Yakutsk
Yakutsk is the capital city of Yakutia and one of the oldest and coldest cities of Siberia. Wikivoyage
Population 311,760 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Russia
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Mammoth Memorial · 570 m
- Памяти поляков Memorial · 240 m
- Памятник Карасю Memorial · 380 m
- Г.И. Петровскому Memorial · 500 m
- Памятник П.А. Ойунскому Memorial · 500 m
- A. S. Pushkin Memorial · 530 m
- Памятник бездомной собаке Memorial · 580 m
- Памятник в честь России и Якутии Memorial · 610 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Ysyakh
June
This is the big festival, the biggest traditional Yakut festival there is. It's the Yakut national festival celebrating (and wishing for) fertility, usually celebrated on the Summer Solstice (21 June).
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Yakutsk); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.