online showcase of creative products in YAKUTSK

Fntastic is a game development company founded in 2016 by the brothers Aisen and Eduard Gotovtsev. The Day Before, a multiplayer video game in which players have to survive in a deadly, post-pandemic America, has reached the top of global sales. Radiant One is an adventure game that raises such important themes as relationships with loved ones and the essence of human nature. It was a major success in the United States and China. In China, Radiant One ranks first in the family game section during Black Friday.

The Everbuilders family game is featured on the home page of the AppStore. You can play all the games from the studio in Russian. The developers pay a lot of attention to the sounds in the game to make the game world seem realistic. They abandoned the random HUD indicators and focused on high-quality surround sound, which is an important part of the authenticity and atmosphere of the universe.

Lena Diodorova is an IT professional. In 2019, she launched the podcast "Gde Dengi?" ("Where Is The Money?"). This podcast is for people over 30 who want to get their personal finances in order, learn how to manage their money, find answers to the question "Where does the money go?" and find their path to financial prosperity. The podcast hosts explore the relationship with money, the connection between the financial aspect of life and emotions, analyze personal finance management experiences, and discuss money matters in a simple and understandable language.

In 2022, Lena Kirillina joined the project. She works in an oil company. Since February 2022, the podcast has accumulated over 50,000 listens. You can listen to the podcast in all popular podcast platforms such as Apple Podcasts, PocketCasts, Google Podcasts, Yandex Music and others.

Haulout is a short documentary that takes a look at walruses and global warming, directed by brother and sister Maxim Arbugaev and Evgenia Arbugaeva. The 25-minute documentary tells a story of a biologist Maxim Chakilev, who comes to Chukotka every year and for several months observes the effects of climate change on the walrus population. The shooting, which lasted three months, took place in the scientist's real house.

It premiered in February 2022 at the Berlin Film Festival. It was featured at the BFI London Film Festival, won Dokufest and the American Film Institute awards, was screened at the Message to Man International Film Festival in St. Petersburg, Beat Film Festival and Documentary Film Festival Flahertiana, was recognized as the best short film at the VI International Arctic Film Festival "Golden Raven". The film is the only Oscar nominee representing Russia in 2023.

IAN HOPELESS is a rap artist from Yakutia. His first tracks were released in 2017, establishing him as a representative of the new school of rap with his own distinctive style . Ian's songs are available on the major Russian music platforms and, according to Cold Jug, collectively amass over 1 million digital streams.

His music brings hope and light to people who have lost themselves, their true path. Some of his notable works include the music video "YAKUTZA," the album "Ian," and the track "Parasite." The artist performs his tracks in Russian with quick language switches between Yakut and English languages.

"V Chasche" ("In a Grove") is a psychological detective play directed by Sergey Potapov. It is based on Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's short story "In a Grove" . The action is relocated from Japan to the remote mountainous and taiga region of Yakutia in the Far North. The play is built on several monologues of the characters, who testify about the committed crime - the murder of a young deer herder samurai. The testimonies are given by the presumed killer - a robber, the spouse of the murdered person, and the spirit of the slain handsome deer herder.

Everyone tells their version of what happened, but the play does not provide a definitive answer. Everyone seems to be telling the truth. Sergey Potapov was honored with a diploma from the Association of Theater Critics at the XII National Theater Festival SATA-2023 for his outstanding performance. The play also won the award for Best Performance, and Dora Aikuo Tikhonova received the award for Best Costume Design.

Just.Ayaal is the cosplay alias of Ayaal Fedorov. Ayaal makes outfits, figures and dolls based on well-known cartoons and movies. Some of the major works include Bumblebee from Transformers, Thanos of the Marvel Universe, and Smaug the dragon from The Hobbit, a replica of a doll from the Squid Game TV series, Nexu and Wampa creatures from the Star Wars sagas.

Ayaal, together with a team of enthusiasts, recreated the whole Razor Crest ship from the The Mandalorian TV series. It was later installed in Urdel Park in Yakutsk. The ship is 14 meters long, 10 meters wide and 4 meters high. The cockpit is equipped with illuminated engines and control panels. It took about 50 sheets of fiberboard to assemble the ship. In April 2023, Ayaal's works were presented at an exhibition at VDNKh in Moscow.

Kamelek is a manufacturer of traditional Yakut dinnerware, offering a wide selection of more than 100 items: tea and dinner sets, gift sets and custom dinnerware. The company was founded in 2005. Kamelek tableware can be seen during the Yhyakh national holiday, at formal events and banquets, family celebrations and in everyday life of the Yakut people.

Folk artisans, craftsmen, young artists and designers are invited to work in the company's workshops. The decoration on the ceramics is applied manually using overglaze paints and decal transfer, and then fired in a muffle furnace at 800 C. This achieves a vibrant color shine, durability of the paints, and strength of the ceramics.

Khardaachy Bergen: Olonkho presents the complete text of the Olonkho epic "Khardaachchi Bergen" by Andrey Titarov, transcribed from a 1986 tape recording, as well as its translations into Russian and English. The introductory scientific articles reveal the peculiarities of Andrey Titarov's poetic style in epic narration and the mythological foundations of Olonkho.

At the core of Olonkho plots is the struggle of the heroes from the Ayyı Aimağa tribe against the evil monsters known as Abaasy or Adyaraı. The book is named after the main character, Hardaachchy Bergen, who battles evil forces, emerges victorious, and frees the beautiful bride Tunalikaan Kuo. The book is published in Yakut, Russian and English. The publication is intended for specialists in the field of traditional culture and folklore, as well as a wide range of readers.