Jan 19, 1996 · The Yakuts, known for their rich culture and trading prowess, were sometimes called "the Jews of Siberia." Beginning in 1986, perestroika sundered many barriers that had …

Jews occupy third place in numerical strength in the total population of Yakutsk, Siberia, which has about 50,000 inhabitants, the New York Times reports today in a cable from its …

Jan 26, 2010 · Genetically the Yakuts are a hybrid population, but culturally they are Turkic. This is not a totally exceptional pattern. Ashkenazi Jews and many Latin Americans exhibit the …

The majority of the Jewish refugees living in Siberia returned to their homes in Poland and Lithuania. In 1926 there were only 32,750 Jews: 9,083 in the region of Irkutsk, 5,505 in the …

Dec 28, 1995 · The Yakuts, known for their rich culture and trading prowess, were sometimes called “the Jews of Siberia.” Beginning in 1986, perestroika blew down many of the barriers …

The Yakuts or Sakha (Yakut: саха, saxa; plural: сахалар, saxalar) are a Turkic ethnic group native to North Siberia, primarily the Republic of Sakha in the Russian Federation. They also …

Oct 23, 2015 · The Yakuts have neutrally complimentarity to Protestants, Catholics, Buddhists and Jews. The Yakut respondents are mistrustful of Hare Krishnas, Muslims and sectar­ians. …

Jan 26, 2010 · This study attempts to better understand the origins of the Yakuts, by performing genetic analyses on 58 mummified frozen bodies dated from the 15th to the 19th century, …

Jews in the Soviet Union warrants special concern. The situation of Soviet Jews can be comprehended primarily within the framework of Soviet nationalities policy.

Jun 17, 2024 · The Yakut language, also known as Yakutian, Sakha, Saqa, or Saxa, is a Turkic language spoken by the Yakuts with around 450,000 native speakers in Sakha (Yakutia), a …