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38-646: Markha may refer to: Markha, a former village, incorporated into the city of Yakutsk , Sakha Republic, Russia Markha, Olyokminsky District , a village in Olyokminsky District, Sakha Republic, Russia Markha (Vilyuy) , a tributary of the Vilyuy in the Sakha Republic, Russia Markha (Lena) , a tributary of the Lena in the Sakha Republic, Russia Markha River (India) ,

76-467: A municipal division , Yakutsk and the eleven rural localities are incorporated as Yakutsk Urban Okrug . The settlement of Zhatay is not a part of Yakutsk Urban Okrug and is independently incorporated as Zhatay Urban Okrug. Divisional source: Population source: *Administrative centers are shown in bold Yakutsk is a destination of the Lena Highway . The city's connection to that highway

114-642: A dual-use railroad and highway bridge so the Amur Yakutsk Mainline , the North–South railroad being extended from the south, could connect the city with the East–West Baikal Amur Mainline . The railroad reached the settlement of Nizhny Bestyakh , on the opposite bank of the Lena from Yakutsk, in November 2011. The 2019 completion of a new rail line to the eastern bank of the Lena permitted

152-558: A friend and they cannot hear you, it is because the words have frozen in the air. However, when spring comes the words "thaw" and one can hear everything that was said months ago. The main tributaries of the Yana are the Adycha , Oldzho , Sartang and Abyrabyt from the right, and the Dulgalakh , Bytantay , Tykakh and Baky from the left. Most of these tributaries are short rivers flowing from

190-571: A mean of +23.2 °C (73.8 °F), and the coldest, January 1900, which averaged −51.4 °C (−60.5 °F). Yakutsk is the largest city in the world with an average winter temperature of below −30 °C (−22 °F). Yakutsk is an inland location, being almost 1,000 km (620 mi) from the Pacific Ocean, which coupled with the high latitude means exposure to severe winters and also lack of temperature moderation. July temperatures soar to an above-normal average for this latitude, with

228-537: A river in Ladakh, India [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Markha&oldid=961813083 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

266-511: Is a local punk scene in Yakutsk, with many bands. The city has an increasingly vibrant film industry that has been gaining international recognition over recent years for its unique style and the way its filmmakers portray the region and its people. The regional film industry has come to be nicknamed "Sakhawood". People in Yakutsk wear very fluffy and fuzzy clothing, and to cope with extremely cold weather they shelter indoors in warm housing, which

304-763: Is also the largest city located in continuous permafrost ; the only other large city is Norilsk , also in Siberia . Yakutsk is located in the Central Yakutian Lowland and is a major port on the Lena River . It is served by the Yakutsk Airport as well as the smaller Magan Airport . The city was founded in 1632 by the Cossacks and was originally called either the Lensky fortress or the Yakutsk fortress. The first version of

342-405: Is believed to reduce their increase in winter mortality rates compared to winter in milder regions of the world. According to the results of the 2021 Census , the population of Yakutsk was 355,443 in the city proper and 372,928 in the city's urban area, which is one third of the total population of Sakha . In the 2021 Census , the following ethnic groups were listed: Orthodox Christianity

380-462: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Yakutsk Yakutsk has an average annual temperature of −8.0 °C (17.6 °F), winter high temperatures consistently well below −20 °C (−4 °F), and a record low of −64.4 °C (−83.9 °F). As a result, Yakutsk is the coldest major city in the world (although a number of smaller towns in that region are slightly colder). Yakutsk

418-458: Is impassable for long periods of the year when it contains loose ice, when the ice cover is not thick enough to support traffic, or when the water level is too high and the river is turbulent with spring flooding. The highway ends on the eastern bank of Lena in Nizhny Bestyakh (Нижний Бестях), an urban-type settlement of some four thousand people. Nizhny Bestyakh is connected with Magadan by

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456-404: Is only usable by ferry in the summer, or in the dead of winter, by driving directly over the frozen Lena River , since Yakutsk lies entirely on its western bank, and there is no bridge anywhere in the Sakha Republic that crosses the Lena. In the dead of winter, the frozen Lena River makes for a passable highway for ice truckers using its channel to deliver provisions to far-flung outposts. The river

494-401: Is the capital of the Sakha Republic. As an inhabited locality , Yakutsk is classified as a city under republic jurisdiction. Within the framework of administrative divisions , it is, together with the settlement of Zhatay and eleven rural localities, incorporated as the city of republic significance of Yakutsk —an administrative unit with a status equal to that of the districts . As

532-601: Is the largest city built on continuous permafrost , and many houses there are built on concrete piles . The lowest temperatures ever recorded on Earth outside Antarctica and Greenland have occurred in the basin of the Yana River to the northeast of Yakutsk. Although winters are extremely cold and long–Yakutsk has never recorded a temperature above freezing between 10 November and 14 March inclusive–summers are sunny, warm and occasionally hot (though short), with daily maximum temperatures exceeding +30 °C (86 °F), making

