The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is the largest territorial subject of the Russian Federation in terms of area. It forms part of the Far Eastern Federal District.
It was established on April 27, 1922, as the Yakut ASSR in the composition of the RSFSR. On September 27, 1990, it was transformed into the Yakutsk-Sakha Soviet Socialist Republic, and in 1991, the Yakutsk-Sakha SSR gained its current name of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
The key sectors of industry are mining (diamonds, gold, oil, gas, coal, etc.); processing (lapidary industry, jewelry, oil and gas processing, woodworking, building materials production, etc.); fuel and energy complex (energy producing materials); timber sector, shipbuilding and consumer industry (leather and footwear industry, down and fur production, etc.), and food manufacturing.
The territory of the Republic has more than 200 areas of special natural protection (including 3 nature reserves and 2 national parks of federal significance), unique mining sites (kimberlite pipe Mir being one of them), places of interest and museums of Yakutsk and other cities.
The inscription on the postage stamp reads: Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). 100 Years; the margins of the postage block feature the coat of arms of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), the national ornament, the Yakut round dance, the Yakutsk State Academic Russian Drama Theater named after A.S. Pushkin, the Museum of History of Studying of Permafrost, the National Art Museum of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Lena Pillars, the ALROSA Yakut diamond trading company, the monument to Peter Beketov, the founder of Yakutsk, and others.
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