Якутия / Yakutia -1910/1911
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Channel: Nigel Fowler Sutton · 2018 · Travel & Events
Якутия Фотографии Павел Иванович Злыгостев 6 января 1910 - 7 января 1911 Yakutia Photographs by Pavel Ivanovich Zlygostev January 6, 1910 - January 7, 1911 Music: "Contact with the sky" played on a Yakut violin Yakutia, known today as the Sakha Republic is a federal republic of Russia, consisting mainly of Yakuts and Russians and is the 8th largest territory in the world, f the federal subjects of Russia were compared with other countries. It is larger than Argentina and just smaller than India.The territory is well known for having a extreme and severe climate.... The Russian Empire began the conquest of the region in the 17th century. In August 1638, the Moscow Government formed a new administrative unit with the administrative centre of Lensky Ostrog (Fort Lensky), the future city of Yakutsk, which had been founded by Pyotr Beketov in 1632. The Siberian Governorate was established as part of the Russian Empire in 1708. Russian settlers began to form a community in the 18th century, which adopted certain Yakut customs and was often called Yakutyane or Lena Early Settlers The Russians established agriculture in the Lena River basin. The members of religious groups who were exiled to Sakha in the second half of the 19th century began to grow wheat, oats, and potatoes. The fur trade established a cash economy with Industry and transport developing at the end of the 19th century . Yakutia's remoteness, even compared to the rest of Siberia, made it a place of exile of choice by the Russian Empire and later the Soviet authorities... Photos through Russiaphotos
