The article is devoted to the topical issue of the legal status of indigenous minority communities in natural resources management. The legal status of indigenous communities in nature management includes a set of powers, the realization of which requires additional measures of state support in carrying out traditional economic activities. The article provides an analysis of the current Russian legislation with regard to recent amendments and additions. It is noted that the legislative amendments have expanded the scope of economic activities of communities and secured the right of communities to carry out entrepreneurial and other income-generating activities, as long as these are consistent with the objectives for which they were established. It is concluded that the main differences in the legal status of indigenous minority communities as participants of land, forest, and resource relations lie in the gratuitous nature of the use of certain types of resources and the order of use. However, problems in the field of realization of rights to natural resources persist. The status of indigenous communities in nature management can be assessed as formally equal, but actually lower than that of other subjects. Many of the subjective rights enshrined in the legislation cannot be implemented by communities due to a number of objective reasons, which generate the need for additional measures of state support.

The article deals with the trends in the formation and development of the Arctic law. It analyzes the process of entering the term «Arctic law» into legal theory and practice, foreign and domestic doctrines. It is noted that complex social relations in which the international, national strategic interests of states, collective and individual interests of legal entities and individuals have converged, gave rise to the formation of the newest intersystem area of law in the field of legal regulation of the sustainable development of the Arctic, referred to as the term «Arctic law». The new phenomenon of law requires a theoretical, scientific substantiation of the subject and method of regulation in order to determine its place in the system of law, the direction of development as a science and educational discipline, which is of growing interest in Russia and around the world. In the context of the new challenges of modernity, the development and content of the norms of domestic Arctic law should comply with the documents of strategic planning and ensuring national security in the Arctic, the objectives of sustainable development.

The relevance of this paper stems from the fact that the Arctic has a significant mineral composition and not all of them are mined, although the potential of the deposits is very high, which is of interest to study. The purpose of this study was to understand the reason that prevents reaching large mining capacities.

The following objectives were set:

• examine the mined minerals in each Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation (AZRF);
• examine the difficulties that prevent mining operations from starting in the short term;
• identify the prospects for the development of the extractive

In the process of writing the article a large amount of scientific and statistical information was analysed on the state of utilization of the mineral resource base of each subject, as well as investment portals, which together gave an insight into the direction of development of the regions and their plans for the future. Work was also carried out to search for programs aimed at introducing new technologies to solve existing difficulties that are hindering the increment of capacity. Based on the results of the work, it was concluded that the ASRF has a significant raw material potential, which is still in the bowels, and the third track of the Arctic Startup Expedition, within which innovative ideas are transmitted aimed at optimizing complex processes, as well as many other important and necessary projects, capable of significantly influencing the current situation and boost the regions’ economic performance.

Based on the interdisciplinary methodology of the new cultural and intellectual history within the framework of the collective project, the analysis of the formation and change of the mental world of the inhabitants of the «cold world» in different ethnocontact zones of the North-East of the Russian Federation was carried out. The cultural code of mental «northernness» is distinguished by a special vision and understanding of the world, a reverent attitude to Nature, to the environment, which is due to the regional peculiarities of the traditional worldview of the indigenous peoples of the North. Man’s attitude to Nature and his place in it form the ways of representation and the complex of worldview, the northern mentality as a whole as a collective experience of human interaction with the environment. The mentally mastered space forms the corresponding ideas about a person, his place and role, behavior, values, transmitted from generation to generation. In this light, it is logical to study human adaptive resources not only from a physical, but also from a mental perspective, which formed a special model of adaptation. Further, the psychomental features of the ethnolocal communities of nomadic reindeer herders of Yakutia are highlighted, such as the basic principle of balance (Equilibrium), based on a careful attitude to nature, as well as adaptation (Adaptation), «flexible thinking» due to mobility (spatial and mental), exceptional geographical mobility and bright adaptive abilities, which left an imprint on the qualities of character Еven and Evenk.

