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Working in the Far North is not easy. Have to work in difficult climatic conditions: extreme temperatures, persistent winds, and mountains of snow. All this is familiar to the residents of the village of Sabetta, who are working on the construction of the Yamal LNG plant. We have already shown a large-scale construction site more than once, but how is the life and leisure of workers arranged?

One of the work shifts has come to an end, and those who have worked are hurrying to the hostel as soon as possible. It's still frosty here, by the evening it's down to minus twenty, and it's full of snow. In this white desert, the orange-and-blue village looks like a bright spot. And here is the shop, also decorated in these colors. In the evening it is crowded. However, there are always enough visitors.


Although it is cramped here, the assortment of goods is pleasing to the eye. Products are brought to the village in large quantities by water, and they are delivered to the store every other day. Treats and drinking water are the most popular among local buyers.



“Sweets are not enough here. I've been here for a very long time - about 4 months, and I can say that I'm drawn to delicious food. Prices, of course, differ from those on the "ground", but in terms of assortment - everything is fine, ”says Denis Kharchenko.

The salesperson Yuliya has been working here on a rotational basis for two years. Came to Sabetta from Omsk. They work with partners almost without rest. But they love their work. Almost everyone is recognized by sight, and the gastronomic preferences of their customers are also remembered.

“Everyone wants something tasty, imagine - constantly eating in the dining room, you don’t want to. Someone is cooking. Chickens buy a lot, now we sell vegetables. They take a lot of vegetables - they constantly ask, and we order. Men carry multicookers with them - and they cook, ”shares the seller Yulia Parakhuda.


Home-work, work-home. Life in the workers' settlement is not happy with diversity. But for hard workers here they tried to make everything as comfortable as possible. Comfortable dorms, spacious dining rooms, and for leisure - a large gym. Those who still have strength after work can go to the gym or kick the ball. Living conditions for people here are worthy.



A settlement of 15 thousand inhabitants in the middle of a snowy desert is another proof that people in our country not only think big, but also do big things. The construction of the century - this is how the Yamal LNG plant can now be called. Well, all these people are just grains of sand of a large-scale project. It is impossible to build the Arctic, but it is possible to build it - with its permission.


Working in the Far North is not easy. You have to work in difficult climatic conditions: extreme temperatures, constant winds, and mountains of snow. All this is familiar to the residents of the village of Sabetta, who are working on the construction of the Yamal LNG plant. We have already shown a large-scale construction site more than once, but how is the life and leisure of workers arranged?

One of the work shifts has come to an end, and those who have worked are hurrying to the hostel as soon as possible. It's still frosty here, by the evening it's down to minus twenty, and it's full of snow. In this white desert, the orange-and-blue village looks like a bright spot. And here is the shop, also decorated in these colors. In the evening it is crowded. However, there are always enough visitors.


Although it is cramped here, the assortment of goods is pleasing to the eye. Products are brought to the village in large quantities by water, and they are delivered to the store every other day. Treats and drinking water are the most popular among local buyers.



“Sweets are not enough here. I've been here for a very long time - about 4 months, and I can say that I'm drawn to delicious food. Prices, of course, differ from those on the "ground", but in terms of assortment - everything is fine, ”says Denis Kharchenko.

The salesperson Yuliya has been working here on a rotational basis for two years. Came to Sabetta from Omsk. They work with partners almost without rest. But they love their work. Almost everyone is recognized by sight, and the gastronomic preferences of their customers are also remembered.

“Everyone wants something tasty, imagine - constantly eating in the dining room, you don’t want to. Someone is cooking. Chickens buy a lot, now we sell vegetables. They take a lot of vegetables - they constantly ask, and we order. Men carry multicookers with them - and they cook, ”shares the seller Yulia Parakhuda.


Home-work, work-home. Life in the workers' settlement is not happy with diversity. But for hard workers here they tried to make everything as comfortable as possible. Comfortable dorms, spacious dining rooms, and for leisure - a large gym. Those who still have strength after work can go to the gym or kick the ball. Living conditions for people here are worthy.



A settlement of 15 thousand inhabitants in the middle of a snowy desert is another proof that people in our country not only think big, but also do big things. The construction of the century - this is how the Yamal LNG plant can now be called. Well, all these people are just grains of sand of a large-scale project. It is impossible to build the Arctic, but it is possible to build it - with its permission.


Recently, the world's first icebreaker tanker was loaded with liquefied natural gas in Yamal. Russian President Vladimir Putin flew to this event. All Interesting Facts, which you need to know about Sabetta and the Yamal LNG plant - in this material.

Where does the "Italian name" Sabetta come from in Yamal?

