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Yakutsk (City and capital)

a city and capital of the province of Yakutsk, Siberia; on a branch of the Lena river, 4 miles from the main stream. The city was founded in 1632 as a Cossack station and is the seat of the governor and provincial authorities. It has regularly laid out streets, wooden houses, a cloister cathedral, a pro-gymnasium for boys and girls, and several primary schools. It is the trading center of northern and eastern Siberia, and carries on an extensive commerce in hides, furs, tallow, fish, mammoth bones, and reindeer. Before the World War a great fair was held here annually from June 22 to Aug. 13, frequented by the natives from all over the province. Pop. about 10,000.

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