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Lena Highway
A360 Lena Highway or The Amur-Yakutsk Highway (russian: Амуро-Якутская автомобильная дорога or russian: Амуро-Якутская автомагистраль) is a federal highway in Sakha Republic (Yakutia) in Russia, connecting Yakutsk with the Trans-Siberian Railway corridor near Skovorodino. The road was built in stages between 1925 and 1964. Stretching parallel to the Amur–Yakutsk Mainline railway, the highway takes its name from the Lena River, which runs more or less north–south in this part of Siberia. The road's southern terminus is at the village of Never near Skovorodino, where it intersects the R297 highway at a cloverleaf junction. With Yakutsk situated entirely on the west bank of Lena, and the road running on the east bank, the highway terminates in Nizhny Bestyakh, a settlement of 4,000 people opposite Yakutsk. When river conditions permit, one may drive right over the frozen river to Yakutsk or take the ferry, but muc ...
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R504 Kolyma Highway
The R504 Kolyma Highway (russian: Федеральная автомобильная дорога «Колыма», ''Federal'naya Avtomobil'naya Doroga «Kolyma»,'' "Federal Automobile Highway 'Kolyma'"), part of the M56 route, is a road through the Russian Far East. It connects Magadan with the town of Nizhny Bestyakh, located on the eastern bank of Lena River, opposite of Yakutsk. At Nizhny Bestyakh the Kolyma Highway connects to the Lena Highway. The Kolyma Highway is colloquially known as the Road of Bones (Russian: Дорога Костей, transliteration: ''Doróga Kostyéy''), in reference to the hundreds of thousands of forced laborers who were interred in the pavement after dying during its construction. Locally, the road is known as the Kolyma Route (Russian: Колымская трасса, transliteration: ''Kolýmskaya trássa''). History The Dalstroy construction directorate built the Kolyma Highway during the Soviet Union's Stalinist era. Inmates of the ...
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Tyungyulyu
Tyungyulyu (russian: Тюнгюлю; sah, Төҥүлү, ''Töŋülü'') is a rural locality (a '' selo''), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Tyungyulyunsky Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located from Nizhny Bestyakh Nizhny Bestyakh (russian: Ни́жний Бестя́х; sah, Аллараа Бэстээх) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Megino-Kangalassky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the east bank of the Lena Riv ..., the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 2,308,This figure is given for Tyungyulyunsky 1-y Rural Settlement, a municipal formation of Megino-Kangalassky Municipal District. According to Law #173-Z 353-III, Tyungyulyu is the only inhabited locality on the territory of this municipal formation. of whom 1,129 were male and 1,179 female, up from 2,280 as recorded during the 2002 Census.''Registry of the Admi ...
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Trans-Siberian Railway
The Trans-Siberian Railway (TSR; , , ) connects European Russia to the Russian Far East. Spanning a length of over , it is the longest railway line in the world. It runs from the city of Moscow in the west to the city of Vladivostok in the east. During the period of the Russian Empire, government ministers—personally appointed by Alexander III and his son Nicholas II—supervised the building of the railway network between 1891 and 1916. Even before its completion, the line attracted travelers who documented their experiences. Since 1916, the Trans-Siberian Railway has directly connected Moscow with Vladivostok. , expansion projects remain underway, with connections being built to Russia's neighbors (namely Mongolia, China, and North Korea). Additionally, there have been proposals and talks to expand the network to Tokyo, Japan, with new bridges that would connect the mainland railway through the Russian island of Sakhalin and the Japanese island of Hokkaido. Route descrip ...
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Aldan River
The Aldan (russian: Алдан) is the second-longest, right tributary of the Lena in the Sakha Republic in eastern Siberia.Алдан (река в Якут. АССР)
The river is long, of which around is navigable. It has a drainage basin of . The river was part of the River Route to . In 1639

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Timpton
, image = Поездка в Нерюнгринский район, 2017 (365).jpg , image_caption = View of a bend in the river , source1_location = Stanovoy Range , source1_coordinates = , source1_elevation = , mouth = Aldan , mouth_location = , mouth_coordinates = , mouth_elevation = , progression = , subdivision_type1 = Country , subdivision_name1 = Russia , length = , discharge1_avg = , basin_size = , pushpin_map = Russia Sakha Republic , pushpin_map_size = , pushpin_map_caption= Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia The Timpton (russian: Тимптон; sah, Төмтөөн) is a river in Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is a right tributary of the Aldan River of the Lena basin. It has a length of and a drainage basin area of . There are no settlements near its banks except for Nagorny village. The Timpton is crossed by the A360 Len ...
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