The issues of interdisciplinary study of the Arctic regions of Eastern Siberia and the small-numbered peoples inhabiting them are relevant today. The article analyzes the annual economic cycle of the local group of the aboriginal Yukaghir hunting and fishing population in the upper reaches of the Kolyma River in the diachronic and synchronous ranges. The aim of the study is to determine external and internal reasons for the functioning of the ancient semi-nomadic culture of nomadic dog breeders on the periphery of the modern urbanized society. The aim of the study is to develop common approaches to the issues of preserving ethno-ecological rarity of international importance in the historical perspective. Data from folklore and folk pagan beliefs of the forest Yukaghirs (Oduls) are also involved in comparative comparisons. In the Arctic zone of Eastern Siberia, the «Teki Odulok» tribal community is engaged exclusively in hunting and fishing, the dictate of the annual economic cycle cuts off all economic activities not corresponding to this algorithm. Based on the above, when drawing up the long-term Programme, it is proposed to conduct a comprehensive study of the economic and cultural situation in the community in order to formulate realistic prognostic plans; to consider the Odul culture as a brand of Verkhnekolymsky ulus and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia); apply to UNESCO with a proposal to include the Odul culture in the relevant list.

The article considers regional differences in the development trends of the traditional reindeer herding of northern peoples from the perspective of ethno-cultural landscape science based on the analysis of official statistics on changes in the number of reindeer. The regional political contexts in which the evolution of ethno-cultural landscapes of traditional reindeer herding took place are examined in a historical retrospect. The steady, almost continuous growth of reindeer husbandry, localized in four administrative districts located in the tundras of Western Siberia, which began as early as the 1950s, is revealed. This growth stopped in recent years, when the number of deer exceeded the feeding capacity of pastures. In its territory there was a significant change in the stereotypes of economic behavior of the ethnoterritorial group of reindeers herders. Having originated in one local area, it subsequently spread to adjacent territories. The growth of the reindeer population is explained by the fact that in this ethnic community the economic activity and initiative of private reindeer herders have significantly increased. In the rest of the Arctic zone of Russia, reindeer herding mainly inherits the organizational model formed during the Soviet period, in which the economic activity and initiative of reindeer herders is controlled by the administration. A comparison of historical conditions of reindeer husbandry development in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous region and Chukotka shows considerable differences between the regions both in regional policy on reindeer husbandry and in the traditions of private family reindeer husbandry.

The purpose of the study is to identify the poetic features of the geocultural model «Dyolloh Dyokuuskai» (Happy Yakutsk), which was formed in the 50–80s of the twentieth century. The objectives of the article are to identify the artistic elements that form a single text of Happy Yakutsk; to determine the qualitative characteristics of the geocultural model of the «city-university»; to actualize the idea of creation as the main leitmotif of national prose of the 50–80s of the twentieth century. The novelty of the research lies in the study of the model of a «city within a city» – a university city, a student town of Sergeleeh, combining in its single semantic spectrum the structural levels of Happy Yakutsk: the evolution of the hero, the motive of dreams, the concept of happiness and youth, etc. It is quite interesting to interpret the concept of a white motor ship in the spectrum of national poetic imagery, which can be interpreted as the personification of a person’s dream in a narrow sense and as an image of Soviet absolutism, solemn and powerful, in a broad concept. As a result, the poetic features of the urban cultural model of the «university city» as the main chronotopic system in the model of Happy Yakutsk are determined; the place and role of the prose hero of the 50– 80s of the twentieth century, whose consciousness is extremely responsive to modifications of the surrounding landscape, are revealed.

The Siberian crane is a sacred bird for indigenous peoples inhabiting its breeding range in north-eastern Siberia. The system of taboos and prohibitions still applies to it. All this undoubtedly plays a positive role in its protection. We believe that a careful attitude to the ecology of Siberian cranes should be fostered in people from an early age. Literature plays an undoubted important role in this. In our opinion, a careful attitude to the ecology of Siberian cranes, especially at an early age, can be instilled through Yakut literature. In Yakut literature the Siberian crane is a symbol of culture and mythology, beauty and grace, the embodiment of freedom and a reflection of the unexplored side of existence and the boundless face of the Middle Earth, the mediator between heaven and earth. We used an empirical method: conducting an anonymous survey to determine people’s attitudes toward the Siberian crane as a biological species and as a sacred symbol of Sakha culture. Our study showed that most people understand that the ecological condition of the Siberian cranes is far from satisfactory. They also understand that it is necessary to involve children in the cause of nature protection in order to preserve the species population of Siberian cranes. One of the most effective ways to educate children about the careful treatment of these Red Book birds is to introduce them to the image of Siberian cranes in Yakut works.