Çurapçii

Çurapçii, known as Churapcha, lies beside its namesake lake in the Sakha Republic, about 178 kilometres east of Yakutsk. The lake drains into the Tatta River, a tributary of the Aldan and part of the wider Lena basin. The village was founded in 1725 after a road from Yakutsk toward Okhotsk was opened for post and trade. The route crossed rough, isolated country and was never fully operational. Forest, water and the difficult road joined this settlement to a much wider northern landscape.