Posted on May 30, 2011 on Sorosoro by Natalia Bochkareva, Sakha (Yakutia) native, “Arctic Studies” master’s degree student at the university of Versailles – Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France.
Located in northeastern Siberia, the Republic of Sakha, also known as
Yakutia, is the largest republic of Russia. It covers one fifth of the national territory, with a ratio of 3 million km2 for a population… of 949,800 (2009), out of the 142 million (2007) in the whole federation. Read more...