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Yakutsk
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: permafrost capital of the world: did you forget to turn off the water? In Yakutsk, a city just below the Arctic Circle, a little drip from a pipe creates an enormous ice sculpture.
May 01, 2006; Located in East Siberia, Russia, Yakutsk is the capital of the Russian republic of Sakha, or Yakutia. Located just below the...
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Yakutsk: Journey to the coldest city on earth ; Think our winter's been a bit grim? Try visiting Yakutsk - the Russian city where 'a bit nippy' means minus 50C, and a quick dash to the corner shop could end in frostbite. Shaun Walker enjoys a mini-break in deepest Siberia winter temperatures
Jan 21, 2008; At minus 35C, the air will cold enough to numb exposed skin quickly, making frostbite a constant hazard. And at minus 45C, even...
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Yakutsk in Path of Raging Flood Waters, THE MOSCOW TIMES
May 21, 2001; Valeria Korchagina The Moscow Times (Russia) 05-21-2001 Helicopters flew up the Lena River from Yakutsk every half-hour Sunday to...
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Russia: Floodwater threatens to devastate city on stilts Yakutsk, a city of 200,000 people, is a marvel of Soviet engineering. But it may be destroyed in floods caused by melting Siberian ice
May 21, 2001; SURGING FLOODWATERS on the Lena river in north-eastern Siberia are threatening to destroy a marvel of Soviet engineering -...
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LG to invest in South Yakutsk Development Program.
Aug 20, 2007; LG to invest in South Yakutsk Development Program YAKUTSK. Aug 20 (Interfax) - Korea's LG International, a large industrial...
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