The name of Abdulkadir Inan is well known to a professional audience engaged in the history of shamanism and the ethnogenesis of the Turkic peoples. For six decades of its scientific activities, the Turkish scholar has created fundamental works on history, ethnography, folklore, linguistics and literary criticism. He has written over 350 scientific articles. He was engaged in teaching. As a professor at Ankara University in 1955-1961, he taught Altai, Tuvinian, Khakass and Yakut languages. Of particular interest are his research in the field of pre-Islamic beliefs of the Turkic peoples of Russia, in particular, shamanism. Familiarity with the article of Abdulkadir Inan “Tarihte şamanizm” (“the Place of shamanism in history”), translated by the author, can help those who are engaged in the history of the spiritual life of the Turkic peoples in close conjunction with the issues of ethnogenesis of the Sakha people. From this work of the Turkish scientist, the author uses materials related only to the selected topic.

As you know, the family is a link between the natural environment and the spiritual foundation of any nation. The relevance of the topic chosen by us lies in the fact that it is in the family through the processes of raising children in the traditions, norms, customs, in the knowledge of the native language that the worldview and self-consciousness of representatives of a certain ethnic group is formed. Therefore, the interest in the problems of the family among researchers is clear. Special attention among researchers is the topic of the traditional family and family relations among the indigenous peoples of the North, in particular, the Yakuts. The purpose of this article is to analyze the processes of transformation of family and marriage relations among Yakuts based on the materials of the First General Population Census of 1897. Based on the goal, we set ourselves the following tasks: to study the historiography of the issue; to form an idea of the traditional family-marriage relations of the Yakuts; analyze family-marriage relations based on the materials of the First General Population Census - Census Lists. The study of the historiography of the issue allowed us to form an idea of the traditional family-marriage relations of the Yakuts, and work on archival material to analyze the changes that occurred in this area at the end of the 19th century. When working on the topic, we were guided by the methods of scientific research: historical, comparative analysis, systems approach, the principle of objectivity. The study of archival materials allowed us to conclude that the traditional family and marriage relations at the end of the 19th century did not have any fundamental changes. In the future, the student will continue to work on the topic of study, using a wider archival material: the census sheets of all five districts of the Yakutsk region.

The article traces the history of the formation and development of women’s entrepreneurship in Yakutia in the second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries against the background of the development of the all-Russian system of the institute of entrepreneurship. The characteristic of the legal status of women entrepreneurs, the gender aspect of the problem are given, the spheres of economic activity are investigated, based on the analysis of the documents of the National Archive of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) and periodicals of that time.

The article examines the main features of the regional political process in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). The theoretical grounds for the study of regional political regimes were considered, with the focus on studying through the prism of relations between the region and the federal center. On the example of the republic, the main indicators of the effectiveness of regional authorities in the person of the head of the subject, their influence rating were studied. Also, in conclusion, an assessment of the regional and municipal elections in the republic was given.

The article analyzes possible ways of developing the legal status of the victim in the Russian criminal process in the context of improving civil society; draws attention to certain problems related to the rights and obligations of the victim at the pre-trial stages of the process; discusses the formation of judicial practice and improvement of legislation, including those related to the further development of private criminal prosecution.

Analyzing the legislation of the Russian Federation and foreign countries, we notice significant gaps that pose a threat to indigenous peoples and affect their legal status. It is important to create an effective mechanism to guarantee the rights and freedoms of such peoples, taking into account the peculiarities and living environment, and to be expressed in the adoption of laws and the preparation of draft laws, cooperation on the international scene, the creation of institutions, bodies, provision of security, and the development of science and technology. The purpose of this article is to study the state of the mechanism for guaranteeing rights and freedoms of the indigenous peoples in the Russian Federation and foreign countries. The author set the following research tasks: to get acquainted with the peculiarities of the legal status of the indigenous peoples in the Russian Federation and foreign countries; to study and research the state of the problem; to identify problems that exist at the moment; to consider and research the legislation of the Russian Federation and foreign countries; to make conclusions. The following research methods were used: contextual analysis of academic literature, analysis of legislation and regulations, comparison, observation.

The current urgent issues of introducing innovations into the educational process in higher educational institutions of the Russian Federation are relevant for the state as a whole. The changing role of education in the modern society entailed most of the inevitable innovation processes. One of the tasks of the modern higher education is to unleash the creative potential of all participants in the pedagogical process, as well as to provide them with opportunities to display creative abilities. In this article, we pay particularly close attention to the formation of critical thinking in law students, basing on three years of our work. The academic article is built on the description and analysis of innovative methods, such as: SWOT analysis, foresight sessions on disciplines, all sorts of role-playing, business games, playing roles and developing critical thinking in teaching the discipline “History of the State and Law of Russia” at the Law Faculty, M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University.