History of Sakha: The Story of an Indigenous Siberian People

A history of #Sakha (also known as #Yakutia) in #Siberia, #Russia, with a focus on the Sakhalar. My first ever video, so please forgive the low-level quality. 😊

They are also known as the Yakut or Yakuts.

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READ MORE AT:

Words Like Birds: Sakha Language Discourses and Practices in the City by Jenanne Ferguson
Siberian Village: Land and Life in the Sakha Republic by Bella Bychkova Jordan and Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov
A History of the Peoples of Siberia by James Forsyth

[Mizuki_Kuroki]

Omg, thanks so much for this video. I am Sakha and I was very pleased to see this, I am also surprised that foreigners are interested in the peoples of Siberia

[xezmakorewarriah]

SAKHA MENTIONED LET'S FUCKING as a sakha this video is spot on, thank you for covering our culture and people!!!

[AC-gtr]

As a Korean American, I recently met a Sakhaan. It was my first time learning about Republic of Sakha and the associated history. The whole interaction humbled me like how little I know and learned nothing valuable from the public school system 😅

[theMOCmaster]

Siberian history is super under-covered, excellent job! I'd love to hear about the Khanty and Mansi people if you decide to cover the region again!

[翼众]

Love from China. Support you on this video. I respect the Sakhalar culture. As a northen Chinese, I feel a lot similaritis with Sakha people, I mean the Shamanism. I enjoy very much from good video, and I hope one day I can travel to your land and make friends with locals. I wish your culture will be rich and richer and your people will be more and more. Love from China.

[ahnhn]

thank you very much!
being a Sakha myself, I didn’t even know about some things you spoke about (for example what was happening in Yakutsk in 60-80s in 20th century as I was born in the middle of 90s and raised in the countryside).
it made me want to learn more about my nation.😊

[EmpathicNose]

I'm writing a research paper on the Yakuts and the Sakha region and this video has been extremly helpful in getting me started. I'm watching this with my morning coffee and its really enjoyable. Thank you for the amazing video!

[LifeinYakutia]

Thank you for the video, it is great.
It feels like the part of the video after 1950 was made by a local, by Sakha. It shows most of my concerns about the past, now and the future of Sakha being minority group in Russia.
Thank you again for this video ❤️

[Sadoyasturadoglu]

2:03 In Anatolia, it is called kışlak (for winter) and yaylak (for summer). In old times, most Turks routinely made seasonal displacements, today only the Yörüks have kışlak and yaylak camps.

[Meowmento]

Been interested learning the culture and history of various cultures, especially the east asian minorities these days.
It was a very interesting video thanks.
Love from Korea to the Yakuts people.

[김경묵-gg]

I like history, so I see a lot of history channel.

But, all my life....this is best history documentary.

Great script, photo, and !!

[marmadukescarlet]

You had me at “the whispering of the stars”!

[갈리나-vg]

저 사하 사람인데 영상 잘 봤고 20대라서 야쿠티아의 옛 역사를 잘 몰라서 많은 걸 배우고 갑니다 ~! 한국에 있을 때 야쿠티아에서 왔다고 하면 야쿠티아는 어디에 있는지 한국 사람들이 잘 모르시더라고요 ㅜㅜ 그래서 이런 영상을 만들어 주시는 분들 덕분에 우리 아주 아름답고 특이한 야쿠티아에 대해서 많은 사람들이 알게 되었으면 좋겠어요 ~! 자료 찾느라 많이 힘드셨을 텐데 이런 재미있는 영상 만들어 주셔서 감사합니다 !

[vtron]

I’ve done research on the Sakhalar and I have to say I am very impressed with this video!
Please do more videos on other peoples such as the Manchus, Ainu, Evenks, Chukchi, Itelmen, Yukaghir, and Nivkh.

[nativewriter]

I'm Sakha screenwriter and author, thank you for making this video 😌

[nomadundercover]

Sounds like Russia screwed Sakha over big time. It was a literal genocide. This is an insane level of imperialism, and horrid colonialism.

[KHLalekseyanov]

You explain a good portion of our history in a nutshell, cause it can be 2hrs long if fully explored and explained

[beingfree]

I am from Arunachal Pradesh state, Northeastern part of India, we look similar to Tibetans as Chinese Government call us South Tibetans.
People outside don't have much knowledge about our existance in India.
About Sakha people, I just got to know it today. I feel we are in same boats, living as minority in a country dominated by different culture & ethnic groups.
May your people thrive and hold on your unique identity.
I would like to visit Sakha Nation someday.

[bamsbeyrek]

Kışlak(Turkish), Kıstık(Sakha)
Yaylak(Turkish), Sayılık(Sakha) 》y>s ön ses değişimi

[ZaibatsuArts]

This was very enjoyable to watch, thank you.