Sakha (Yakut) people

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The Sakha (Yakut) people are a Turkic-speaking Indigenous group of northeastern Siberia, known for their horse and cattle pastoralism, rich epic oral traditions, and cultural adaptation to the extreme climate of the Russian Far East.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Yakuts 14
Sakha people 7
Yakut people 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Turkic people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
nomadic pastoralist people ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Yakut people ⓘ
Yakuts ⓘ
autonomousEntity Sakha Republic (Yakutia) ⓘ
linked to: Sakha Republic
climateAdaptation extreme subarctic climate ⓘ
culturalFeature jewelry making ⓘ
rich epic oral traditions ⓘ
throat singing ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
culturalFestival Yhyakh festival ⓘ
historicalInfluence Russian Empire ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
intangibleHeritage Olonkho epic ⓘ
languageFamily Turkic languages ⓘ
locatedIn Russian Far East ⓘ
linked to: Russia Far East

northeastern Siberia ⓘ
mainCountry Russia ⓘ
modernReligion Russian Orthodoxy ⓘ
nativeName Саха ⓘ
linked to: Sakha
oralTradition Olonkho epic ⓘ
populationRegion largest ethnic group in the Sakha Republic ⓘ
primaryLanguage Sakha language ⓘ
primaryRegion Sakha Republic ⓘ
Yakutia ⓘ
recognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Dolgan people ⓘ
Even people ⓘ
Evenki people ⓘ
other Turkic peoples ⓘ
subgroupOf Northern Turkic peoples ⓘ
linked to: Turkic peoples
traditionalClothing decorated leather clothing ⓘ
fur garments ⓘ
traditionalDrink kumys ⓘ
traditionalEconomy cattle pastoralism ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
fur trapping ⓘ
horse pastoralism ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalFood frozen raw fish (stroganina) ⓘ
traditionalHousing log houses ⓘ
yurts ⓘ
traditionalLivestock Yakut cattle ⓘ
Yakut horse ⓘ
traditionalReligion Sakha shamanism ⓘ
Tengrism ⓘ
UNESCOStatus Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity (Olonkho) ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script ⓘ
YhyakhFestivalType summer solstice festival ⓘ
YhyakhPractices horse rituals ⓘ
kumys drinking ⓘ
rituals to deities ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sakha Republic → ethnicGroup → Sakha (Yakut) people ⓘ
Siberia → ethnicGroup → Yakuts ⓘ
linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people
Tengrism → associatedPeople → Yakuts ⓘ
linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people
Olenyok → indigenousCulture → Yakut culture ⓘ
linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people
Yakutia → ethnicGroup → Sakha (Yakut) people ⓘ
Sakha language → ethnicGroup → Sakha people ⓘ
linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people
Sakha language → ethnicGroup → Yakut people ⓘ
linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people
Sakha people → alsoKnownAs → Yakut people ⓘ
subject linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people
linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people
Sakha people → alsoKnownAs → Yakuts ⓘ
subject linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people
linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people
Sakha Academic Theater → culturalHeritage → Sakha people ⓘ
linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people
Turkic peoples → hasEthnicSubgroup → Yakuts ⓘ
linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people
Eastern Siberia → indigenousPeople → Yakuts ⓘ
linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people
Yakut → usedByEthnicGroup → Sakha people ⓘ
linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people
Verkhoyansky District → hasEthnicGroup → Yakuts ⓘ
linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people
Olenyoksky District → hasIndigenousPeople → Yakuts ⓘ
linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people
Bulunsky District → ethnicGroup → Yakuts ⓘ
linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people
Sakha → spokenBy → Sakha people ⓘ
linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people
Sakha → spokenBy → Yakuts ⓘ
linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people
Flag of the Sakha Republic → associatedWith → Sakha (Yakut) people ⓘ
Yukaghir → relatedEthnicGroup → Yakuts ⓘ
linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people
Olonkho epic → hasCulture → Sakha people ⓘ
linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people
Olonkho epic → hasCulture → Yakut people ⓘ
linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people
Yhyakh festival → ethnicGroup → Sakha people ⓘ
linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people
Dolgan people → relatedEthnicGroup → Yakuts ⓘ
linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people
Neryungrinsky District → hasEthnicGroup → Yakuts ⓘ
linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people
Yakutic languages → culturalAssociation → Sakha people ⓘ
linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people
Yeniseysk Governorate → includedEthnicGroup → Yakuts ⓘ
linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people
Yakutsk Ostrog → associatedWithPeople → Yakut people ⓘ
linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people
Russian conquest of Siberia → opponent → Yakuts ⓘ
linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people