The Strangest Town (Verkhoyansk)

The Place on the face of earth with the variation in temperatures that are formidable and, makes place almost as unlivable. The Geographical placement of this town is such that it has a record of highest temperature as 20.4 °C which was recorded in 1991, and the coldest temperature had been recorded as −69.8 °C in 1892. The town is known by the name Verkhoyansk and it is situated on the Yana River, near the Arctic circle, 675 km. from Yakutsk. The main survival resource is the live animal-stock of reindeer, they have an Airport, a River port and a depot to collect fur derived from old rein-deers. They have separate areas for Rein-deers where they are kept in proper way to support a population of about 1400 (Census 2002) Approx. people. The town was found by the Marshal tribe of Russia, Cossacks. In 1628 it was about 90 km away from the present days town as to facilitate the tax submissions the town was shifted in the left Bank of the River Yana. It received the status of a town in 1817. In the years 1860 to 1917 due to the harsh environment of the place it has been used to punish people who had done something rebellious, some of the very prominent people who had been sent to this place for a so called Political Exile have been the Polish writer Waclaw Sieroszewski, as well as Bolshevik revolutionists Ivan Babushkin and Viktor Nogin, etc.
Verkhoyansk is basically known for the kind of temperature variations it has in January averaging -50 °C, and in July 16 °C.
Verkhoyansk has a dry climate with little rainfall or snowfall, less than 150mm per year, largely due to the dominance of high pressure. Most falls as rain in summer while in winter snow is most likely in October and May when it is least dry.