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Yakutsk

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Yakutsk , city (1989 pop. 187,000), capital of the Sakha Republic, E Siberian Russia, a major port on the Lena River. It is also a highway center and has tanneries, sawmills, and brickworks. Yakutsk was founded in 1632. It has a university (founded 1956) and the Yakutsk branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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Yakutsk

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Yakutsk, Yakutiya Republic/Russia Lensky Ostrog, Yakutsky Ostrog Founded in 1632 on the Lena River, it was at first known as the ‘Lena Stockade’ from ostrog ‘fortified town’. It was moved to its present site in 1642 and renamed ‘Fortress of the Yakuts’. See Sakha.

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Yakutsk

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

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