According to Wiki:
“Yakutsk is responsible for a fifth of the world’s production of diamonds,[6] and is home to ALROSA and other mining companies. The city is also home to a significant food industry, to tanneries, to sawmills, and to factories for building materials.[6]
Yakutia Airlines has its head office in the city.”
Lots of mining, fishing, milling, and, some industry. Decent looking town from the pictures. Decent enough looking town from the pics.
And thus a safe place to be during the zombie apocalypse. Industry, civilization, infrastructure, fuel.
You can look at it on google street view, looks like a S*%#hole to me