Most Dangerous Ways To School | OIMJAKON (Russia) | Free Documentary

We all know we walked it every day, but none of them were like these. The

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zing, paddling for hours, all for the chance at a better life. Risky, spectacular and sometimes simply beautiful. The

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roads in the world to reach Siberia. immensity arctic temperatures even further east and Japan and 5000 kilometers north of Vladivostok is Yakutia, the coldest republic in Russia in the middle of it or Mia Khan with five hundred inhabitants is the coldest inhabited place on earth the average temperature in winter -40 degrees Celsius here everything ordinary also becomes something special and especially the way to

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a daily adventure trip in hostile temperatures the children of the Siberian Anya Khan have the coldest way in the world to score 6 a.m. a

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zing morning in a makan sand talaq prepares for when his children reach the top he melts the ice on the river so that his son Alyosha can wipe the sleep from his eyes there is no running water in the coldest place on earth temperatures can reach up to -70 degrees Celsius water pipes would simply freeze and residents go looking for fresh river water in blocks of ice that then melt for years.

Elina checks the temperature and does it every day around -50 degrees again, which means her son Anusha must go to school lyosha is 8 years old children her age The group is only allowed to attend school when the temperatures drop below -54 degrees even before leaving for school Alyosha feels the terrible cold without running water the house also has no bathroom, so Yasha already has to go out to the latrine in the garden Sometimes I wouldn't mind staying inside the house because I can only stay outside for an hour at most, maybe because her mother Alena has heated the living room to about 20 degrees, so when Yasha opens the door to the outside. in the room and then at the front door, it is essentially 70 degrees colder every day life in Anya Khan in any economy no one spends more time than necessary in the yard everything that happens outside is done very efficiently, so On the contrary, it becomes not only unpleasant but also dangerous, the little one and account rushes back to the house as fast as he can seven kilometers away on a remote farm Alyosha's classmate Suyana depends on the family lives off their cows before going to school says that Jana must help in the stable it is relatively warm there with temperatures around cold in Anya Khan: they say that work is the best clothes and AH Sayana, could you bring the bucket on the stool when she is older?

I will help you milk even more cows, it is okay during severe winters, the family needs all the help. In the stable, the older brothers collaborate and help with feeding and caring for the animals. The family might imagine that Jana would take over the farm one day, but in reality they have long known that school is the key to her youngest daughter's life. I dream that I like animals, not only cows, but also dogs and cats, that's why you would prefer to be a veterinarian. Oh yes, anyone who wants to be a respirator must go to school and anyone who wants to go to school and lives outside the town is dependent. about Grigory Grigory is the school bus driver the only one who uses yakun oil the school provided the 58 year old with a heated garage this luxury ensures that the bus engine fluids are protected from frost and that his vehicle starts in these temperatures freezing today it is very cold again.

I have to check the oil and gearbox every morning. It is already below 50 degrees below zero. Well, that's normal. So, that's how I do it every day. Yes, after all, it is for the sake of children's lives. In order to drive the bus in these extreme temperatures, first of all, Grigory has taken special precautions because the failure of the engine of the bus with children on board would be very dangerous, so this 58-year-old man uses blankets as insulation for all damages. of all sensitive cables. He is supposed to protect the bus against extreme cold during nine long winter months.

Grigory keeps warm by listening to the radio at full volume, in fact, all the time. Some students are bothered by Grigory's radio, but there is no way around it. those who live on farms outside the village depend on the bus driver most families do not have their own car they return to a Yasha after half an hour on the stove the river water is hot enough for the daily saliva bath in the padded part of the In Siberia there is almost no work without a certificate of completion of studies the chances of finding a good job or a poor mother from the Aleutians knows this that is why she sends her children to school only her youngest child can stay at home today The nursery remains closed at temperatures below -48 degrees Celsius on his parents' farm, seven kilometers from home, it can be said that Yanis and his family have already finished work on the stable.

Breakfast has fish eggs and hot orage made of bread, milk and sugar. A warm and high energy, beyond saying that Jana has older brothers who will do it. Soon you will also have to take the bus to school, dad, hurry up with your breakfast, make sure you don't miss the bus. Too bad the family farm is so remote that the school bus can't pick them up. Sigh. Jana and her brothers directly, the three of them still. They have to walk a long way in the freezing cold. Her mother Shekinah wraps her daughter in four different layers of clothing, on top of which she wears two more jackets and two pairs of gloves, a cap and a thick coat.

