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The percentage of Yakuts in the districts of Yakutia, in the 2010 census. Currently, Yakuts form a large plurality of the total population within the vast Republic of Sakha. According to the 2010 Russian census, there were a total of 466,492 Yakuts residing in the Sakha Republic during that year, or 49.9% of the total population of the Republic.
In addition, the Yakut people were subject to deportation under Stalinism. Forced resettlement in Churapcha ulus resulted in significant losses of the Yakut population (more than 1,700 people), mainly among the elderly, women and children. [12] [13] In April 1986, thousands of Yakuts marched under the slogan “Yakutia for the Yakuts”. [14]
The Yakuts have fully preserved their native language, which differs significantly from other Turkic languages by the presence of a layer of unique Paleo-Asiatic vocabulary. The Yakut language has a developed literary tradition with many styles and genres, and the ancient Sakha epic Olonkho is recognized by UNESCO as a masterpiece of the oral ...
In 1900, the population of the Yakutsk Oblast was 262,703 (134,134 men and 128,569 women). This included 21,045 Russians, along with a small number of representatives from other nationalities (Russian subjects), 224,110 Yakuts, 17,539 other traditional local nationalities, and 9 foreigners. There were 96 women per 100 men in the Yakutsk Oblast.
The Yokuts were reduced by around 93% between 1850 and 1900, with many of the survivors being forced into indentured servitude sanctioned by the so-called "California State Act for the Government and Protection of Indians". A few Valley Yokuts remain, the most prominent tribe among them being the Tachi Yokut.
In the 17th century, indigenous peoples of the Amur region were attacked by Russians who came to be known as "red-beards". [ 11 ] In the 1640s, the Yakuts were subjected to violent expeditions during the Russian advance into the land near the Lena River , and on Kamchatka in the 1690s the Koryaks , Kamchadals , and Chukchi were also subjected ...
The Yakut ASSR was formed as part of the RSFSR on April 27, 1922, during the Yakut revolt.It comprised the territory of the Yakutsk Oblast, excluding the Nizhnyaya Tunguska district, which became part of the Kirensky district of the Irkutsk Governorate; the Republic also included the Khatango-Anabar district of the Yeniseysk Governorate, the Olekminsko-Suntarskaya volost of the Kirensky ...
[7] [8] [9] The Yakuts originally lived around Olkhon and the region of Lake Baikal. Beginning in the 13th century they migrated to the basins of the Middle Lena, the Aldan and Vilyuy rivers under the pressure of the rising Mongols. The northern Yakuts were largely hunters, fishermen and reindeer herders, while the southern Yakuts raised cattle ...