570-604: Is the main airport, and Yakutia Airlines has its head office in the city, operating flights between Yakutsk and other main Russian cities. Tourism as an economic sector plays a small but growing role, thanks to the city's unique cultural heritage and natural attractions such as the Lena Pillars Nature Park , a UNESCO World Heritage site, and the Permafrost Kingdom , which is a tourist complex dedicated to showcasing

608-547: Is the most widely professed faith in Yakutsk, with significant populations of the adherents of Shamanism and Rodnovery . A sizeable share of the city's residents is non-religious . The city's two main ethnic groups, the Turkic speaking Yakuts and the Slavic speaking Russians , are primarily Christian . The world largest temple of the Aiyy Faith is also located in Yakutsk. Yakutsk

646-557: The Kolyma Highway . Construction of a highway bridge over the River Lena to Yakutsk was approved by president Vladimir Putin on 9 November 2019. Based upon a design submitted in 2008 , it would be over 3 km (1.9 mi) long and constructed 40 km (25 mi) upriver at Tabaga , where the river narrows and does not create a wide flooded area in spring. The cost of the bridge and its 10.9 km (6.8 mi) of approaches

684-607: The Lena to the west and the Indigirka to the east. It is 872 kilometres (542 mi) long, and its drainage basin covers 238,000 square kilometres (92,000 sq mi). Including its longest source river, the Sartang , it is 1,492 km (927 mi) long. Its annual discharge totals approximately 35 cubic kilometres (28,000,000  acre⋅ft ). Most of this discharge occurs in May and June as

722-474: The Verkhoyansk Mountains (lowlands were always too dry for glaciation) and overflow lakes on the marshy plains in the north of the basin. The whole Yana basin is under continuous permafrost and most is larch woodland grading to tundra north of about 70°N, though trees extend into suitable microhabitats right to the delta. Verkhoyansk, Batagay , Ust-Kuyga , and Nizhneyansk are the main ports on

760-577: The Lena Valley. The primary economic activity stems from mining activities in the region, particularly coal , gold , and diamonds , with multiple mining companies having set up their headquarters in the city. Precious stones and metals, particularly diamonds, as well as coal, are Yakutsk's major exports. The export volume was $ 5.55 billion in 2021, making it the 16th largest out of eighty-five of Russia's federal subjects, although it contracted sharply (under $ 1 billion) in 2022. Yakutsk Airport

798-678: The Lena and east along the Arctic coast to the mouth of the Yana and reached the Indigirka estuary. In 1636–42 Elisei Buza followed essentially the same route. In 1638–40, Poznik Ivanov ascended a tributary of the lower Lena, crossed the Verkhoyansk Range to the upper Yana and then crossed the Chersky Range to the Indigirka. In 1892–1894 Baron Eduard Von Toll , accompanied by expedition leader Alexander von Bunge , carried out geological surveys in

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836-701: The State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, named after D. K. Sivtsev. Museums include the National Fine Arts Museum of Sakha; the Museum of Local Lore and History, named after E. Yaroslavsky ; and the only museums in the world dedicated to the khomus and permafrost . In September 2020, the Gagarin Center for Culture and Contemporary Art was opened in the Gagarin District of Yakutsk. In 2021,

874-695: The Verkhoyansk Mountains or the Chersky Range , part of the East Siberian Mountains . Evidence of modern human habitation was found in the delta at the Yana RHS (Rhinoceros Horn Site) as early as 32,000 years ago. These people, designated as "Ancient North Siberians”, genetically diverged 38,000 years ago from Western Eurasians, soon after the Western Eurasians split from East Asians. In 1633–38 Ilya Perfilyev and Ivan Rebrov sailed down

912-534: The Yana. The Yana basin is the site of the so-called Pole of Cold of Russia, where the lowest recorded temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere are found. In the winter, temperatures in the centre of the basin average as low as −51 °C (−60 °F) and have reached as low as −71 °C (−96 °F); in the mountains it is believed that temperatures have reached −82 °C (−116 °F). Yakut folklore says that, at such temperatures, if you shout to

950-409: The average being several degrees hotter than more southerly Far East cities such as Vladivostok or Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk . The July daytime temperatures are even hotter than some maritime subtropical areas. The warm summers ensure that Yakutsk, despite its freezing winters, is far south of the tree line . In winter, Yakutsk instead is between 35 °C (63 °F) and 40 °C (72 °F) colder than

