Editing Sakha Republic (section)

===Soviet era===
Sakha was home to the last stage of the Russian Civil War, the [[Yakut Revolt]]. On April 27, 1922, former Yakutsk Oblast was proclaimed the [[Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic|Yakut ASSR]], although in fact the eastern part of the territory, including the city of Yakutsk, was controlled by the [[White movement|White Russians]].
[[File:Platon Oyunsky 1921.jpeg|left|thumb|217x217px|Platon Oyunsky, who wrote the traditionally-oral [[olonkho]] epics]]
The early Soviet period saw a flourishing of Sakha literature as men such as [[Platon Oyunsky]] wrote down in writing the traditionally oral and improvised [[olonkho]], in addition to composing their own works. Many early Sakha leaders, including Oyunsky, died in the [[Great Purge]].
[[File:MapYakut-1928-1323.jpg|alt=Map of the Autonomous Yakut SSR, 1928|thumb|Autonomous Yakut SSR, 1928]]
Sakha experienced significant collectivization [[First five-year plan (Soviet Union)|between 1929 and 1934]], with the number of households experiencing collectivization rising from 3.6% in 1929 to 41.7% in 1932. Policies by which the Sakha were harshly affected resulted in the population dropping from 240,500 in 1926 down to 236,700 at the 1959 census.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jordan |first1=Bella Bychkova |last2=Jordan-Bychkov |first2=Terry G. |date=2000 |title=Siberian Village: Land and Life in the Sakha Republic |publisher=University Of Minnesota Press |pages=64–65 |isbn=978-0816635696}}</ref>

Sakha's demographics shifted wildly during the Soviet period as ethnic Russians and Ukrainians, among other groups, settled the area en masse, primarily in Yakutsk and the industrial south. Previously, even Yakutsk had been primarily Sakha and Sakha-speaking. With the end of [[korenizatsiya]], usage of the Sakha language was restricted in urban areas such as Yakutsk, which became primarily Russian-speaking.