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4. The diamond mining industry is critical to Yakutia's economy - and I found this picture of an incomplete ladder on the side of a building rather symbolic. There's a mixture of hope and torment: for there appears to be no way of getting on to the first rung of the ladder. Mirny's buildings are often bright and colourful - perhaps in a bid to lift morale in a place of total isolation and freezing temperatures.
