Yakuts - Wikipedia
WEBThe Yakuts or Sakha (Yakut: саха, saxa; plural: сахалар, saxalar) are a Turkic ethnic group native to North Siberia, primarily the Republic of Sakha in the Russian Federation, with some extending to the Amur, Magadan, Sakhalin regions, and the Taymyr and Evenk Districts of the Krasnoyarsk region.
Sakha Republic - Wikipedia
WEBSakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Eastern Federal District, and is the world's largest country subdivision, covering over 3,083,523 square kilometers (1,190,555 sq mi). [12] Yakutsk, which is the world's coldest major …
Yakutsk - Wikipedia
WEBYakutsk (Russian: Якутск, pronounced [(j)ɪˈkut͡sk]; Yakut: Дьокуускай, romanized: J̌okuuskay, pronounced [ɟokuːskaj]) is the capital and largest city of Sakha, Russia, located about 450 km (280 mi) south of the Arctic Circle.
Sakha | Republic, Map, History, & Facts | Britannica
WEBThe Sakha (Yakut), a people who formed from the mixture of local tribes with Turkic groups that migrated from the south in the 6th–10th centuries ce, joined the Russian state in the first half of the 17th century. Yakutsk, the republic’s largest city, was founded in 1632.
An Introduction to the Yakut People - Culture Trip
WEBJul 6, 2018 · Native to the Republic of Yakutia in Siberia’s far east, the Yakuts inhabit some of the coldest places on Earth, which get surprisingly hot in summer. It is also the largest republic in Russia, officially formed in 1922 during the …
Sakha | Culture, Language & History | Britannica
WEBSakha, one of the major peoples of eastern Siberia, numbering some 380,000 in the late 20th century. In the 17th century they inhabited a limited area on the middle Lena River, but in modern times they expanded throughout Sakha republic (Yakutia) in far northeastern Russia. They speak a Turkic.
Sakha and Yakuts - Encyclopedia.com
WEBThe Sakha, or Yakut, people are the descendants of Turkic nomads and originated in the region around Lake Baikal in what is now Russia. Source for information on Sakha and Yakuts: Encyclopedia of Russian History dictionary.
Life and Culture in Yakutia, One of Russia's Coldest Regions
WEBOct 25, 2020 · Born and raised in the far east Russian republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, Vasilyev once dreamed of traveling to exotic locations for his photography. But he quickly realized that in Yakutia—the coldest region of …
Yakut - Encyclopedia.com
WEBMay 8, 2018 · Yakutia is a 3,100,000-square-kilometer territory (over four times the size of Texas) in eastern Siberia (the Soviet Far East). Located at approximately 56 to 71 ° N and 107 to 152 ° E, it is bounded by Chukotka to the northeast, Buriatia in the south, and the Evenk region to the west.
The Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia guide
WEBNov 28, 2022 · The Sakha (Yakutia) Republic is the largest federal subject of Russia located in the north-eastern part of Siberia, in the Far Eastern Federal District. Yakutsk is the capital city of the region. The population of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic is about 992,100 (2022), the area - 3,083,523 sq. km.