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In the late 1920s through the late 1930s, Yakut people were systematically persecuted, when Joseph Stalin launched his collectivization campaign. [54] It is possible that hunger and malnutrition during this period resulted in a decline in the Yakut total population from 240,500 in 1926 to 236,700 in 1959. By 1972, the population began to ...
In 1986 and 2002, the glacier blocked the entrance to Russell Fjord. The resulting Russell Lake rose 83 feet (25.30 m) and 61 feet (18.59 m) until the glacial dam failed. If Russell Lake rises to 135 feet (41.15 m), the water will spill over a pass and flow into the Situk River. That would have a major impact on a world-class fishery.
The exonym Yakut comes from the Evenk term Yako (also yoqo, ñoqa, or ñoka), which was the term the Evenks used to describe the Sakha. This was in turn picked up by the Russians. [ 14 ] The Yukaghirs , another neighboring people in Siberia , use the exonym yoqol ~ yoqod- ~ yoqon- ( Tundra Yukaghir ) or yaqal ~ yaqad- ~ yaqan- ( Kolyma Yukaghir ).
Provincial Road 384 (PR 384) is a 39.3-kilometre-long (24.4 mi) north-south spur of PR 287 in the NorMan Region of Manitoba, providing the only road access to the hamlet of Moose Lake, the Mosakahiken Cree Nation, as well as the Moose Lakes, all of which are located in Saskatchewan River Delta.
An Alaska man and two police officers rescued a baby moose from what police described as “a sure demise” after it fell into a lake and got stuck in a narrow space between a floatplane and a dock.
Owing to poor drainage, swamps and thermokarst lakes , are common, [8] as well as low bulges or bumps known as "bulgunnyakh" (Yakut: Булгунньах). [9] In the northwest the Tukulan (Тукуланы) sand dunes are relief forms shaped by aeolian processes along the valley of the Lena River. [ 10 ]
Lake Oconee—a reservoir located 75 miles east of Atlanta—provided the perfect setting thanks to its idyllic landscape made up of calm waters and lush greenery. Plus, it felt intimate. Plus, it ...
The moose fell through the ice around 11 a.m. Thursday, about 200 feet (60 meters) from shore on Lake Abanakee, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced in a statement ...