Sabetta is a shift camp near the Ob Bay of the Kara Sea on east coast the Yamal Peninsula. The village got its name from the name of the local family of Samoyeds Sabe, who lived in the area and were engaged in reindeer herding. The very name of the Yamal Peninsula is also of Samoyedic origin and means "end of the earth" - Ya-mal.

This is what Sabetta looks like from a bird's eye view. Truly the end of the earth

It is interesting that initially, in the name of the village there was one letter T - Sabeta. But during the restart of the gas-rich region and the addition planned for construction seaport, of international importance, the name was Europeanized by adding a second T. Now the village sounds a little Italian, with a delay - Sabetta. True, now there is a version, distributed, including by Wikipedia, that the village got its name from the Sabetta-Yakha River, which flows into the Gulf of Ob in this place. In the Nenets language, sabetta means a woman's headdress.

From the camp of the Nenets to the village of Sabeta (with another T in the name) began to turn in 1980, when geologists from the Tambey oil and gas exploration expedition, stationed earlier in Labytnangi, landed here. But by 2002, only 19 residents remained in the village, and the village of Sabeta was abolished in 2006.

How do they live and work there?

Northern lights brighten up the evenings of the Sabetta people
Sergei Neverov

The Yamal Peninsula is a swampy plain. You can only build in winter. And winter in Yamal is ten months a year, several of them are polar night. Frosts of minus 50 degrees are a common thing for shift workers. Squally winds are more of a problem. They work there exclusively on shifts. For three weeks. The hostels are equipped to the highest standard. Workers not spoiled by expensive resorts compare their rooms with three- or four-star hotels. Alcohol throughout the village under the strictest ban. They do not partake of Cahors even in the local church. Those found drunk pay decent fines with five zeros, and their employers with six.

There is little entertainment in the village, but the Internet works, and in in social networks there are several active groups. One of them is “Sabetta Super! (Yamal LNG)" on the VKontakte network has almost 20,000 subscribers.

The food is very decent, but in order to get into the canteens, sometimes you have to firmly defend your right. The overwhelming majority of the contingent is male, and shift workers sometimes relieve tension like a man. Viewing is also among the entertainment. northern lights and walrus. It is strongly not recommended to make friends with the local fauna. A polar bear might taste it just out of curiosity, and arctic foxes that walk around the village in search of handouts can infect with rabies.

Such light phenomenon is common for polar winter and artificial light
Airat Basareev

Temple of Sabetta, where they do not partake of wine
Andrey Starostin

You can swim in Sabetta directly with walruses Aleksey Ivanov

Is it true that outsiders cannot fly to Sabetta?

In Sabetta rebuilt and put into operation international Airport. Red Wings flies from Moscow, AK Yamal flies to Moscow. There are also flights from Novy Urengoy and Salekhard. Officially, tickets for all these flights are not sold. But you can almost always get hooked on shifts, having agreed in advance with the inviting party or with the air carrier.

Baggage inspection at Sabetta airport is carried out for imported alcohol. Any quantity and quality of alcoholic beverages will be confiscated by the security services. You can refuse to check your luggage by paying a fine of 50 thousand rubles.

Sabetta International Airport
Andrey Starostin

Why is Sabetta a seaport, and even an international one?

The construction of the international sea cargo port in Sabetta began in 2012, and already in 2013 it began to receive cargo ships. The seaport was finally ready this year - by the arrival of the world's first and so far the only icebreaker-type gas-carrying tanker. The natural gas liquefaction plant itself is being completed on the territory of the seaport so that liquid gas can be immediately pumped into tankers and shipped along the Northern Sea Route. The first icebreaker tanker will ship LNG straight to China.

"Christophe de Margerie" passes through the 2.1-meter thickness of ice itself
Dmitry Lobusov

Trial commercial voyage of the icebreaker Christophe de Margerie from Norway to South Korea passed the entire Northern Sea Route in 19 days. This is 30% faster than through the Suez Canal. This is the main advantage of the Northern Sea Route (NSR). And the NSR is the shortest between the European part of Russia and the Far East - the distance from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok along it is a little more than 14 thousand km.

Tanks filled with natural gas Yamal LNG

Tickets for the flight Moscow - Sabetta cannot be bought: they are taken there only according to lists and a passport. There are simply no other options, respectively, random people - too. Red Wings drove there, back - "Yamal". I checked in last, which resulted in a nice bonus, but more on that later. It was unusual to see only adults in line for boarding - sober, calm, without jokes and jokes. Everyone knows where and, most importantly, why they fly. No crazy mothers, no wild animal breeders. A striking contrast to "resort" flights.

