Tygyn Darkhan (; ; ?–1632) was a

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and the subject of many tales, a

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of the Kangalas ulus (clan), the king of the Yakuts.

History

According to Yakut legend, Tygyn was a descendant of Badzhei (), who was also known in Yakut legends in the 19th-20th centuries as "Doidusa Darkhan" () or "Tyusyulge Darkhaan" (). Tyusyulge had two sons, () and Mold'ogor (). Munn'an Darkhan had two sons of his own, Tygyn and Usun Oyuun (). Tygyn was renowned for his tall height in Yakut legends. When Tygyn succeeded his father, Tyusyulge, as Toyon-usa (Chief King) he unified the other Yakut clans into a single nation and became a wealthy landowner who lived around Lake Saysara. However, when his armies faced the newly arrived Russians in 1628, they were defeated by the latter's firearms, and the Russian army captured Tygyn and held him as a prisoner. After suffering from a poor skin condition, he died in prison in 1632. His son Bedzheke was captured and placed into prison in his father's place, while another son, Ökrey, succeeded his father Tygyn as the next Toyon-usa of the Yakuts.

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Yakutia-17th century and the Russian invasion

Борисов А. А. Якутский тойон Тыгын исторический и легендарный.

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