Yakuts (Sakha). 2nd edition. Ob. Alekseev N.A., Romanova E.N., Sokolova Z.P.

The study is paid to the origin, archeology, anthropology, the early ethnic and social history of the Yakut people, a demographic characteristic of the Yakuts is given, ethnographic and ethno -territorial groups outside the republic are described. The issues of the development of the economy, material and spiritual culture are comprehensively. For the first time, a detailed description of the crafts and culture of life support is presented, an important place is the reconstruction of the archaic calendar and calendar holidays.

The close relationship considers mythology, early cults, shamanism and Orthodoxy. The sections devoted to education and professional national culture are written on the basis of interdisciplinary methods: historical, cultural, art history, literary, culturological. Modern materials on ethnocultural and ethnopolitical problems are also given.