The attitude of young people in the city of Yakutsk to DNA-testing.

This pilot research was one of the first sociological studies with general questions on genetic testing with 300 participants, 75% of which were representatives of one people - the Sakha. A quantitative method was used: a sociological survey with quota sampling (Δ ± 5%), held in February - March 2018 in the City of Yakutsk (n = 350).Analysis of the survey results have shown that the respondents have low levels of awareness about the DNA-testing method: 72.3% "do not know about the method". Only 18.7% of respondents knew that since 2000 the Medical-Genetic Centre of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) conducts DNA diagnostics for hereditary diseases, with 81.0% replying that they didn't know that. The questionnaire has shown that 90.3% of participants would like to undergo DNA-testing to identify their susceptibility to genetic diseases. Our questionnaire has shown high levels of self-identity among the young Sakha and their desire to learn about their belonging to a specific ethnicity (49.3%) with the assistance of DNA-testing. Furthermore, based on the answers relating to motivations for undergoing DNA-testing, we can say that the respondents have confirmed the peculiarities of their national mindset, specifically, high value of children for a family: "concern for the health of my future children" was a great motivator for taking the test (50.3%).

[Polish researchers on the traditional culture of nutrition of the peoples of Yakutia and its transformation at the present time].

OBJECTIVE: Introduction: The article shows a valuable contribution of Polish researchers, political exiles V.L. Seroshevsky and E.K. Pekarsky in a thorough study of customs, life and epic of the peoples of Yakutia. The authors carry out a comparative analysis of traditional ideas about the nutrition of the inhabitants of Yakutia and modern trends in the culture of nutrition in the North. The aim: to conduct a comparative analysis of the daily diet of the Yakuts in the 17th-19th centuries and modern residents of the region. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: A questionnaire was conducted using the sampling method for quota sampling (n = 870) in 26 settlements of various regions of Yakutia with a total population of 55188 in July-August of 2017th within the framework of the project "The Problem of Valorization and Popularization of the Nutrition Culture of the Peoples of the North in Modern Conditions (for the Example of Yakutia)" (Application No. 17-21-08001 was supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research). RESULTS: Results: Among the respondents, youth aged 18-19 (17, 1%), women (65, 4%), Sakha (82, 5%) and residents of the Suntar ulus (29, 6 %) predominated. The survey results showed that the majority of respondents prefer national traditional dishes (50, 3%). New recipes for cooking unusual dishes are used infrequently (52, 5%). Currently, residents of Yakutia prefer to cook in the microwave oven (53, 7%). Most of the surveyed (61, 4%) consider, that «fast food, semi-finished products are convenient, they can be quickly prepared¼. CONCLUSION: Conclusions: In general, the modern population of Yakutia adheres to traditional food, prefers meat dishes.