The only joke was when a lathered man jumped up to us, who needed to go to Simferopol, and almost flew away with us to Yamal. We slightly kept the intrigue, but nevertheless admitted that Sabetta is not a resort, although it is also on the peninsula. He still managed to get on his plane.

Main square of Sabetta

The captain of the aircraft announced that the airport in Sabetta was overloaded and that we had to wait a bit. Okay, we're waiting. And we are waiting, and we are waiting ... Finally, we were towed, the pilot fired up the engines and drove himself, but at every intersection he stood and let everyone through!

We fed deliciously in flight - I didn’t even expect this from actually rotational transport. And the bonus is that I was sitting at the end of the plane, but alone on three chairs. I thought I'd take a nap, but it was so beautiful behind the porthole that I couldn't get away from it. Yes, and it was also convenient.

Arrived in Sabetta. Here everything was, on the one hand, easier than in Domodedovo, and on the other hand, it was more difficult. No frills like a bus from the plane to the building, but you have to wait a long time for luggage and it is inspected for alcohol. Really look at the conscience. If something raises questions, you need to open the trunk and show it, and it doesn’t matter how tightly the things are packed. Refused - prepare 50 thousand fines.

Nobody refuses. Alcohol in Sabetta, in the settlements and throughout the South Tambey license area (UTLU), including the LNG plant, is under a complete, absolute and total ban. Even in the church they don’t take communion with Cahors. The temple, by the way, is blessed. I decided to go there from arrival - I got to a feast. We sat, talked, told different stories. Met people again.

Temple in the middle of Sabetta.

In general, there are many prohibitions, but they are understandable. If you don’t understand something yourself, they will explain it at the briefing. Explained in simple language. For example, you cannot interact with the local fauna. If polar bear- it is clear that he will tear you apart purely out of curiosity, even if he is not hungry. If a polar fox, then it is not known what is on his mind, plus rabies is quite possible. I didn’t see polar bears here, I won’t lie, but arctic foxes run around garbage dumps like cats in cities, and the most daring ones beg yummy from people.

Smoking is allowed only in designated places - on the street in ventilated iron sheds. The order at YUTLU is monitored by security, the law and order - by the police department.

For violation of the rules - either a sensitive (five-six-figure) fine, or deportation. Although there are violations with six signs, but without deportation. For example, booze. Since they drown here brutally, then put the mash - like two fingers. They will feel you drunk - and you yourself will owe money, and your office, and twice as much, but they will not send you home. Eat, they say, go on, bring us the loot. But deportation means that the deportee will never again - neither next time, nor from another office - be able to come here. The only way to come here again is to change your passport. There are people who, for one reason or another, do not drink, who in Sabetta are like fish in water. There are people who specially come here for a shift as for rehabilitation with occupational therapy - because they are unable to stop drinking on their own.

One of the streets of Sabetta. In fact, there are no streets as such - there are only hostel numbers, between which there are passages. All communications are laid on the surface: the permafrost, after all.

More about fines. Tighten the heating in the room so that it doesn’t fry so much - get to 30 thousand. To be at the factory without overalls - minus five percent of the salary for each time. Lack of personal protective equipment (helmets and goggles) - in different ways, depending on the zone where you were caught without them. Lack of insurance when working at height - again, deportation.

About the weather. You come from Moscow to the Arctic - you think, pipets! The next day, the temperature drops to -3, you think: now kick it. The next day, the wind rises from the Arctic Ocean (and I must say that Yamal is almost even and nothing prevents the wind from blowing), you think: now it’s definitely kick-ass! The next day the sun comes out, the wind does not stop, the temperature drops even more, you think: well, okay. The next day is just as cold, but the wind stops blowing, fog comes from the ocean, and you think: in the heat!

Sunrise on Sabetta.

The wind, if it exists, turns the cigarette out of the mouth (because of this, the habit of holding a cigarette with your teeth quickly appears), blows through the fastened zippers on the clothes, and if one of the clothes is not fastened, there is a possibility of losing it. The habit of fastening appears instantly. The wind can really blow a helmet off your head or a yellow vest off your body. At first, it is surprising that all ladders, even if they are two or three steps, are equipped with railings, but when the wind rises, you understand that this is a necessary thing.

In Sabetta there is, as I said, a police station and a first-aid post. The fire department is located at the plant, where firefighters go. With the strict rules of Sabetta, a fire in the village is unlikely, but at the plant for the production of liquefied natural gas, it is quite natural to play it safe. In two weeks, I saw the police only once, but the ambulances go. The main function of medicine here is to treat cuts and abrasions and keep the rabies vaccine ready. If someone is seriously ill, give a certificate, on the basis of which the person goes home ahead of time so that he does not spread the infection and does not parasitize. No simulation is required: in the first-aid post, when applying, they directly ask: “Do you want to go home?” - and, if you want, - good riddance.

