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YAKUTSK , a See also:town of See also:Asiatic See also:Russia, See also:capital of the See also:province of the same name, in 62° 2' N. and 129° 44' E., 1165 m . N.E. of See also:Irkutsk, on a See also:branch of the See also:Lena . Pop. about 7oeo . The old fort is destroyed, except its five wooden towers . The wooden houses are built upon high basements to protect them from the floods . Yakutsk possesses a theological See also:seminary and a See also:cathedral . Its merchants carry on See also:trade in furs, See also:mammoth See also:ivory and See also:reindeer hides . The town was founded in 1632 . |
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