Dress like a cabbage': Surviving Yakutsk, the world's coldest city Reuters Back Figure of a Yakut, Sakha in his Hunting Dress. Top This little one is dressed in traditional Yakut winter clothing, designed to withstand the brutal cold of Siberia. Temperatures here can drop as low as 67.7C ( 89.9F), making it A Yakut woman in national dress demonstrates furs Stock Photo Alamy A Yakut child in traditional winter dress, Siberia.