A year ago, a kindergarten, a school, and the administration burned down in an Arctic village in Yakutia, and no construction was started.

Fire a year ago happened In the village of Nizhneyansk, on the coast of the Arctic Ocean, a fire destroyed a building that housed a school, a kindergarten, the administration, a post office, a bank, and a store.

As Yakut journalist Margarita Nifontova reported on her Telegram channel, there are no plans to build a new building, even for children, a year from now.  

"No one's planning on building a new school or kindergarten. The children are studying in a clubhouse that's completely worn out. A bakery is open, and they've apparently started building a modular first aid post," пишет journalist. 

The head of the village, Valery Sidorin, conversation Last December, he confirmed with People of Baikal that they would not build anything: maintaining a three-story building for the sake of several children is “ridiculous”: “Heating such spaces, paying such money <> Considering that six children are studying and three or four go to kindergarten.”

According to Nifontova, the situation in Nizhneyansk has long been "an example of mismanagement and indifference on the part of the republic's authorities." As early as 2022, residents applied The head of Yakutia wrote about the village's deplorable state: 90% of the housing is uninhabitable, and houses can't withstand the Arctic winds. Transportation is virtually nonexistent—a helicopter is required to reach nearby villages. is one way from 15 thousand rubles, no police, fire department, doctors.

"Geographically, we're on the edge of Yakutia, but we feel like we're on the edge of the world. Forgotten, abandoned, and long since of no use to anyone... We work and don't give up, but sometimes we get discouraged and it feels like we've simply been forgotten," the residents wrote. 

Nifontova notes that this attitude from the authorities is typical for Arctic communities: residents are needed there, in words. The authorities offer Free hectares in the north, which are difficult to develop, have been promised for years building new ports, launch of new flightsBut for now, even the major northern cities are difficult to reach. complicated, and to small settlements there is no money for air travel lacksMore and more often, people in the north see no point in living there and are thinking about leaving. 

She believes that in the near future, most Arctic settlements will be closed, and people will only be employed on shifts.