Leg 135, Barnaul, Alta Krai to Kyzyl, Tuva Republic, Russia
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Awesome sunrise today, more winter wonderland before ending up in clouds from ground level to 12K ft or higher. There were still a few breaks in the clouds yet the mountains remained mostly invisible.
01-03 Barnaul UNBB 8:27 PM
01-03 Berdsk Airfield UBED 8:56 PM
01-03 ObGES Airfield UKRN 9:02 PM Runway?
01-03 Tolmachevo UNNT 9:10 PM
01-03 Novosibirsk North UNCC 9:16 PM
01-03 Mochische Airfield UMOC 9:22 PM
01-03 Kedrovka ZCT5 9:58 PM
01-03 Kemerovo Severny UKEM 10:07 PM
01-03 Kemerovo UNEE 10:12 PM
01-03 Prokopyevsk Southeast UNWW 10:42 PM
01-03 Sharypovo UNKO 11:26 PM
01-03 Nazarovo UNAZ 11:45 PM
01-04 Yemelyanovo UNKL 12:09 AM
01-04 Cheremshanka UNKM 12:12 AM
01-04 Solnechniy Airfield USOO 12:19 AM
01-04 Kuznetsovo Airfield UBER 12:29 AM Runway?
01-04 Novoselovo UBOA 1:09 AM
01-04 Anash UBOD 1:20 AM Runway??
01-04 Krasnoturansk UKRK 1:36 AM
01-04 Abakan UNAA 1:53 AM
01-04 Shushenskoye UNAU 2:07 AM
01-04 Kyzyl UNKY 3:12 AM
Flight time 6:45 21 stops
Starting early, already at Berdsk before dawn, where the Berd river flows into the Ob river
Novosibirsk, just North on the Ob river.
Sunrise on the way to Kedrovka
Kedrovka in between pink fluffy clouds
Kedrovka Airport, chilly foggy morning
Kamerovo on the frozen river Tom
Kamerovo Severny ‘Airport’ or rather frozen field
A proper airport on the South side of the city
On the way to Prokopyevsk, only an occasional glimpse of the terrain below
The snow covered ground seems to glow in the low Northern sun
Pomortsevo
Prokopyevsk, about as clear as it got today
Ust’-Naryk, a glimpse of the forest below
Belogorsk on the eastern spurs of the Kuznetsk Alatau mountain range
The large open pit mine at Belogorsk remains hidden
Crossing the Beresh river
Nazarovo airport, it’s getting darker
Krasnoyarsk on the Yenisei river in Siberia
Without the snow it would be really dark here, so cloudy
Winter and summer at Krasnoyarsk
Krasnoyarsk seems to be a very laid back city
Home to the Vasily Surikov Estate
Vasily Ivanovich Surikov (1848-1916) was a Russian Realist history painter. He is well known nowadays through the use of many of his works as illustrations.
A world traveler, illustrating what he sees along the way, I like him
I’ve actually seen his work before on this trip. In 1877 he was commissioned to paint murals for the Catherdral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.
A glimpse of the Yenisei river, so wide I can’t even see both sides at the same time in this fog
Abakan, at the confluence of the Yenisei and Abakan Rivers
Two wide sprawling rivers, catching a glimpse of one of them
Gora Lyubvi, meaning Mountain of love
Memorial complex dedicated to the wars of different eras with great views of the city
ГАУК РХ Khakass National Museum of Local Lore named after LR Kyzlasov
Abakan also features a monument to Ivan Yarygan (1948-1997), the famous heavyweight freestyle wrestler
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2020, a United World Wrestling rankings freestyle wrestling international tournament, which was held in Krasnoyarsk between the 23rd and 26th of January 2020. A month before the pandemic shut everything down.
Mostly cloudy the rest of the way, couple breaks near Khrebet Baldyrgannyg mountain peak
The peak remains hidden, yet some snowy mountain tops were visible
Looking back to the mountains over the Turan river
Kyzyl, the capital of the Tuva Republic, Russia on the Yenisei river
The name means red or crimson in Tuvan
Kyzyl was previously known as Belotsarsk (until 1918), Khem-Beldyr (until 1926)
Some amazing art works on the river bank
Part of Obelisk Tsentr Azii
Marking the (once thought) geographical center of Asia
Hopefully the weather will be a bit better tomorrow (or rather today) to see a bit more of the mountains while heading into Mongolia on the way to Kyrgyzstan