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	The Ethnographic Centre “Us-Kut”
	The Ethnographic Centre “Us-Kut” is located at a five kilometers distance from Yakutsk. The name is translated from the Yakut as “the sacred mountain”. Guests can see everything in Us-Kut in just half an hour, and it will be a real ethnographic expedition.
--31-12-2015--
	The Kingdom of Permafrost
	Yakutsk is surrounded by numerous hills. During the Soviet era a day-drift of one of them, near to the Chochur-Muran Mountain, was used as a huge cellar for food storage. In November 2008 a tourist centre – “The Kingdom of Permafrost” - was opened in this cave.
--30-12-2015--
	History Of Guimbarde Museum
	The museum was created at the initiative of the prominent Yakut guimbarde player Ivan Egorovich Alekseev. The first exhibits were to be the instruments of his personal collection - about two dozen jew’s harps.
--15-12-2015--
	Guimbarde Museum
	Guimbarde, also known as jew’s harp, takes a special place in the cultural and spiritual life of Yakutia. Its stringy sounds accompany numerous shamanic rituals, and any folklore ensemble is sure to have a person playing this instrument, often there are more than one of them.
--13-12-2015--
	Yakutia Fashion Week 2012
	November 13 – 17, 2012 Yakutsk hosts the second Yakutia Fashion week. The first Yakutia Fashion week was launched a year ago, and it was a great success. The main purpose of this event is to promote and develop the local fashion. This time, several promising designers will come from Moscow to present their new collections and share their experience with the Yakut colleagues.
--15-11-2012--

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	Yakutsk to Host International Film Festival
	The 5th Yakut International Film Festival will be held in the city of Yakutsk from 6 to 10 September.
--31-08-2017--
	Monument to Victims of Political Repressions to be Set up in Yakutsk
	A stylized chapel on a stone pedestal will be set up in Yakutsk to commemorate the victims of political repressions.
--07-05-2014--
	Virtual National Museum Opened In Yakutsk
	National Fine Arts Museum of Sakha coupled with Arctic State Institute of Art and Culture implemented the project of a museum virtual tour. The project gives an opportunity at any time to get acquainted with unique collection of arts.
--14-10-2013--
	From Novosibirsk To Yakutsk by the "Superjet"
	"Yakutia" Airlines began to conduct regular flights from Novosibirsk to Yakutsk by the new type of aircraft - Sukhoi Superjet 100.
--19-02-2013--
	Wound-repairing Adhesive Made Of Sturgeon Swim Bladder
	M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University (Yakutsk) conducts the research on the creation of medical biological adhesive based on the swim bladder of sturgeon.
--22-12-2012--
	Russian Scientists Will Clone Mammoth
	Specialists of the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk will join the Korean scientist Hwang Woo Suk in an attempt to resurrect the mammoth with the help of biological material found in permafrost.
--13-03-2012--
	Ice Hotel to Appear in Russia
	An ice hotel will be built in Yakutsk in the next two years. It will appear in a tourist complex “The Permafrost Kingdom” and will be working all the year round.
--15-12-2011--
	People in Yakutsk Saved "Siberian Hachiko" from Death
	A dog nicknamed "Siberian Hachiko" was rescued in the city of Yakutsk. The dog guarded the body of its pregnant canine friend for two weeks as temperatures dropped to -50 degrees Celsius.
--09-12-2011--