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Theater on fire

The Primorsky Youth Theater caught fire on Wednesday morning but the flames were promptly extinguished with no injuries reported.

The fire started in the theater’s basement where decor and requisite are stored, emergency officials reported. The theater’s employees called the fire department when they smelled smoke at about 8:15 a.m.

Due to the early hour, the theater building was not crowded and no injuries were reported. The fire was wiped out in one hour, emergency officials said. Property damages are being estimated.

Yakutia presents itself in Berlin

The Sakha Republic, or Yakutia, held a presentation on March 31 in Berlin in the building of German Ministry of Economics and Technologies attracting top officials and businessmen to the event.

Yakutia’s delegation, headed by the republic’s president Vyacheslav Shtyrov, displayed projects for possible cooperation with German businessmen in a number of industries including timber, tourism, agriculture, biotechnologies, processing, mining, financing and others. The sides also discussed ways to increase the volume of trade, investment and cultural connections.

Yakutia biker conquers Gulag road

A traveler from Yakutia recently covered more than 1,000 kilometers on his bicycle from Yakutsk to Magadan across the severe Kolyma highway spending 21 days on his extreme adventure.

Igor Danilov traveled with a tent, warm clothes, a supply of products and a gas stove – there are no hotels along the road and only a few cafes. The temperatures at nights still fall below 20 degrees. It is not his first voyage across freezing roads of Yakutia and Kolyma - the traveler has already covered more than 10,000 kilometers on his bike.

Kolyma road was build by Gulag prisoners. The construction was started in 1932 and finished only in 1952. The road which linked the country with gold reserves from Kolyma and Yakutia claimed the lives of thousands of prisoners.