Salekhard
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Welcome to the town on the Arctic Circle! Salekhard is located at 66°32′N 66°36′E. -
Salekhard is the administrative center of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District. -
The settlement of Obdorsk was founded in 1595 Russian by settlers. It was renamed Salekhard in 1933. -
Monument to the founders of Salekhard. -
Reconstructed church in the old Obdorsk Fortress. -
Salekhard is a rich town because of the high tax incomes from oil and gas companies. -
Yamal-Nenets has a population of 544.000 which has been increasing since the mid-1990s. -
The ethnic groups of Nenets And Khants make up eight percent of the population in Yamal-Nenets. -
A chum - a tent used by the nomadic Yamal-Nenets and Khanty reindeer herders. -
Inside a reindeer herder's chum. The woman to the left was born in this exact chum. -
Khanty woman. -
Local dancers from Yamal. -
The Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District has more than 700.000 reindeers. -
"Cossaks" at the Obdorsk Fortress. -
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Lenin Street is gone, but a statue of Lenin is still to be found in Salekhard. -
Salekhard is the fourth largest town in Yamal-Nenets. The largest one is Novy Urengoy, then comes Noyabrsk and Nadym. -
The average age in Yamal-Nenets is 33 years. -
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