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Yakutsk

American  
[yuh-kootsk] / jəˈkutsk /

noun

  1. the capital of the Yakut Autonomous Republic in the NE Russian Federation in Asia, on the Lena River.


Yakutsk British  
/ jɪˈkutsk /

noun

  1. a port in E Russia, capital of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), on the Lena River. Pop: 214 000 (2005 est)

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Yana is being studied at the North-Eastern Federal University in the region's capital Yakutsk.

From BBC Dec. 23, 2024

In some places, such as China's Mohe and Russia's Yakutsk, temperatures dipped to the life-threatening lowest levels.

From Science Daily Apr. 17, 2024

“Boris Nadezhdin is our collective ‘No,’” said Lyosha Popov, a 25-year-old who has been collecting signatures for Mr. Nadezhdin in Yakutsk, south of the Arctic Circle.

From New York Times Jan. 27, 2024

"So basically, take Norilsk or Yakutsk – those cities look like an atomic bomb has exploded there."

From Salon Jul. 29, 2023

Suffice it to say that it happened, and that it happened at Yakutsk in the beginning of November, about a month after my arrival at that citadel of frosts.

From Tales by Polish Authors by Various

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