page_title: Sakha
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Sakha / Economy
caption_attribution_description: English: Gold Locality: Lena River Basin, Bulun District, Polar Yakutia, Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 1.8 x 1.4 x 0.8 cm Gold (cubic crystals) A remarkably elegant, complicated, cityscape like gold specimen composed ENTIRELY of rare cubic crystals in parallel growths. Perhaps, though I am not entirely sure, it consists of a central twinned core, on which small cubes have grown. In any case, a rare and superb gold thumbnail of unusual habit, from the reknowned F John Barlow gold collection (which was dispersed in 1998-1999). Mass is about 6 grams Deutsch: Gold Fundort: Lena River Basin, Distrikt Bulun, Polar Yakutia, Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russland (Fundort bei mindat.org) Größe: 1.8 x 1.4 x 0.8 cm
context_page_description: Sakha, also known as Yakutia or Yakutiya, and officially known as the Republic of Sakha, is a federal Russian republic.
  It had a population of 958,528 at the 2010 Census, mainly ethnic Sakha and Russians.
  Comprising half the Far Eastern Federal District, it is the largest subnational governing body by area in the world at 3,083,523 square kilometers. Its capital is the city of Yakutsk. It is also known for its extreme and severe climate, with the lowest temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere being recorded in Verkhoyansk and Oymyakon, and regular winter averages commonly being below −35 °C in Yakutsk. The hypercontinental tendencies also result in very warm summers for much of the republic.
  Sakha was first home to hunting-gathering and reindeer herding Tungusic and Paleosiberian peoples such as the Evenks and Yukaghir. Migrating from the area around Lake Baikal, the Turkic Sakha people first settled the middle Lena sometime between the 9th and 16th centuries, likely in several waves, bringing the pastoral economy of Central Asia with them.
context_section_description: Industry generates slightly above 50% of the gross national product of Sakha, stemming primarily from mineral exploitation. Industrial enterprises are concentrated in the capital Yakutsk, as well as in Aldan, Mirny, Neryungri, Pokrovsk, and Udachny. The diamond, gold, and tin ore mining industries are the major focus of the economy. Uranium ore is beginning to be mined. The Turkic-speaking Sakha people are engaged in politics, government, finance, economy, and cattle-breeding (horses and cows for milk and meat). The Paleoasian indigenous peoples are hunters, fishermen, and reindeer herders. As of 2008, Sakha Republic is the 19th most developed federal subject in Russia.
  The largest companies in the region include Alrosa, Yakutugol, Yakutskenergo, Yakutia Airlines.
caption: Unusual gold specimen from Bulun District, Lena River basin. Weight is about 6 grams.
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