She often sighs. Jana wears so many clothes that she cannot dress or undress on her own, the student Alyosha must also not make mistakes when dressing for school and relies on the layering method, just like the other children in I me Akane, the eight-year-old girl has a special suit exclusively for school over his sweater Alyosha wears a shirt and a jacket he also wears six layers of clothing, including the warm jacket made of wool and fur his mother Elena covers every exposed centimeter of his skin in Omnicon frostbite is not uncommon Alyosha walks quickly when he is on the way just for a very special moment he takes his time he hears his nasal mucous membrane rustling as he freezes in his sinuses in fractions of a second the moisture immediately formed small icicles on his eyelashes it's time to get on his way to the school, which is about a kilometer long, a worried mother is left behind, we only survive here because we are used to it, but below 55 56 degrees I don't let them leave the house, well, that's about -60, too . dangerous so we didn't go out today it's three degrees warmer than the limit of minus 55 degrees of the arena for the delight of his show because he doesn't like it today is where he's not allowed to go out at all even though it's cold Yasha likes it going to school a lot I like going to school because it is on foot, running is a lot of fun, the hottie Alyosha likes to waste time and sometimes even makes some detours despite his parents' strict instructions, while the bus schoolboy continues to fight through the dilapidated streets Ori, from the Yakutia platform, today has to pick up almost 50 children and take them to school when Grigory fell ill.

More than a third of the students missed class. If the bus breaks down once again, it is dangerous for everyone and this often happens in the coldest place. On earth, no, I will say reality, if it is so cold, oil and gasoline can freeze, everything that works with fluids can freeze, so I have to warm it up somehow, otherwise the bus will not start. No, Lex, you should never keep it. the streets around ome akan are in bad condition every pothole here can become a trap in case of engine failure Grigory has 30 minutes until the temperature inside the car reaches the outside temperature of -50 degrees the only bus driver along long and wide knows this because of his special responsibilities, he drives the bus carefully around the biggest holes here.

Broken axles are not uncommon at these temperatures. Shock absorbers quickly freeze and become hard and rigid, but in Yakutia a car is a novel phenomenon. Siberians have al

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trusted our natural resources. that are independent of technology that are sensitive to cold the reindeer this new species is an important part of life in Yakutia on the one hand the reindeer are a food rich in fats on the other hand they serve as work animals pulling the sleigh and where not There are cars, but they are also used as riding animals. The domestication of reindeer has helped the Omni economy for centuries in the fight against the freezing cold.

The reason for these extreme sub-zero temperatures lies in the unique geographical position of the Yakutia mountain ranges. near the small town away from the warm air currents coming from the west and south, on the other hand, the door to the Arctic is wide open, icy air currents advance unhindered, so in a mia cowan the winter lasts from October to April, the old historical low temperature - 71 degrees Celsius recorded in 2013 by the local meteorologist during the summer months in June July, on the other hand, it can reach 30 degrees, however, the towns They are much more proud of the low temperature records for going to school in these ices.

Low temperatures are a daily routine for children in the United States. It is time for Suyana to get going. The Sionis brothers al

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accompany her. Her parents forbid her to walk alone on this road. Her fear of freezing to death on the road is too great. For us, this cold has already become normal, I also had to go to school in these conditions, school, sigh, Anna is still very small, but considering her age, she knows quite well how to deal with the cold, and the older ones helped the younger ones. That's to me. It's a little reassuring, like almost all children, Diana is marching to school, but it's not just because of the call.

Under no circumstances can she miss the bus. In fact, it would be better to arrive a few minutes earlier because the bus only passes once and she doesn't wait without deigning to look there. The three encounter creatures that only exist here above the Arctic Circle. Wild horses, due to their especially thick skin, run freely and withstand temperatures of up to 70 degrees below zero. Unlike reindeer horses, at Omnicon they are not work animals and would do so. No one thinks of riding them, horse meat is a delicacy here, an exercise would make the meat tough. The bus has already made more than half of its door, several children have been picked up and there are three more kilometers to go before we say Ana's house, but then Grigory is in trouble something is wrong one of the rear wheels no longer turns that happens very often I'm afraid these are old tires that turn this would definitely not happen with the new ones just a lot more distance if the bus gets stuck here there is a serious problem boy Mia Khan is four kilometers away no one will come to his aid Grigory must fix the bus himself otherwise it can quickly become dangerous last week someone wanted to drive to the next town Tom broke his fuel gauge it was inaccurate he hadn't checked it His car ran out of gas out here and he didn't make it this far.

