Xoro

Xoro lies on the left bank of the Vilyuy, in the broad river country of central Yakutia. Local tradition associates the place with the Khorin people, who are said to have come here from the Lena basin. In 1634 Russian Cossacks established a winter quarters at the mouth of the Tyukyan, where it meets the Vilyuy; it served as an administrative centre for several decades.