Verkhoyansk district

Administrative center - Batagai

Established on January 5, 1967

Area - 134,400 km²

Torchbearers:

Vladislav Ivanov
Head of Verkhoyansk district
Nikolai Mandarov
Pensioner, Master of Sports of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), sports veteran of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Honorary citizen of Verkhoyansk district
Ekaterina Nogovitsyna
Chairman of the Council of Deputies of Verkhoyansk district
Raisa Gorokhova
Coach of Verkhoyansk Children and Youth Sports School, Master of sports of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
Nadezhda Gorokhova
Lieutenant of the internal service, prize-winner of the 5th Children of Asia Games 2012
Dariiana Potapova
Senior police lieutenant, prize-winner of the 5th Children of Asia Games 2012
Vasilii Potapov
Individual entrepreneur, Master of Sports in khapsagai
Viktor Oshchepkov
Director of Verkhoyansk Children and Youth Sport School
Vasilii Nogovitsyn
Pensioner, Candidate for Master of Sports of the USSR, High Achiever in Education of the Russian Federation, Sports veteran of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Honorary citizen of Verkhoyansk district
Roman Potapov
7th grade student of Verkhoyansk School, champion and prize-winner of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) in Yakut jumps (kylyy)