Yakutia and Tom Hardy What do you know about Yakutia? I think that nothing. Yakutia is a republic of Russia. it is the largest subnational governing body by area in the world at 3,083,523 square kilometers. The area is equal to 4 areas of France ( Yakutia(km) = 4*France (km)) . All territory of Yakutia is permafrost. That’s why our buildings have piles, i.e. the first floor is located on the second floor. It is necessary to warm air of buildings don’t heat the ground. In Yakutia it is a lot of snow. The winter is long, the summer is short. Some of the lowest natural temperatures ever recorded have been here. The Northern Hemisphere's Pole of Cold is at Verkhoyansk, where the temperatures reached as low as −67.8 °C (−90.0 °F) in 1892, and at Oymyakon, where the temperatures reached as low as −71.2 °C (−96.2 °F) in 1926. The are a lot of rivers and lakes. The most popular river is Lena. There are mined diamonds and gold. The largest mine is the “Mir” (verbatim «Peace»). And Tom Hardy visits Yukutia with his show «Driven to Extremes»))