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The Yakuts called the Tumat people "Dyirikinei" or "chipmunk people" (Yakut: Sдьирикинэй), arising from the Tumatian "tail-coat." Bundles of deer fur were dyed with red ocher and sewn into Tumatian jackets as adornments. Tumat hats were likewise dyed red. [44] This style was likely spread by the Tumatians to some Tungusic peoples.
In 2017, the Sakha people came out to a rally in defense of Yakutia's subsoil resources. The action, organized by the Somogo Kuus public movement, was attended by over 1,500 people. [15] In the spring of 2019, Yakut shaman Alexander Gabyshev, together with like-minded people, went on a hike to Moscow to conduct a "rite of expulsion of Putin". [16]
Yakutsk (/ j ə ˈ k uː t s k / yə-KOOTSK) [a] is the capital and largest city of Sakha, Russia, located about 450 km (280 mi) south of the Arctic Circle.Fueled by the mining industry, Yakutsk has become one of Russia's most rapidly growing regional cities, with a population of 355,443 at the 2021 census.
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 ...
Studies into the genetics of the Yakut horse breed from Northern Siberia reveal swift evolutionary changes favoring survival in intensely cold climates.
Siberia is a vast region spanning the northern part of the Asian continent and forming the Asiatic portion of Russia.As a result of the Russian conquest of Siberia (16th to 19th centuries) and of the subsequent population movements during the Soviet era (1917–1991), the modern-day demographics of Siberia is dominated by ethnic Russians and other Slavs.
Yakuts — an indigenous ethnic group in Siberia. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. C. ... Yakut people (1 C, 28 P)
Yakut is widely used as a lingua franca by other ethnic minorities in the Sakha Republic – more Dolgans, Evenks, Evens and Yukagirs speak Yakut than their own languages. About 8% of the people of other ethnicities than Yakut living in Sakha claimed knowledge of the Yakut language during the 2002 census. [8]