National-cultural associations of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) as institutions of civil society
In the post-Soviet period, the multinational Republic (Sakha) (Yakutia) began the active formation of national cultural associations and communities. This article focuses on such an urgent and little-studied topic as the activities of national cultural associations in the civil society system. The authors pay attention to the manifestations of the general and special in these associations, as self-organizing organizations of the population. To this end, the authors identify the main activities of national cultural associations in Yakutia. The socio-political activity of the Yakuts in the 90s of the twentieth century is manifested through the activities of national-ethnic movements and associations as centers of unification of the Yakuts around the national idea. Russian Russian public organizations initially focused on the protection of social, political and cultural rights, and later more attention is paid to the promotion of historical and cultural traditions of the Russian people. The authors also pay attention to the creation of national-cultural associations of ethnographic and social groups of the Russian people. The article shows the active activity of representatives of the small peoples of the North and their associations. Ukrainians, Belarusians, Tatars and representatives of other nationalities also create national communities promoting national traditions and cultures, spirituality of the peoples of the republic, advocating for the restoration of the historical memory of the peoples inhabiting the republic. The authors of the article noted foreign diasporas that create and develop their public national and cultural associations. The article shows the special position of the Lithuanian community “Gintaras” (Amber), the Finnish Cultural Society of Yakutsk, the Polish public association “Polonia” as descendants of exiles in Yakutia. The article is devoted to the national-cultural associations created in the post-Soviet period, which did a lot to establish interethnic dialogue and harmony in the multinational republic, actively participated in the formation and development of civil society in Yakutia.