Yakutsk
Yakutsk (
Яку́тск) (pop. 187,000), 62ÃÂð 2' N, 129ÃÂð 44' E, capital of
Sakha Republic,
Russia, a major port on
Lena river in E
Siberia. It is also a highway center and has tanneries, sawmills, and brickworks. Yakutsk was founded in
1632. It has a university (founded
1956) and the Yakutsk branch of the
Russian Academy of Sciences.