Abstract
Yakutia is a region, where 40% of territories are located in the Arctic zone; it belongs to a geographic zone with extreme natural and climatic conditions, where traditional types of farming continue to prevail. Today, the modern processes in the field of ethnic selfidentification and revival take place in it considering its geopolitical significance, as well as the study of their historical past, and are of particular relevance, where not the last role is played by visual and anthropological resources that are currently preserved in institutions of historical memory (museums, libraries, archives). The visual image becomes a key unified means of influence. Using the example of the Yakutsk region, the article examines the aspect of the visual development of the north-eastern territories of the Russian Empire as a form of scientific knowledge developed by Russian academic science in the process of their study. The systematic use of artistic practices (pictorial recording, photography) in the scientific and methodological tools of the research carried out subsequently had a great practical result, and had formed an impressive layer of visual anthropological materials. The paper examines the main visual images representing a multi-ethnic region.
Highlights
The development of the north-eastern territories of the Russian Empire during the period under study had a great influence on the formation processes of its modern geographical boundaries
Integration of research societies with state tasks laid the foundations for the organization of a completely unique experience in the formation of future visual anthropological resources, which made it possible to remotely observe the dynamics of development and social foundation of northern communities
The formation and representation of visual images of the cultural environment of peoples living there through artistic practices has become for Russian science a way of indirect studying through the created visual images, the features of the social structure and living space of northern communities that characterize the cultural environment of peoples living near the Arctic Circle
Summary
The development of the north-eastern territories of the Russian Empire during the period under study had a great influence on the formation processes of its modern geographical boundaries. The outcomes of its scientific study are comparable to a technical and civilizational breakthrough in relation to sparsely populated areas with a harsh, sharply continental climate. Collecting information about the population is significant for replenishing the “encyclopedia” of the various peoples' life, the possibility of establishing contacts and comprehending the system of their survival [4, 2015, pp. The key issue of social and humanitarian sciences studying the adaptation of northern ethnic communities to contemporary living conditions in the context of large-scale industrial development of their territories is the study of a wide range of points related to the preservation of their historical and cultural heritage [13; 5, 2021, pp.129137]
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