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	Yakutsk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The tower of ostrog, or fort, in Yakutsk was constructed in 1683.
		Yakutsk was founded in 1632 as a Cossack fort but did not grow into a city until the discovery of large reserves of gold and other minerals in the 1880s and 1890s.
		Yakutsk is one of the coldest cities on earth, with January temperatures regularly remaining below −40 °C (−40 °F).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yakutsk (324 words)

	The School of Russian and Asian Studies: Regions & Cities: Russian Far East: Yakutsk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Yakutsk is the capital of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia).
		Yakutsk was first reached by Russians when the Cossack Peter Beketov approached the area from the upper reaches of the great Siberian river Lena with a detachment of thirty people.
		The new ostrog (fort) was called Yakutsk, and became the capital and trade center for the district.
	www.sras.org /cities.phtml?m=186 (246 words)

	Encyclopedia: Yakutsk
		Yakutsk is also home to Sakha theater and the Museum of Mammoth, and has offices of the Alrosa company, which diamond mines in (Click link for more info and facts about Yakutia) Yakutia account for about 20% of the world's rough diamond output.
		Yakutsk is one of the coldest cities on earth, with January temperatures regularly remaining below −50 °C (−58 °F).
		Yakutsk is the biggest city built on continuous (Ground that is permanently frozen) permafrost.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Yakutsk (901 words)

	Arctic Travel - Yakutia -- Get Adventure in the biggest part of Siberia and the northest Russian Arctic - History if ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Yakutsk was officially claimed as exile place for criminals and people persecuted for their faith.
		The stockaded town of Yakutsk with towers, church and voevode’s court was damaged partly by flood.
		Dionisyi was appointed as the bishop of Yakutsk and Vilyuisk.
	www.arctictravel.ru /history_e.html (5637 words)

	Yakutsk International Airport
		Yakutsk Airport State Enterprise has 17 subdivisions, the main activities of which are to handle aircraft and passengers, to process cargo and post, and to maintain all the surfaces and the lighting equipment along the runways.
		Therefore, the general plan for developing Yakutsk airport includes constructing a new terminal with an arrivals hall for passengers, equipping the existing building with telescopic walkways, extending and reinforcing the tarmac, renovating and increasing the number of aircraft parking spaces, constructing a high-speed taxi track, and replacing and renewing the specialised transport.
		Yakutsk airport has, on a number of occasions, been used as a testing ground for aircraft and aircraft maintenance in cold conditions.
	www.sovereign-publications.com /yakutsk.htm (1394 words)

	A City of Gold and Diamonds - Yakutsk, Russia - Siberia Things to see and do :: BootsnAll Travel Network
		Yakutsk is the capital city of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), a region unimaginably wealthy in diamonds, gold, oil and gas.
		Yakutsk, with its population of slightly over 200,000, would be too tiny to make it on to a map of China, Russia's southern neighbor.
		Yakutsk may be famed for its wealth, but it is not an expensive city.
	www.bootsnall.com /articles/04-11/a-city-of-gold-and-diamonds-yakutsk-russia.html (1486 words)

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		From its early beginnings as a garrison, the settlement was to grow into Yakutsk, the capital of Russian republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in eastern Siberia.
		But for two centuries before the gold rush, Yakutsk was the launching pad for the exploration of the extreme north and the northeastern regions of Asia.
		Accommodation: One of Yakutsk's more comfortable hotels is conveniently located near the airport, another built in traditional Yakut style is 20 minutes from the city center - and comes with all the mod cons including the ultimate luxury of hot water.
	www.journeymart.com /DExplorer/AsiaNC/Russia/siberia/yakutsk (813 words)

	Yakutsk
		Yakutsk was founded in 1632 by Cossack explorers; it became the main centre for the conquest of much of northeast Asia, and a collecting point for furs and ivory.
		Yakutsk lies in an extremely remote location, and is linked with the rest of the Russian Federation by river traffic along the Lena to the railhead at Osetrovo on the Baikal–Amur Mainline, or by air.
		The Academy of Sciences in Yakutsk has an important institute for the study of permafrost.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0002691.html (214 words)

	Pravda.RU Weather People: Flooding No Longer Threatens Yakutsk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Besides, the so-called second flood wave that approaches Yakutsk is not as bad as the first one thanks to the lack of ice blockages.
		The optimistic reports of a drop of the flood waters in the area of Yakutsk (Far East) have proved to be premature.
		The most complex situation persists in the city of Yakutsk in the area in which the level of water in the Lena river exceeds the critical level by 51 centimetres.
	english.pravda.ru /region/2001/05/23/5688.html (1910 words)