Maybe he was able to walk back. Well, he died. He says that Jana doesn't realize any of this. With hurried steps, he trudges toward the meeting. Point through the snow. Sigh. Jana doesn't know. that the bus broke down, you could have just as easily missed it, all you can do is wait and wait for the school bus at minus 52 degrees. I hope the bus keeps coming. or I won't be able to go to school for a few minutes the eight year old girl can afford to wait in the cold so she must quickly return home her destination the school is seven kilometers away at the northern end of the forest the pride and joy of the city of 500 residents here 25 teachers educate 118 students the school director Catarina, Kavya lives across the street in a waiting room she is the first to enter the building this is the only school here for the children who They live in This area is the only opportunity to receive education.

The school with its 25 classrooms is the largest building in Amia Khan, therefore it is also the most difficult to keep warm. Here we have central district heating that only heats this school and a few more private ones. It houses a small coal-fired power plant that consumes six buildings thanks to 24-hour district heating with the help of 20 tons of lignite per year. All the houses in Onion are built of wood, like the school. Any other material would burst with the temperature differences of more than 100 degrees between winter and summer. The structure of the houses is similar everywhere: an unheated outdoor room serves as a closed warehouse, then comes the heating room with a fireplace, followed by a room that is used as a living room and dining room and behind that, next to the bedrooms, to keep the house warm, delicious icons fill every space, no matter how small,with polyurethane foam, but the cold comes at some point anyway, always a me shows that the father has to heat the house for nine months without stopping in order to be able to keep warm somehow my parents my grandparents and my great-great-grandparents lived here and that's why we live here I also like to live in harmony with nature to be able to live in harmony with the extreme cold you have to be constantly alert even when performing very common tasks aleena cannot let the freshly washed clothes dry in the house the risk is too great that the humidity will cause the beams of the house to split in the coldest place in the world the clothes always dry in the garden in a matter of seconds the water is the clothes are frozen, hard as a board, at minus germ-free washing machines, low temperatures immediately kill germs, but Alyosha's father is also aware of the many disadvantages of the cold, especially when people are careless, here many people drink and it often happens that they fall asleep in the snow they do not realize that they are dying of cold already at temperatures of around -20 degrees the limbs begin to die a few years ago a friend of theirs died frozen in the middle of town the worries become even greater if their eight-year-old son years old is a daring child despite the freezing temperatures, he is full of nonsense like any other child his age.

He especially likes to scare cattle on their way to the watering hole. he doesn't notice the special clothing thick-skinned cows wear. To protect themselves from the cold, their owner has placed a kind of special bra around their udders, a bra made of nylon stockings protects the most sensitive parts of their bodies from freezing. Sayana has already been waiting for more than 15 minutes but there is still no bus in sight. If she doesn't arrive soon she will have to return home, 400 meters north of the Bering Sea. Ana's father carries out his daily tasks. The firewood does not have to be dried after cutting it because of the freezing cold, it has become very brittle.

One blow is enough to break it and say that Ana's father needs a lot of wood. More than 60 cubic meters are burned by each inhabitant on average each winter, which adds up to five trucks. Here we live and work without work, those who do not cannot survive. I don't work of course, it's cold, life can be hard here sometimes, but then you have to work harder, sometimes we work for pure survival, what more can I say? If it's too cold, they just can't let my kids run outside, so they have to stay. playing on the computer or watching TV, the only way they are allowed to walk is on the way to school anyway, because let's say Ana's parents moving away from Aamir Khan is out of the question, they decided a long time ago live in the coldest place in the world. earth but he says that Jana should make her own decision and that is only possible if she goes to school and graduates like many other parents in ome akan, they put Grigory in charge of that and very often the bus driver uses all the means available to make your bus work. again and to escape the cold by giving him a lot of gas and with a little luck he manages it but now it is just before 8 o'clock the breakdown took him almost a quarter of an hour it is very possible that many children will not keep waiting at the points agreed meeting times, but say that Jana has resisted just in time.

Gregori picks up the frozen 8-year-old boy. The school bus, for one, is the only way to get to school. On the other, it is an unpopular necessity. The school bus is. The worst thing is that there is always a lot of noise, dirt and too much heat there. Alyosha has already been on the road for half an hour, although she can get to the school in a good 20 minutes, but the appeal of taking the detour across the frozen river in the morning. he was too big now the nine-year-old boy freezes in a short time the intense cold always makes its way through the six layers of clothing the ice under Alyosha's feet is in some places up to four meters thick in winter cars and on Grigory's school bus he uses the river as a shortcut for the child, the river bed is always a place to discover new things because the indie Gurkha is what the omnicons call the river, although frozen, a Yakuza truck that still lives on four times a year.

