Scroll down to Yakut section for a collection of dictionaries available for download
Audio lesson
Yakut lessons on YouTube A playlist of Sakha language lessons with subtitles (RU)
Localingual Yakutia Listen to spoken phrases recorded by locals, and record your own
Sakhatyla.ru Audiobooks Audio textbook "Мин сахалыы билэбин" (RU)
Music and media
Olonkho Listen to the epic tale in full
Тэтим Radio Sakha language radio station
Радио Саха – android app Radio app for android users. Radio stations in Yakut and Russian from the Sakha Republic
Sakhamusic Listen to music by popular Sakha singers/groups online
Yakut singers and bands masterlist the masterpost of different Yakut artists
Эллэй A short animated video on YouTube. An epic battle between Mongolian and Sakha warriors takes place! Sakha language with subtitles (ENG)
Other relevant sites
Yakut: Lingvoforum A forum dedicated to learning Yakut, with free lessons and general information about the language (RU)
Ykt: portal News, forums and other information
Sakha diaspora website for Yakut communities outside of the Sakha Republic
Sakha language VK group VK group dedicated to learning Yakut (RU)
ykt-lang project
Sakhamovie Watch Sakha films online in their original language (RU subtitles)

I love the new winter and temperature mechanics.
Just 2 suggestions I would have regarding that:

1. Have a possibility of private heating option per building (a bit like the old town buildings have) which would disable the requirement for the heating from the grid in exchange for example for the requirement of coal supply onsite. At times it seems redundant to create a heating connection to some smaller townships or lonely buildings and additionally some crucial buildings IRL often had their own internal heating (for example hospitals).
   
2. While on that it would be also fun to configure the length of the winter to play something alike the far east or far north cities like Yakutsk or Norilsk with mich longer and harsher winter and short summer.
   

Hi, i live in city named Yakutsk. It's Sakha Yakutia Republic, Russia.
This republic is called "The coldest place on Earth" Usual temperature in winter is -40/-45 degrees Celsius. Children don't go to school in -45/-47/-50 degrees Celsius. But in summer it's very hot - +27/+30 degrees Celsius.
I can tell you about how people live in this interesting place and just about life in Russia. Аsk your questions!
Sorry for my bad English, I will be happy if you will correct my mistakes and tell me how to write correctly.