The View of the Young Contingent of Indigenous Peoples of the North on the Industrial Development of the Arctic

Abstract

The article deals with the implementation of Russia’s national development goals for the period up to 2030, including population conservation, improving the demographic situation, fighting poverty, and creating new jobs in relation to the development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. Based on the results of a sociological study carried out in 2019 in the Momsky and Oymyakonsky districts of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), the views and economic behavior of the young generation of indigenous peoples of the North on the industrial development of the Arctic are analyzed. The purpose of the study was to study the behavioral and social attitudes of local residents of these areas on issues related to the implementation of projects for the extraction of placer gold and the formation of recommendations for building effective communication between local residents and representatives of the mining company. As a result of sociological surveys to identify the attitude of local residents towards the socio-economic, environmental problems and problems related to the preservation of the traditional culture of the inhabitants of these areas to develop recommendations to improve the quality level of life, identified the most promising areas of development that can be supported by the mining company identified the correlation between age and other socio–demographic indicators of the population, in particular young people with the perception of socio-economic and environmental problems of the area, as well as economic activity for the extraction of placer gold on the river Artyk, as well as identified needs and setup of local residents, you need to consider the controls and the mining company at the organization of economic activity during project implementation for the extraction of placer gold.