Yakutsk

American  

[yuh-kootsk] / yəˈkutsk /

noun

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

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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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Example Sentences

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

From BBC

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

From Science Daily

In Yakutsk, a frigid city in eastern Siberia, it was minus 45 degrees Fahrenheit when Mr. Popov, the head of the campaign there, started collecting signatures.

From New York Times

They have braved subzero temperatures in the Siberian city of Yakutsk.

From New York Times

“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