Alternate names: Якутск; Yakut: Дьокуускай, Cokúskay at 62°02' N 129°44' E is the capital city of Sakha Republic about 450 kilometers (280 mi) south of the Arctic Circle. Population: 269,601(2010) Yakutsk is a major port on the Lena River and a major supplier of diamonds. Average winter temperature is -34 °C (-30 °F), which makes Yakutsk the coldest city of its size or greater in the world.
The Jewish Community of Yakutsk: Regional Rabbi - Rabbi of Khabarovsk, Rabbi Yaakov Snetkov. Chairman of the Community - Gommershtadt Alexander G.
- Siberian Jews of Yakutsk survive fear, frost and flight [August 2016]
- The Settlement in Siberia [August 2016]
- Where the Moose Have No Blood: In Yakutsk, Siberia, the myths are falling, though slowly. [August 2016]
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