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Yakutsk

Yakutsk (English)
Якутск (Russian)
Дьокуускай (Sakha)
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City under republic jurisdiction
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View of the city from the Geological Institute collections area
Map of Russia - Sakha (Yakutia) Republic (2008-03).svg
Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia
Yakutsk is located in Sakha Republic
Yakutsk
Yakutsk
Location of Yakutsk in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
Coordinates: 62°02′N 129°44′E / 62.033°N 129.733°E / 62.033; 129.733Coordinates: 62°02′N 129°44′E / 62.033°N 129.733°E / 62.033; 129.733
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Coat of arms
Flag
City Day Second Sunday of September
Administrative status (as of June 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakha Republic
Administratively subordinated to city of republic significance of Yakutsk
Capital of Sakha Republic
Administrative center of city of republic significance of Yakutsk
Municipal status (as of December 2008)
Urban okrug Yakutsk Urban Okrug
Administrative center of Yakutsk Urban Okrug
Head Aysen Nikolayev
Representative body Okrug Council
Statistics
Area 122 km2 (47 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 269,601 inhabitants
Rank in 2010 68th
Density 2,210/km2 (5,700/sq mi)
Time zone YAKT (UTC+09:00)
Founded 1632
City status since 1643
Postal code(s) 677xxx
Dialing code(s) +7 4112
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Yakutsk (Russian: Якутск; IPA: [jɪˈkutsk]; Yakut: Дьокуускай, Cokuuskay, pronounced [ɟokuːskaj]) is the capital city of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located about 450 kilometers (280 mi) south of the Arctic Circle. Population: 269,601 (2010 Census);210,642 (2002 Census);186,626 (1989 Census).

Yakutsk is a major port on the Lena River. It is served by the Yakutsk Airport as well as the smaller Magan Airport. It is a major supplier of diamonds. Its average winter temperature is −34 °C (−30 °F), which makes Yakutsk the coldest city of its size or greater in the world.

The Turkic Sakha people, also known as the Yakuts, migrated to the area in the 13th and 14th centuries from other parts of Siberia. When they arrived they mixed with other indigenous Siberians in the area. Russian Yakutsk was founded in 1632 as an ostrog (fort) by Pyotr Beketov. In 1639, it became the center of a voyevodstvo. The Yakutsk Voyevoda quickly became the most important Russian official in the region and directed expansion to the east and south.

Yakutsk did not grow into a city until the discovery of large reserves of gold and other minerals in the 1880s and 1890s. These reserves were developed extensively during industrialization under Stalin. The rapid growth of forced labor camps in Siberia was also a major factor encouraging Yakutsk’s development.


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