From the permafrost in Siberia, an ancient mummified wolf was excavated. After scientists completed an analysis of the animal ...

Thursday marks five years since Yakutian shaman Alexander Gabyshev was detained by Russian police during his arduous journey ...

His latest paper also makes it clear that woolly rhinoceroses belong on this list. Boeskorov is a senior researcher at the ...

“Some of them claim they fought to get people to feel sorry for them,” he said. A few thousand kilometers to the northeast, ...

That’s how he ended up in Yakutsk, Russia. The capital city of the vast (1.2 million square miles) Siberian region known as the Sakha Republic, Yakutsk is widely identified as the world’s ...

The phenomenon of Yakut (Sakha) cinema stands on par with other recent developments in national cinematographies. The director of the movie, Vladimir Kocharyan, was born to an Armenian father and ...

And a group of miners just found one in Russia. In the Oymyakon District of Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, miners accidentally uncovered the mummified carcass of a wooly rhino—including a ...

and vignettes on the khomus in Sakha-Yakutia, the Old Believers (Semeiskie) in Buryatia, shamanism in both Republics as it is remembered, revived, and given within ritual practice, and more.

Night - Scattered showers with a 52% chance of precipitation. Winds SW at 16 mph (25.7 kph). The overnight low will be 44 °F (6.7 °C). Cloudy with a high of 49 °F (9.4 °C) and a 48% chance of ...

Yakutia's best youth district will be announced ... for Youth Affairs and Social Communications of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Petr Shamaev. Head of Yakutia Aysen Nikolaev noted that the ...

the government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) reported with reference to Alrosa CEO Pavel Marinychev. "Despite the negative external background, the company 100% fulfilled the diamond ...

Belarus’ Ambassador to Russia Aleksandr Rogozhnik held talks with Head of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Aisen Nikolayev on the ...