The Yakuts: Where Did They Come From and How Did They End Up Above the Arctic Circle? Are the Yak...
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Today we'll explore one of the most unusual migrations in the history of Eurasia. A people who speak a Turkic language, practice Orthodox Christianity, and live in a land where winter temperatures drop below sixty degrees Celsius—these are the Yakuts. Where did they come from? What do archaeology, chronicles, and historical linguistics reveal? Why do some researchers trace them from the shores of Lake Baikal, while others trace them from southern Siberia? And what happened to those who lived in Yakutia before them? We'll try to understand this without myths and simplifications, but with respect for the fact that the question of a people's origin is always the story not only of genes, but also of language, climate, wars, and the choices of the people themselves. Let us know in the comments which version you find most compelling, and subscribe to the channel—there's plenty of discussion ahead about how the map of Russia and its peoples were truly shaped.
1. V. P. Demin, "Yakutia: A Historical and Geographical Essay," is a fundamental historical and geographical study covering the settlement of the region, migrations, and population formation.
2. A. I. Gogolev, "Yakuts (Sakha): Problems of Ethnogenesis and the Formation of an Ethnos," is an academic work by a Yakut ethnographer and historian.
3. D. G. Tikhonov (ed.), "Archaeology of Yakutia," is a consolidated work by the Institute of Humanitarian Research and Problems of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which summarizes archaeological data on the region.
4. Malov S. E. “The language of the yellow Uighurs, the language of the Kyzyls and the language of the Yakuts” - a classic linguistic study of the Turkic languages of Siberia and the place of Yakut among them.
5. Pokrovsky I.M. “Travel to the Yakut region” / “Yakutia. Collection of articles" - publications of the Russian Geographical Society and pre-revolutionary researchers, important for the historical and demographic context.
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