History
Yakuts or Sakha (саха, saxa; plural: сахалар, saxalar) are a
Turkic ethnic group who mainly live in the Republic of
Sakha in the Russian Federation, with some extending to
the Amur, Magadan, Sakhalin regions, and the Taymyr and
Evenk Districts of the Krasnoyarsk region.
Yakuts or Sakha are a Turkic ethnic group who mainly live in the Republic of
Sakha in the Russian Federation, with some extending to the Amur, Magadan,
Sakhalin regions, and the Taymyr and Even…
Yakuts believe that it requires a special talent and one can become a
shaman only through great pain. There are only a few shamans in Yakutia and
they rarely show themselves in public.
The first exact historical data about Yakuts can be found only since the time of
their first relations with Russians, i.e. the 1620s, and their annexation
to Russian Empire.
It is estimated that about 30% of Yakut vocabulary consists of loanwords
from Mongolian, e.g., дьыл from Mongolian жил ‘year’.
Language
Yakut /jəˈkʊt/, also known as Yakutian, Sakha, Saqa or Saxa (Yakut:
саха тыла), is a Turkic language belonging to Siberian Turkic
branch and spoken by around 450,000 native speakers, primarily the
ethnic Yakuts and one of the official languages of Sakha (Yakutia), a
federal republic in the Russian Federation.
 Namtsy village of Namsky Ulus. Often Yakut
people prefer to shoot films in rural areas, because it is …
Who are the Yakuts?
Indigenous to the far eastern Siberian republic of Yakutia, the Yakuts
are a semi-nomadic people whose traditional way of life has mainly
been dictated by the extreme climate in the area where they live.
Here’s everything you need to know about one of Russia’s main
aboriginal groups.
Why do Yakut people shoot in rural areas?
Namtsy village of Namsky Ulus. Often Yakut people prefer to shoot
films in rural areas, because it is easier to find the right nature and
catch the right atmosphere. Evgeny Andreev at home in his kitchen
with his cat Kotey. Due to the permafrost, communication pipes are
not buried in the ground, but laid outside.
How did anthropology work in Yakutia?
Anthropological expeditions in Yakutia collected biological
samples for more than 200 men, some also subjected to genetic
analyses (Y-STR typing) aimed at identifying relationships between
the Yakuts and other Siberian populations 10.
Why are Yakuts called Sakha?
Yakuts also go by the name Sakha – in the same way that their
native region, Yakutia, is also known as the Sakha Republic. They
have populated Russia’s frozen north for centuries. While
urbanisation and Russification have seen a dilution of Yakut culture,
many villages scattered throughout the republic remain Yakut
strongholds today.