988-666: The construction materials manufacturing. A sizeable portion of the republic's agricultural sector is located in Yakutsk, which accounts for 89% of the republic's meat and 34% of the republic's dairy production. There are several theaters in Yakutsk: the State Russian Drama Theater, named after A. S. Pushkin ; the Sakha Theater, named after P. A. Oiyunsky ; the Suorun Omoloon Young Spectator's Theater; and

1026-568: The construction of the "State Philharmonic of Yakutia. The Arctic Center of Epos and Arts" began. The annual Ysyakh summer festival takes place the last weekend in June. The traditional Yakut summer solstice festivities include a celebration of the revival and renewal of the nature, fertility and beginning of a new year. It is accompanied by national Yakut rituals and ceremonies, folk dancing, horse racing, Yakut ethnic music and singing, national cuisine, and competitions in traditional Yakut sports. There

1064-519: The greater East Siberian Lowland , shared with the Indigirka to the east. As the river flows into the Yana Bay of the Laptev Sea , it forms a huge river delta covering 10,200 square kilometres (3,900 sq mi). Yarok is a large flat island located east of the main mouths of the Yana. There are approximately 40,000 lakes in the Yana basin, including both alpine lakes formed from glaciation in

1102-598: The ice on the river breaks up. The Yana freezes up on the surface in October and stays under the ice until late May or early June. In the Verkhoyansk area, it stays frozen to the bottom for 70 to 110 days, and partly frozen for 220 days of the year. The river begins at the confluence of the rivers Sartang and Dulgalakh in the Yana-Oymyakon Highlands . It flows north across the vast Yana-Indigirka Lowland , part of

1140-473: The largest cosmic-ray detector arrays in the world), and the Melnikov Permafrost Institute , founded in 1960 with the aim of solving the serious and costly problems associated with construction of buildings on frozen soil. In 2020, with global heating thawing the ground, the institute is measuring the rate at which the permafrost is thawing, which affects the city as well as the climate. At

1178-477: The mildest cities on similar latitudes in Scandinavia . The climate is quite dry, with most of the annual precipitation occurring in the summer months, due to the intense Siberian High forming around the very cold continental air during the winter. However, summer precipitation is not heavy since the moist southeasterly winds from the Pacific Ocean lose their moisture over the coastal mountains well before reaching

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1216-567: The primary and secondary levels, the city has a number of UNESCO Associated Schools , including the Sakha-Turkish College, Sakha-French School, Sakha-Korean School , and School #16 . Yakutsk is twinned with: Yana River The Yana (Russian: Я́на , IPA: [ˈjanə] ; Yakut : Дьааҥы , romanized:  Câñı ) is a river in Sakha in Russia , located between

1254-403: The seasonal temperature differences for the region the greatest in the world at 102 °C (184 °F). The lowest temperature recorded in Yakutsk was −64.4 °C (−83.9 °F) on 5 February 1891 and the highest temperatures +38.4 °C (101.1 °F) on 17 July 2011 and +38.3 °C (100.9 °F) on 15 July 1942. The hottest month in records going back to 1834 has been July 1894, with

1292-609: The start of passenger rail services between Yakutsk and the rest of Russia. Yakutsk is also connected to other parts of Russia by Yakutsk Airport . M.K.Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University is situated in the city. There is also a branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences , which contains, among other things, the Institute of Cosmophysical Research , which runs the Yakutsk Extensive Air Shower installation (one of

1330-469: The toponym came from the hydronym "Lena", the second, from "Yakutia", a synonym for Sakha , eventually became the main one in use. In 1708 it received city status as Yakutsk. The Yakuts , also known as the Sakha people, migrated to the area during the 13th and 14th centuries from other parts of Siberia. When they arrived they mixed with other indigenous Siberians in the area. The Russian settlement of Yakutsk

1368-568: The unique features of the region's permafrost. With the Lena River navigable in the summer, there are boat cruises offered, including upriver to the Lena Pillars, and downriver tours which visit spectacular scenery in the lower reaches and the Lena Delta . In recent years, housing construction, with an emphasis on providing affordable housing, has been a focus, which was accompanied by the growth in

1406-409: Was estimated at 63.7 billion Rubles (83 billion rubles including VAT [НДС]), of which a grant of 54.2 billion Rubles was to be provided, with the remainder to be sourced from investors. The bridge was to be toll-free for cars, with a toll for trucks. Work commenced in 2024, with an estimated cost of 130 billion Rubles and a proposed completion date of 2028. The bridge had originally been planned to be

1444-534: Was founded in 1632 as an ostrog (fortress) by Pyotr Beketov . With an intensely continental subarctic climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfc , closely bordering on Dfd , Trewartha Ecbd ), Yakutsk has the coldest winter temperatures for any city its size or larger on Earth. Average monthly temperatures in Yakutsk range from +19.9 °C (67.8 °F) in July to −37.0 °C (−34.6 °F) in December. Yakutsk

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