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In 2004, the remains of a warrior were unearthed from the permafrost during an archaeological survey of the Kerdugen area, [… ...
When she heard the news of Nazi Germany surrendering 80 years ago, Valentina Efremova couldn’t believe the devastating war ...
A baby mammoth nicknamed "Yana" was dissected by Russian scientists at North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk on March 27, pictures show.
Riza Izetov, a Crimean Tatar human rights activist sentenced by a Russian court to 19 years in prison, has reported harsh detention conditions in the Yakutsk ... About 15 people are serving ...
That’s how he ended up in Yakutsk, Russia. The capital city of the vast (1.2 million square miles) Siberian region known as the Sakha Republic, Yakutsk is widely identified as the world’s ...
YAKUTSK, Russia -- Flooding in the Siberian region ... After ravaging Lensk, home to 26,000 people, the flood inundated the regional capital Yakutsk last week, killing at least five people and ...
World War II veteran Valentina Efremova, 101, poses for a portrait in Yakutsk, Russia, on Friday, April 18, 2025. Efremova served as a nurse in field hospitals on the front lines. (AP Photo/Roman ...