I have a German friend, Bjorn Steinz. He is a pro photographer based in Prague. Two years ago he visited Yakutsk in November. He spent a few days just walking around on streets and taking pictures of people. Since then I promote his works and website oka2 Photography on every occasion, and I am grateful to him for giving such an permission 
Here are what he came out with.
via oka2 Photography
Those are some beautiful captures of a city in the cold. It amazes me how much is still left over from the old Soviet Union in Yakutsk, like the Lenin statue and the large wall murals.
Right, you are. Before the Soviet period Yakutsk was mostly full of wooden houses. Not so many left from the pre-Revolution time. However, not the downtown has some modern buildings made of glasses and concrete.
The people look friendly, and I love their fur hats. The photography is very beautiful.
These photos … for us a window into the daily life in the winter in Yakutsk. Beautiful photos … which reflects the harshness in this extreme climate, and yet so full of life are …