It is 700 kilometers away and distributes cans and vacuum-packaged foods. Apart from this, the residents of ome Akane live self-sufficiently in all seasons of the year. The river provides staple foods such as fish in winter. The Indi Gierke River is the hunting ground for ice fishermen who use their fishing rods and nets. They provide the basic food supply to the entire town, they wait for hours with their nets and then they take the fish out of the nets with their own hands. The water that is at zero degrees does not bother them. What does bother them is the air temperature -50 degrees Ice fishermen don't have to kill fish in seconds Animals freeze in shock Ice fishers probably have the coldest job here in Aiea with that's not Russia one day he wants to create something and see the world I would.

There is nothing better than becoming an architect. Those houses. That's why I told the school. Every time he doesn't feel like going to school, he takes the icy road to get there. Alyosha remembers his dream the last few meters and achieved it. He is at school. tired and frozen he arrives at the school building at a quarter past eight Alyosha arrives a little early but there are already many children there all the children who arrive on foot take enough time to thaw out after going to school the best way is to play Alyosha's teacher prepares for her class half the seats are still empty but in the coldest place in the world no one can miss class if it is so cold outside parents can decide for themselves whether to send their children to school or not, but if the children do not show up without informing the school and without having an excuse, we should definitely call and ask what has happened. the risk of a child freezing to death on the way to school is too high now the bus is full to the point of bursting, it's loud and stuffy, but at least it's not cold after more than 2 hours of travel.

Grigory finally drives the crowded bus to school. Sayana is happy to have arrived and Gregori can take a break until school ends at 2 p.m. It's exactly half past 8 they say Jana arrives just in time with the school bell ringing today all the children are more or less punctual and the lessons start five hours ahead of the children the man biology history and the Russian Alyosha and they say Jana Aria Koontz her language is Due to its Turkish and Mongolian roots, the accordion language has little to do with Russian, so children have to learn Russian almost like a foreign language, at least if they want to leave this forbidden place in sometime.

Sayana has a good chance of doing so. she is an excellent student and the best in her class Alyosha is talented but not very hardworking my favorite history and math classes but to be honest I come here to play, pay and meet my friends after the first two lessons it's time de During main break, students storm the cafeteria in Code Siberia. Traditionally there is a second breakfast for children. Hot noodles and hot tea, essential for higher energy needs. Afterwards, everyone stays in the building, no one wants to leave the schoolyard for this. The children would first have to put on several layers of clothing, which is too cumbersome, takes too much time and is simply too cold outside, the playground equipment is only used for three months a year, however, it is designed in such a way. way that they can withstand even the coldest winter in the world if no one comes to the garden the garden must be for the students some green plants provide a small oasis of well-being in addition the students spent time playing board games the school rifle also very popular among children, children learn to disassemble a real weapon and put it back together.

The quicker they learn to do it, the sooner their parents will take them hunting, since kids can't really let off steam inside the building. it's gymnastics exercises at the beginning of the third lesson it's Jana and Yasha are in Russian class right now this time the students were asked to learn a complete poem by heart they say that Jana worked hard and knows all the verses perfectly the school ends at 2:00 p.m. Well, the children nearby begin their cold walk back home. The school bus. The children wait for Grigory and his rickety bus at the school building, where it is nice and warm.

Often students can hear it before they see it, simply because of the noise. then music everyone wants to get on the warm bus Alyosha enjoys the first part of the journey walking with a friend and then he is alone again despite the extreme cold his desire to move does not tire him in the slightest Alyosha does what all the children in the world do They do on their way home, he makes up his own games again, eight-year-old Donnell is on his way, but mom and dad know their son and they also know when to start worrying, I'm sure he was serious now that he's . fully warmed up he won't be coming home so quickly now but he is warm he wants to stay outside and play but his games never last long however Alyosha's father always feels a little relief when he sees his son walk through the Garden Gate Suyana returned with Grigory school bus before doing his homework.

She helps her mother in the kitchen. The two are very close and spend a lot of time together. It's no wonder that school friends rarely come to play at the farm because they have to take the bus, and after spending the night Alyosha and his brothers turned the living room into a playground, the three of them have a great time. together their favorite game is playing bus or car I prefer summer, then I could play outside more. I say Ana's. The brothers are too old to play with her. Most of the time she spends on her homework or coloring books, there's not much else to do for her in the coldest place on earth. school there are a lot of kids at home it's so boring at school it's different scrolling through this question and my brothers are always sitting in front of their computers at 7pm.

It's time for the eight-year-old to go to bed. The next day, the thermometer will decide if he should get up early again, if he will have to once again undertake one of the most dangerous paths to go to school in the world.