	CNN.com - Ice bombing eases Siberia floods - May 22, 2001
		Yakutsk, home to almost 200,000, is the last large settlement in the path of the river Lena, which tracks northward for about 860 miles through the Siberian tundra into the Arctic ocean.
		A spokeswoman for the Yakutsk administration told Reuters that the water level in Yakutsk had fallen from 9.17 metres to 8.87 in three hours.
		Buses mounted with loudspeakers are driving through Yakutsk urging residents to "take children, money and warm clothing" and flee their homes if they hear an air-raid siren -- a signal that floodwaters will inundate the city, said Reuters.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WEATHER/05/22/siberia.floods.02 (630 words)

	Sister Cities: FNSB-Yakutsk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		What is now Yakutsk was first reached by Russians when a Lieutenant or Cossaks, Peter Beketov approached the area from the upper reaches of the great Siberian river Lena with a detachment of thirty people.
		In September of 1990, Yakutsk was proclaimed the capital of the newly formed Sakha Republic.
		In 1992, Yakutsk had a population of over 250,000 people, is the capital of the largest region in Russia, and is centered in an area of enormous natural resources.
	www.ptialaska.net /~fysc/fysc.html (268 words)

	BBC News \| EUROPE \| Siberian city braces for new floods
		The Siberian city of Yakutsk is bracing itself for a second round of flooding, following inundations in the region that killed five people and left two others missing.
		In one district of Yakutsk, where the water reached the windows of one-storey wooden houses, the mood was almost festive, as people huddled in boats and drank vodka.
		Though spring flooding happens every year in Russia, the current exceptional levels could devastate Yakutsk, which is built on a forest of mainly wooden stilts.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1345000/1345408.stm (478 words)

	Russian Cities: Yakutsk
		Yakutsk is the capital of the Sakha Republic, in the Eastern part of Siberian Russia.
		It is a center of highways and has sawmills, tanneries, and brickworks.
		The city has a university and is home to the Yakutsk branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
	www.russiannewsnetwork.com /yakutsk.html (55 words)

	CNN.com - Flood crisis worsens in Siberia - May 21, 2001
		Yakutsk is the largest settlement in the path of the Lena river and is home to almost 200,000.
		Many residents have refused to leave their homes for fear of looting and have camped out on upper floors or on roofs, where some have erected small shacks and tents for sleeping.
		Yakutsk is the last large city on the Lena river, which loops northward for about 860 miles through the Siberian tundra into the Arctic ocean.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WEATHER/05/21/russia.floods (510 words)

	Yakutsk (Russia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Yakutsk, a port, a capital of Yakutiya, is located on the left bank of the Lena river.
		The modern Yakutsk with a population of 191400 is an industrial, scientific and cultural centre of Yakutiya.
		The main places of interest are the Yakutsky Drama Theatre, the Russian Drama Theatre, the Opera and Ballet Theatre, the Philharmonic Hall, the Museum of Local Lore, the Fine Arts Museum, the Tower of the Yakutsk burg with wood hip-roof (1685), the Stone buildings of the Spassky Monastery (1664), the Nikolskaya Church (1852).
	www.besteastern.com /online/gettowndescription.asp?id=99 (159 words)

	AllRefer.com - Yakutsk (CIS And Baltic Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Yakutsk (CIS And Baltic Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		It is also a highway center and has tanneries, sawmills, and brickworks.
		It has a university (founded 1956) and the Yakutsk branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/Y/Yakutsk.html (161 words)

	BBC News \| EUROPE \| Siberian flood crisis worsens
		Intensive efforts are being made to protect the Siberian city of Yakutsk from flood water threatening to engulf it.
		Yakutsk is the capital of the Yakutia region which is suffering Russia's worst floods in 100 years.
		Thousands of people have been evacuated from the suburbs of Yakutsk to the city centre, several metres higher than the flood mark.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/1342310.stm (427 words)

	Yakutsk -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		A fort was founded on the Lena's low right bank in 1632 and transferred 43 miles (70 km) upstream to the present site of Yakutsk in 1642.
		Long a small provincial centre of wooden houses where, beginning in the 19th century, dissidents were exiled, Yakutsk has grown in size and acquired light industries, …
		Long a small provincial centre of wooden houses where, beginning in the 19th century, dissidents were exiled, Yakutsk has grown in size and...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9077738 (425 words)

