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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of east-central Russia on the Lena River. It was founded as a fort in 1632.
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- proper noun The
capital city of theSakha Republic (Yakutia ),Russia
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Examples
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It was operated at the frost of minus sixty in Yakutsk, which is probably saying something.
Russian Aviation Agency Official, Interview Excerpts Greg White 2011
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Even in the remote Arctic and sub-Arctic, people are abandoning small villages or a life in the bush to flock to places like Fairbanks, Alaska; Fort McMurray, Canada; and Yakutsk, Russia.
Unfreezing Arctic Assets Laurence C. Smith 2010
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The nearby town of Chersky, with some 5,000 people, has few amenities, and the nearest city, Yakutsk, is a 4-1/2 flight.
Russian Scientist Working To Recreate Ice Age Ecosystem AP 2010
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Most of the models projected that most locations would be at least marginally suitable for all of the cereal grains by the end of the century, although the low-extreme models, using GDD5, projected that only Fairbanks, Fort Vermillion, Thompson, Goose Bay, Novosibirsk, and Yakutsk would be well-suited for wheat by 2090.
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The results of such calculations for Yakutsk are presented in Table 16.9.
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These stations are Fort Smith (Canada), Valdez (Alaska), and Verkhoyansk, Vilyuysk, and Yakutsk (central Russia).
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In: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Permafrost, Yakutsk, Russia, pp. 746 – 752.
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The GFDLR30_ c projections indicate that potatoes could be grown in all locations except Reykjavik, Tromsø, Rovaniemi, and Magadan (marginal at Umeå and Archangelsk) by 2030, while the low-extreme models (HadCM3 and CSM_1. 4) projected suitable climates only in Fairbanks, Fort Vermillion, Thompson, Goose Bay, Novosibirsk, and Yakutsk.
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The majority of runways in Norilsk, Yakutsk, Magadan, and other cities may be closed for shorter or longer periods due to lack of maintenance.
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Projected decrease in the bearing capacity and durability of foundations in Yakutsk for different increases in air temperature [18].
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