The population of

republic Sakha

The population of Yakutia makes 949 753 persons. Relative density of urban

population — 64,3 %, population density — 0,3 persons/kilometers ². Thus,

population density in Yakutia is one of the lowest among subjects of the Russian

Federation.

National structureNational structure

In Yakutia the indigenous population - the Tjursky people of a nationality Sakha prevails.

The second place on number – Russian and the third – Ukrainians.

Nationality Number of %

Yakuts 412 290 45,54

Russian 410 671 44,15

Ukrainians 34 633 3,65

Evenks 18 232 1,92

Tatars 10 768 1,13

Buryats 7 266 0,77

Byelorussians 4 236 0,45

Armenians 2 764 0,29

Bashkirs 2 335 0,25

Azerbaijanians 2 293 0,24

Germans 2 283 0,24

Koreans 1 815 0,19

Chuvashs 1 700 0,18

Kazakhs 1 525 0,16

Kirghiz 1 454 0,15

Dolgans 1 272 0,13

Uzbeks 1 207 0,13

Tadjiks 1 105 0,12

Ingushs 1 000 0,11 1 000 0,11

Haven't specified Nationality

2 630 0,28

Others 10 700

«In republic Yakutia and nearby areas live about 400 thousand Yakuts. They name themselves the people"Sakha". How Yakuts have got to these difficult edges for residing, whether they belong to northern nationalities? On one of versions these people lived earlier in territory sowing. Kazakhstan or Altay territory, and subsequently - in territory of modern Buryatiya. They were even soldiers of Chingizhana. Thus, Yakuts belong to the Turkic people. And all would be anything, but it was not pleasant to old men that every year on war took away young men. And then our ancestors have left on the north where already there lived other northern nationalities which and now live in Yakutia: evenks , jukagirs, chukchis. As we know, the majority of the Turkic people have accepted Islam, and Yakuts have avoided Islam influence. Their national religion remained pagan»