the Yakuts
the Sakha

The Yakuts are divided into two basic groups based on geography and economics.

They proved to be a valuable asset and became companions to the Yakuts.

To the east the plateau gives way to the low-lying land of the Yakuts.

Russians move around here more than in the European part of the country, and the Yakuts, whose population is about 350,000, all know one another.

The Yakuts believe that making drums from trees struck by lightning gives them a special connection to nature.

The Yakuts have grown accustomed to vegetables very slowly; their traditional meal is meat.

The Yakuts, Ostyaks, and others were losing their wilderness skills.

Perhaps this method made the Yakuts adapt to Soviet civilization more rapidly.

It's even been merged with Christianity among the Yakuts.

The Yakuts have a reputation in the Soviet.

Its trouble-shooters have struck new deals with the Russians and the Yakuts.

The social system of the Yakuts.

A variation of the name, Uraŋxai, was an old name for the Yakuts.

At one time, the Yakuts lived in individual huts in the taiga, with many kilometers separating their homes.

Cattle of the Yakuts.

The Yakuts carry enormous packs.

Pyanda reached the lands inhabited by the Yakuts and turned back, avoiding a wintering amid the yet unknown race of people.

However, it is practically non-existent among many of the Yakuts' neighboring ethnic groups, such as Tungusic speakers.

Furthermore, it appears that the Yakuts probably did not find their origin among the Xiongnu tribes as previously hypothesised.

He was exiled to Siberia, where he conducted geographical studies and ethnographic research into the Yakuts.

- I'll take five letters of the Yakuts and the Kazakhs want to take two letters.

The Yakuts originally lived around Olkhon and the region of Lake Baikal.

Some of the Yukagirs have assimilated with the Yakuts, Evens, and Russians.

The Yakuts are the largest, and are known for their olonkho songs and the khomus, a jaw harp.

The Yakuts keep their horses, cows and pigs in their yards - usually only one or two animals, since the law limits the number they can own.

The origin and development of agriculture in the Sakha republic.

Wolves also killed 314 domesticated horses, the Sakha authorities said.

He was previously prime minister of the Sakha Republic.

The island is administered by the Sakha Republic of Russia.

More than 200 kimberlite pipes have since been identified in the Sakha Republic.

Before the title was President of the Sakha Republic.

A variation of the name, Uraŋxai, was an old name for the Sakha.

The mine is located in the Sakha Republic.

Genetic analysis of the Sakha population shows a botleneck dated approximately at that time, 1300 200 ybp.

The district is one of the most inaccessible sections of the Sakha Republic.

There is currently no bridge of any kind across the Lena in the Sakha Republic.

He also likes reading historical literature and is a fan of the music of the Sakha Republic.

Yakutsk is the capital of the Sakha Republic.

His name bears the Sakha drama theater, a literary museum, one of the streets in Yakutsk.

The only other federal subject of Russia spanning more than one time zone is the Sakha Republic.

Vilyuysk is a town in the Sakha Republic, Russia.

The Sakha regional government holds 32 percent, and diamond-mining regional districts own 8 percent.

There are thought to be about 3,500 wolves in the Sakha Republic, which covers an area larger than Argentina.

The law of the Sakha Republic establishes that the terms "ulus" and "district" are equivalent.

Confusingly, the Sakha Republic uses the term "town" to refer to a type of an administrative division.

Yakut is spoken mainly in the Sakha Republic.

Official website of the Sakha Republic.

The government of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic is the executive body of state authority.

In 2002 he became a politician and was elected the president of the Sakha Republic, a federal subject of Russia.

He devoted his life to investigating key problems regarding the socio-cultural, economic, and political life of the Sakha republic, including: