Yakutia in the context of "Eastern Siberia"

A scythe (/saɪð/, rhyming with writhe) is an agricultural hand-tool for mowing grass or harvesting crops. It was historically used to cut down or reap edible grains before they underwent the process of threshing. Horse-drawn and then tractor machinery largely replaced the scythe, but it is still used in some areas of Europe and Asia, especially in Yakutia, Siberia. Reapers are bladed machines that automate the cutting action of the scythe, and sometimes include subsequent steps in preparing the grain or the straw or hay.

The word "scythe" derives from Old English siðe. In Middle English and later, it was usually spelled sithe or sythe. However, in the 15th century some writers began to use the sc- spelling as they thought (wrongly) that the word was related to the Latin scindere (meaning "to cut"). Nevertheless, the sithe spelling lingered, and notably appears in Noah Webster's dictionaries.

The Alakit (Russian: Алакит) is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It is a tributary of the Olenyok with a length of 232 kilometres (144 mi) and a drainage basin area of 11,800 square kilometres (4,600 sq mi).

The river flows across a desolate area of Mirninsky and Olenyoksky districts. Currently there are no settlements, but a small village named Alakit was located by the river in its upper course, a little upstream of the mouth of the Yuyose-Delingde, a left tributary.

Ynnakh Mountain, also known as Arga Ynnakh Khaya (Russian: Арга Ыннах Хая), Gora Ulakhan Ynnakh (Russian: Гора Улахан Ыннах) and as Mother Mountain (Russian: Мать-Гора), is a mountain in Verkhoyansky District, Yakutia, Russian Federation.

The mountain has been classified as a natural monument of Russia with number 1420068. It is an important mountain in Yakut culture, where the word "Ynnakh" comes from Yakut: Ыыннаах, romanized: Iınnâx, meaning scary, creepy.