Editing Sakha Republic (section)

===Russian conquest===
{{Main|Russian conquest of Siberia}}

The [[Tsardom of Russia]] began its conquest of the region in the 17th century, moving east after the defeat of the [[Khanate of Sibir]]. [[Tygyn Darkhan|Tygyn]], a king of the [[Khangalassky District|Khangalassky]] Sakha, granted territory for Russian settlement in return for a military pact that included war against indigenous rebels of all North Eastern Asia ([[Magadan]], [[Chukotka Autonomous Okrug|Chukotka]], [[Kamchatka]] and [[Sakhalin]]). Kull, a king of the [[Megino-Kangalassky District|Megino-Khangalassky]] Sakha, began a Sakha conspiracy by allowing the first stockade construction.{{citation needed|date=May 2011}}
[[File:Map of Yakut oblast.jpg|thumb|right|1821 map of Yakutsk Oblast.]]

In August 1638, the Moscow Government formed a new administrative unit with the administrative center of Lensky Ostrog (Fort Lensky), the future city of [[Yakutsk]], which had been founded by [[Pyotr Beketov]] in 1632.

The arrival of Russian settlers at the remote [[Russkoye Ustye]] in the [[Indigirka]] delta is also believed to date from the 17th century.<ref>A. I. Gogolev, "История Якутии: (Обзор исторических событий до начала ХХ в.)" ([http://www.ysu.ru/facultet/kfi/books/HistoryOfYakutiya.htm History of Yakutia: Review of Historical Events to the beginning of the 20th century] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050527010736/http://www.ysu.ru/facultet/kfi/books/HistoryOfYakutiya.htm |date=May 27, 2005 }}) Yakutsk, 1999.</ref> The [[Siberian Governorate]] was established as part of the Russian Empire in 1708.

Russian settlers began to form a community in the 18th century, which adopted certain Sakha customs and was often called ''Yakutyane'' (Якутя́не) or Lena Early Settlers (ленские старожилы). However, the influx of later settlers had assimilated themselves into the Russian mainstream by the 20th century.