Concert in the city of Aldan, to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the Aldansky District, in the Sakha Republic, in north-eastern Russia.
The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), previously known as Yakutia, is situated in the north-east of the Russian Federation, and is a federal subject of Russia (a republic). It has a population of 958,528 (2010 Census), consisting mainly of ethnic Yakuts and Russians.
Comprising half of the Far Eastern Federal District, it is the largest subnational governing body by area in the world at 3,083,523 square kilometers and the eighth largest territory in the world, if the federal subjects of Russia were compared with other countries. Its capital is the city of Yakutsk. The Sakha Republic is one of the ten autonomous Turkic Republics within the Russian Federation.
