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Yakutsk

[ yuh-kootsk ]

noun

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


Yakutsk

/ 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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It was minus-61 degrees Fahrenheit in Yakutsk, about 300 miles south of the Arctic Circle, on Saturday, but the people still came.

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They are sent to lonely settlements, many of them up at Yakutsk; though, of course, there are some down here.

His protestation was answered by his transfer to the frozen region of the province of Yakutsk in Eastern Siberia!

Their one aim was to get away from Asia before fresh orders could come overland from Yakutsk.

Thorshavn and Yakutsk are excellent examples of the temperature differences along the same latitude line (see fig. 11).

Two or three years ago a mail carrier from Ayan to Yakutsk was visited by a bear during a night halt.

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