Explore how ancient DNA extraction and analysis reveals the genetic characteristics and origins of the Yakuts, a Turkic-speaking Siberian group. One of the more substantive consequences of the ...

Permafrost Kingdom is a tourist attraction set in a cave in Us-Kut, the homestead of the Atlasov family of Yakut people. Yakuts are Turkic people who mainly inhabit the Sakha Yakutia republic in ...

The centuries-old mummified remains of Indigenous Siberians are revealing secrets about their genetics over a vast period — before, during and after Russia's conquest of their land — including that a ...

Each week Olga Shapovalova offers to folk music lovers a multicoloured display of customs and traditions, legends and tales, melodies and rythms of Russia. Each week Olga Shapovalova offers to folk ...

A new archaeogenetic study of naturally mummified Yakuts from Siberia shows their genetics, microbiome and traditions remained remarkably stable despite Russian conquest. DNA confirms Yakut oral ...

During the longest summer days the Yhyakh holiday is celebrated in Yakutia. Yakuts from all over Siberia come to spend these days together. For them Yhyakh is not only a chance to rest and soak in the ...

Apolipoprotein B 3′ (3′ ApoB) minisatellite polymorphism was studied in healthy unrelated individuals from the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, in 10 populations from five ethnic groups ...