The Yakuts pakutanga akararama akapoteredza Olkhon uye nharaunda Lake Baikal. Kutanga muzana remakore rechi13 vakatanga vakatamira pemipata Middle Lena, Aldan uye Vilyuy nzizi pasi kwokudzvinyirira kusimuka vaMongol. Kumaodzanyemba Yakuts vaiva zvikurukuru vavhimi, vabati vehove uye reindeer vafudzi, apo kumaodzanyemba Yakuts akasimuka mombe nemabhiza. In 1620s Tsardom of Muscovy chete akatanga kutamira munzvimbo yavo uye annexed kana vakagara pasi pamusoro payo, vakaisa mutero uye vakakwanisa kudzvinyirira wandei Kurut rebellions pakati 1634 uye 1642. The Tsarist rusununguko kwakakonzera muOlkhon uye nharaunda yeLake Baikal. Pakutanga muzana remakore rechi13 vakatanga vakatamira pemipata pakati Middle Lena, Aldan uye Vilyuy nzizi pasi kwokudzvinyirira kusimuka vaMongol kusimuka. Pakupera kwezana remakore rechi16th, Yakuts vakaenda kunzvimbo dzepakati peMiddle Lena, Aldan uye Vilyuy nzizi pasi pekumanikidzwa kweMiddle Lena,
kumanikidzwa kwaiitwa vaMongolia vaisimuka