It was founded in 1638 as a Cossack wintering area on the Dulgaly River - Verkhoyansky fortress, 90 km southwe...
It was founded in 1638 as a Cossack wintering area on the Dulgaly River - Verkhoyansky fortress, 90 km southwest of modern Verkhoyansk. Name by location in the upper reaches of the river Jan, at the confluence of its origins.
In 1775, for the convenience of collecting taxes, it was moved under the name Verkhoyan wintering on the left bank of the Jan River. Since 1817 the city of Verkhoyansk.
In the 1860s - 1917 the place of political exile.
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