Pokrovsk, Sakha Republic

Pokrovsk, Sakha Republic

Pokrovsk ( _ru. Покро́вск) is a town in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located km to mi|78 south-west of Yakutsk on the Lena River. Population: ru-census2002|10092|; su-census1989|9283|.

Founded by the Cossacks in 1682 as Karaulny Mys ( _ru. Карау́льный Мыс), it later became a village ("selo") of Pokrovskoye ( _ru. Покро́вское). It was granted urban-type settlement status and renamed Pokrovsk in 1941, and it was granted town status in 1998.

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