In general, it is quite possible to get bored there if these shifts and business trips are treated as exile and hard labor, and not as an adventure. The people, who are weaker, go crazy - it is easier for doctors to send home a yearning person than to strengthen and isolate someone who has already "gone".

Ordinary landscape. Wires and drilling - there is nothing more to catch on the eye.

At YUTLU, everything is done to ensure that people who come there work and do not get fooled by everyday issues: what and how to eat, how to sleep, where to wash and how to maintain hygiene. Literally all questions are closed. I wrote about heating. In hostels on each floor - rooms with washing machines and dryers. On the ground floor there is a separate warm clothes dryer. Cleaning in the room - every other day. Change of bed linen and towels - once a week.

Each person is entitled to a pass - a plastic card, to which money for food is credited daily. Three times a day they are fed for slaughter, but even with my appetite, without denying myself anything, I could not gobble up the entire amount.

About leisure. There is a sports complex with iron and a playground. You need to sign up for iron two days in advance. I didn’t swing - I just regimen and ate. On the site you can play any playground games: volleyball, mini-football, badminton and tennis, there are ping-pong tables. Communication with civilization throughout the area - only via satellite. And it is poor for the user: the voice on the phone in Sabetta keeps well, at the factory - with big interruptions (a mobile phone is not really needed there: everyone has a walkie-talkie), the Internet is only Edge. I saw 3G once, but it quickly fell off. Local network - only in offices, for mail, Internet access is very limited. Wi-Fi is available in some places, but is strictly password-protected. People come with gadgets, watch movies and series, and change with each other on flash drives fresh.

There are two attractions in Sabetta: the torch of the LNG plant, which is visible from everywhere, and the temple. I was also impressed by the old buildings of hostels, in which shift workers and border guards used to live - houses knocked together from boards. There is no one in them now, but they are standing, and this is very expressive. Such a house is quite suitable for a room for a museum of these places. Although the village is young and small, the history here is already rich.

One of the old hostels.

It's cool to see how harsh and gloomy guys during the day poke through cracks and secluded corners in the evenings and coo on the phone with family and friends. Another powerful contrast: life is everywhere. And in a rustic way (in a good sense of the word), couples walking along the streets create a good feeling.

New hostel building. There are many of them in Sabetta - everyone lives there.

In general, there are no random people there. People are different: from all over Russia plus the French, Indians, Turks, Serbs. The Germans make concrete - with German thoroughness. And everyone is really equal.

More about the torch. The torch is a meditative thing. It is really visible from everywhere, and if it is hidden behind buildings, then the whole sky is illuminated with such a flickering red-yellow light. It looks fantastically beautiful: a column of fire from 20 to 50 meters high on a non-fig tower, plus sometimes, when something difficult is burning there, black smoke also flies.

Several times I had to be near him. Well, how close. The first 220 meters from it is a sterile zone where entry is prohibited, and you yourself do not want to go there. But you don’t want to, because already half a kilometer away from it you can barely hear your neighbor because of the hum and it really fries you. From the torch you can warm your hands, like from a fire. You get out of the car and think that spring has come, it's warm: there is mud around, there is no snow at all, well, you think that you can walk without a hat in one helmet. And here’s the hell there: as soon as you enter the shade from some structure, you understand that you had to put on a hat, because in the shade it’s the most winter, that is, the snow crunches, and the ears from cold rolls up into a tube. But already a bummer: you can not remove the helmet. The village of Sabetta is located a few kilometers from the plant, our building was on the last line - and so, there is always a feeling that an airliner is flying over the house, only the noise source does not fly away.

About local rules traffic. I took my driver's license with me and thought that it would be possible to saddle some six-wheeled TREKOL and drive it through the tundra, or drive it around in a pickup truck on icy roads. Fuck everything: fines for traffic violations are about 10 times higher than the "mainland", the speed limit is 50 km / h, and all cars are equipped with GLONASS, you can't hide. Even if you think that no one will notice your violation, the track is constantly being written and randomly checked every few days. The order on the roads is monitored by several services at once, including the traffic police, and discipline is maintained by mutual responsibility. In the tundra, on the "bushes", the opposite is true. There is only one rule: loaded transport has an advantage. Dot. There are no more rules, ride as you like. It looks crazy at first, but then you get used to it.

In short, with an optimistic attitude, time on a business trip to Sabetta is perceived as extreme, but damn interesting vacation.

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