	Yakutsk on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Russia: Floodwater threatens to devastate city on stilts; Yakutsk, a city of 200,000 people, is a marvel of Soviet engineering.
		Yakutsk in Path of Raging Flood Waters, THE MOSCOW TIMES
		President of Sakha-Yakutia, Russia'a autonomous republic in Yakutsk, 06 January 2005, as Putin arrives for a working visit.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/y/yakutsk.asp (413 words)

	News - GAC & UA Inspect Yakutsk Airport. - Global Aviation Consulting, Inc.
		This visit was joined by the representatives of Yakutsk ARTCC and regional aviation representatives.
		The visit was concentrated on the inspection of Yakutsk maintenance facilities, mechanical and sheet metal shops, electronics, engineering and other aircraft repair facilities including airport hangars.
		Meeting with the airport management was very fruitful as it showed airports understanding of the diversion and other issues affecting airlines currently using airspace of Sakha Republic.
	www.globalavia.com /news/news08.htm (191 words)

	Send Flowers - Yakutsk, Russia.
		Send Flowers - Yakutsk and the region are serviced.
		Yakutsk and the nearest towns are serviced by highly professional local florists with many years of business experience.
		In Yakutsk flowers can be delivered the same day if your order received before 1 p.m.
	www.flowers-to-russia.com /russia/yakutsk_st7.html (193 words)

	Self Introductions YSU
		Yakutsk is the capital of the Republic of
		Yakutsk is the capital of the Republic Sakha (Yakutia).
		I live in Yakutsk which is the capital of the
	www.gwu.edu /~washweb/us-siberlinkselfysu.htm (1270 words)

	YAKUTSK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Yakutsk, 62° 2' N, 129° 44' E, capital of Sakha Republic, Russia, a major port on Lena river in eastern Siberia.
		It has a university and a branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
		It is licensed under the GNU free documentation license.
	www.yotor.org /wiki/en/ya/Yakutsk.htm (64 words)

	Leslie Scott Photography - Yakutia 2004 Itinerary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Upon arrival in Yakutsk, our organizers for Yakutsk, Sergey who is of Yakut heritage, will meet us.
		As we drive through Yakutsk to our hotel, we observe the results from permafrost as most of the older wooden houses are leaning every which way.
		After this, we understand why most of the houses in Yakutsk seem to lean either forward or backwards and most of the apartment buildings are build on wooden poles.
	www.lesliescottphotography.com /yakutia2004itinerary.htm (1886 words)

	Cold related mortalities and protection against cold in Yakutsk, eastern Siberia: observation and interview study -- ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In Yakutsk, Russia, mortality from cerebrovascular and ischaemic heart disease and all causes among people aged 50-59 and 65-74 was unchanged as temperature fell to
		We report protection taken against cold and death rates in winter in Yakutsk in eastern Siberia.
		We analysed daily deaths among people living in districts within 400 km of Yakutsk and in the city itself for 1989-95.
	bmj.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/317/7164/978 (2451 words)

	Wired News: Good Morning, Yakutsk. You OK?
		The five-day rally begins in Yakutsk, the regional capital, and ends in the tiny village of Oymyakon, the "pole of cold," where a temperature of minus 96 degrees Fahrenheit was recorded in 1924, making it the world's coldest inhabited place.
		In the meantime, he and his crew, which includes a documentary film team, are getting to know the locals in Yakutsk, Siberia's largest city.
		The local television station was supposed to interview him this morning on a show called "Good Morning, Yakutsk," but they called to postpone.
	www.wired.com /news/culture/0,1284,58140,00.html (634 words)

	Siberian Curse: You Think This Was Cold? Try Yakutsk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The coldest temperature recorded in New Hampshire, of -44F/-42C on the top of Mount Washington (a place where no-one lives) was the same as the temperature recorded the same day in Yakutsk, a city of about 200,000 people in Siberia.
		In Yakutsk, temperatures regularly fall below -58F/-50C in January for prolonged periods of time.
		The coldest temperature ever recorded outside Antarctica, of -90F/-68C, was recorded in the same region of Siberia as Yakutsk.
	www.brookings.edu /views/op-ed/hillf/20040130.htm (661 words)

	Flood in Yakutsk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This Year the city of Yakutsk and its suburbs was the major victim of the raging element.
		The level of water this year was significantly higher of that of 1998, which made 912 sm.
		We would be so grateful to you if you could feel our sorrow and did what you can to help us in this critical and difficult situation.
	www.ykt.ru /flood.htm (216 words)

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