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The Yakutsk restaurant "Aurora" blends Russian cuisine with local Yakut ingredients, creating a unique culinary concept. Evgeny Alfan is the restaurant's chef. The exquisite cuisine of the restaurant is rooted in the traditions of previous generations, with a key emphasis on slow-cooking in the oven. Thus, the harmonious combination of fresh Yakut ingredients and the Russian oven creates a unique culinary experience that can only be found in this restaurant.

Here, you'll find five dining halls, each meticulously designed with interior details that honor history and hold significant meaning. The "Aurora" hall is designed in the "à la russe" style, while the cozy café "Zlato" offers affordable prices. The "Bolshaya Ulitsa" tavern showcases Russian architectural style, and the banquet hall "Bozhestvenny" features a golden-turquoise color scheme. Lastly, the "Praviteli" hall is a VIP room with an open balcony. The restaurant is open for visitors from 12:00 PM until 12:00 AM.

Choroon XXI Vek is a company specializing in the production of traditional Yakut-style porcelain tableware and exclusive souvenirs . It was founded in 2001. The company's signature product is the traditional Yakut porcelain cup choroon - a sacred vessel and a key symbol of Yakut culture, often used in various rituals and celebrations.

All patterns used by the company on their products follow the ancient canons. The Yakuts believe that each stroke and color combination imbues invisible forces, guarding and bestowing blessings. Before choosing the shape of a choroon or other product, the Chorion XXI Vek team consults with folk craftsmen and experts in the field. The store has a wide selection of over 18 varieties of porcelain and ceramics available for purchase.

Feoktist Alexeev, also known as Designbyfeo, is a 3D artist who specializes in creating 3D graphics and animations. The artist's works are popular worldwide. According to the artist, his most significant work is the one where Spider-Man knocks off the cap from Conor McGregor's whiskey bottle. Another well-known fan art is an image of Russian fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov and American Tony Ferguson, who never faced each other in a fight, sitting across a chessboard.

Feoktist's videos, edited using computer graphics, are also popular. A realistic rendering of the garage in 'Rick and Morty' hit 1.5 million views, while "The Other Side of Monsters, Inc" scored 1.1 million. Nowadays, Designbyfeo is not just an individual artist but a brand, encompassing a whole team of designers and artists from around the world. They specialize in creating posters for films, album covers for music, and fan art for various TV series and games. Their videos and posters get millions of views.

"Dark World of Olonkho" is an artbook featuring illustrations depicting demons from the texts of the ancient Yakut epic Olonkho. This is a collaborative project between young artists from Yakutia, Art Public School, and Anastasia Borisova, a research associate at the Olonkho Institute. The 8 artists of the project translated the descriptions of the evil spirits from the epic into the language of visual art, interpreting its plots and characters through their personal perception.

The project holds significant artistic, cultural, and scientific value. The 16 illustrations are based on the texts from early recordings of Olonkho, taken from the academic edition "Samples of Yakut Folk Literature," published between 1907 and 1918, edited by Eduard Pekarsky. This edition includes texts from 24 Olonkho narratives. These texts have immense scientific value and are recognized as some of the most archaic materials in terms of content and language.

"Ne khoronite menya bez Ivana" ("Don't Bury Me Without Ivan") was the second full-length work of director Lyubov Borisova. The film was shot in the summer of 2021 in the Tattinsky District. The film is based on real events that took place in Yakutia in 1910. The story revolves around Stepan, who periodically falls into a lethargic sleep, and only the priest's son, Ivan Popov, can distinguish his condition from actual death. Stepan decides to follow Ivan on a long expedition so as not to be buried alive.

The film crew recreated this story from photographs, archival documents, and accounts from the descendants of the Popov family. The film received a special jury prize at the film festival of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries in India and became the winner of the Zimny Open Auteur Film Festival in Moscow. It was awarded a special diploma by the jury for "Preservation of National Traditions" at the Eurasia International Film Festival in Kazakhstan.

EIKIRIE is a brand that combines modern fashion and Yukaghir culture, founded by Nadezhda Doctorova. It carries the cultural code of the northern people. The word “EIKIRIE” translates as “crossing a river”. The founder of EIKIRIE encourages the customers to see fashion as a life that takes its course and gives you what you need.

Natural fabrics such as wool, silk and cotton are used in the producion of clothes. The brand attracts the public with its originality. It's geared toward the mid to upper-middle segments and is designed for people who are looking for unique, stunning clothing and follow global trends.

EYGE Architects is an architectural bureau founded in 2015. The bureau is engaged in the development of design projects, architectural supervision, support of the State Expertise Authority of Yakutia, and coordination of documentation with the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning under the Head of Yakutia. Among their works are the interior design of the "My Documents" Multifunctional Center, the Vorota Yakutska City Park, the Yakutsk Ostrog Tower, the design of a multi-apartment residential building in Boltoginsky and Kharbala 2-ya settlements of the Churapchinsky District in Yakutia, and Svetly Park.

The residential building design for the Boltoginsky settlement was awarded a Golden Diploma, and the Svetly Park project was honored with a Silver Diploma in the prestigious "Best Project 2021" architecture and design competition. The design for the Kharbala 2-ya settlement and the Svetly Park project were honored with Gold Diplomas at the XXV Far Eastern Festival "ZODCHESTVO-2022" held in 2022.

Exo404 is a game development studio. They produced a video game that ranked among the top three in the world. Beyond Dark Tales is an adventure game available for Android and iOS platforms. According to the lore of the game, teenagers save the world from global catastrophe. The protagonist and his friends must meet danger face to face, solve a number of complex puzzles, overcome unusual challenges and fulfill their main mission, on which the fate of mankind depends.

HotBall 3D is another game developed by the studio in 2019. It is a multi-level game where players have control over a fireball. The ball can be controlled with just one finger. The game is free to play. Currently, the development of an adventure/quest game for Android and iOS platforms is underway.