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      • National Publishing Company BICHIK

        In Yakutia, every winter day is a quest! Putting 10 layers of clothing on, before you go outside, says a lot. Well, that is the tip of the iceberg! The most difficult thing is to wait until a bus arrives when it is -50°C outdoors. Therefore, it is never boring here. Adults and children of the planet would be interested  in such warm books from the Pole of Cold with funny facts about life in Yakutia, traditions, history, amazing people and their incredible adventures  in the coldest place of the World. Every year, we publish more than 300 titles of  various  children’s,  fiction,  study  and guidance, reference books, as well as digital and  multimedia  publications.  Over  the  past 5 years, we won more than 20 international and Russian prizes wherein 14 are for children's book.

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      • MAMMOTH AND OTHER ANCIENT ANIMALS OF SIBERIA

        by Albert Protopopov et al

        Asian Northeast has been excavating over 75% of all mammoth bones globally. There is a research centre focused on these ancient animals here. Palaeontologists of the Fauna Department of the Academy of Sciences of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) worked to compile this encyclopaedia. This book presents unique contents related to sensational findings of mammoth’s, cave lion’s, woolly rhino’s and other ancient animals’ bones excavated in the northern Siberia. Text bodies go along with illustrations visualizing the animals’ images, as well as with real photos of paleontological findings. The book would be a real catch for those who take interest in the history of the Earth and its ancient inhabitants.

      • THE MOON GIRL

        by Aysena Timofeeva, illustrated by Aytalina Rufova

        The book includes some of the most favourite fairy tales of the Sakha people: "The Moon Girl", "The Water Rat and the Bird", "The Mean Fisherman". These fairy tales will help a child discover why dogs howl at the moon, how a woodpecker got a red crown, why it is bad to be selfish. In addition to exciting plots, Yakut fairy tales are greatly ethical and teach you the wisdom of life. After all, they once helped the Sakha people survive in the harsh climate of the North.

      • YAKUT FAIRY TALES

        by Marina Makeeva, illustrated by Aytalina Mikhaylova, Mariya Yablovskaya

        Wise and kind, fascinating and cautionary, fairy tales will put children in touch with the mysterious world of magic and become a priceless assistance in giving your child access to the origins of oral folk art, teach children to draw a line between good and evil, to be brave and fair. The fairy tale characters, drawn in the fantastic pictures by talented artists, seem to come to life by the minute!

      • YAKUT FROST

        by Gavril Ugarov, Androsova N.P., Semenova U.A.

        Just imagine the life at minus 68 degrees Celsius. Do you think any living thing may survive in this environment? Unbelievably, the answer is “Yes!” In Yakutia, the coldest Russian region, people live, work and even are proud to live in such an extreme climate. It is the Cold Weather in Yakutia where you can find all possible information about frost, ever-frost and the Cold Pole. Buildings, appliances, and even gadgets must withstand the cold weather. This book seems to cover everything related to the real Yakut winter, namely, the specifics of tourism, fishing, hunting, and outfit selection when it is bitterly frosty. Overall, 65 authors compiled the encyclopaedia. Their labour resulted in 350 facts about the cold and its impact on the Northern environment and inhabitants, which 277 "frosty" photo facts confirm.

      • SHAMANS. CHOSEN BY HEAVEN AND SPIRITS

        by Rosalia Bravina

        This book narrates about the origin and development of shamanism in the Northern region  since  the  emergence  of  the  Lenian petroglyphs  up  to  the  70s  of  the  XX  century. The book presents major report on shamans ordained by Heaven and Spirits, the symbolism of ritual vestments and tambourine, the nature of shamanic ecstasy, the biographies of  legendary  Yakut  shamans.  There  are first published photos of the author's field materials and objects from the funds of local history museums.

      • SNIPER. SHOT IN THE NAME OF VICTORY

        by Vladimir Pesterev, Nikolay Petrov

        How does a person feel when he sees the death through the telescopic sight? What determines the shot accuracy during the "hunting" for enemy? What is the price of superhuman endurance during duels with professional killers? The life stories of Siberian snipers, including snipers from Yakutia, tell about this. This book describes briefly the history of marksmanship development in the armies of the leading world`s countries, the actions of snipers during the First World War, the Soviet Finnish and the Great Patriotic War. Significant place is given to the stories about formation of the sniper movement on battlefields where Siberian snipers fought, about their heroism, brief descriptions of "hunting" for enemy are given. It will be interesting for a reader to read the section dedicated to snipers from Yakutia that was a homeland for two of the most accurate shooters among the ten best Soviet snipers of the Great Patriotic War.

      • KARINA: 12 DAYS IN TAIGA

        by Victoria Gabysheva

        A terrible tragedy happened  in a village far away from civilized settlements. A three-year old girl disappeared in the wild Siberian taiga. Eight old people lived out their days in this godforsaken  place. The nearest settlement was 100  km  away. Little Karina was staying with her grandmother there, and no one noticed how she went into the forest ... she was waiting to be found for 12 days... How did she manage to survive these cold autumn dark nights, prolonged rains without food, wearing tights and T-shirt?

      • AGRAPHENA’S ISLAND

        by Vladimir Fedorov

        All travellers passing by the mysterious island covered with mysterious legends and myths, pay tribute to the great shamaness Agrafena by giving beads, food, etc. “Should you not observe the tradition, wait for troubles to come. She will hit you against the stones and drown you without a trace in the bottomless black pools ...” It is the first time when the writer`s collection includes his stories that combine the modern northern reality with the mysterious mysticism and ancient beliefs of ancestors. The plots of many stories were taken by the author from the past, when he was a young geologist, filled with vivid events and adventures, as well as from the later writers' studies of shamanism and the history of his native Yakutia.

      • THE NORTHERN LEGENDS AND FAIRY TALES

        by Marina Nikiforova, Aleksandra Popova

        Under a single cover, the book brings together the best legends and fairy tales of the Russian Northern peoples. The illimitable tundra spaces with their inhabitants, the girl who ran along the moon path up to the sky, the epic hero who defeated evil spirits — all these and other legends and fairy tales amaze us not only with the variety of their plots, but also strike us with their poetry and deep story-telling spirituality. While reading them, you can plunge into the mysterious and distant world of the North.

      • WHY DO WE LIVE IN A "FREEZER"?

        by Evdokia Irintseeva, Aysena Timofeeva, Illustrator Diana Koryakina

        This edition will be a guidebook on the land of  snow  and  ice.  The  book  will  help  a  child discover a lot of curious and surprising things about life in the Far North: how people came here, why subway stations are impossible to build there, why houses are built on “chicken legs”, what children do when it is -50° C, how fish  can  breathe  under  a  thick  layer  of  ice, how to make a snow salute, etc.

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