Verkhoyansk fights over the title of the coldest village in the world with Oymyakon, an area to the south-east of the town. However, it holds the Guinness World Record for the greatest temperature ...
Oymyakon in Russia's Sakha Republic of north-eastern Siberia might be in a deep freeze but it's not too cold to prevent children heading to the classroom, local news portal News.Ykt.Ru reports.