Overview of Yakutsk: History

Yakutsk was founded by Pyotr Beketov in 1632. A detachment of cossacks under his command founded the city as the Lenskii fort, on the right bank of the Lena River, which grew into Yakutsk in 1647. As one of the most important Russian outposts in eastern … Read More »

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Overview of Yakutsk: History is based on Yakutsk by Peter Fitzgerald, Jonas Ryberg, Bill Ellett, Casey Handmer, Jair Moreno, Vidimian, Graham87, Tatatabot, iGuide and others. Travel guides are available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.