SAKHACHAI is a tea manufacturer, specializing in the production of tea using wild-grown raw materials and professional equipment. The raw materials are collected from environmentally clean areas in Yakutia. SAKHACHAI teas are made in collaboration with biologists. This guarantees the preservation of the beneficial properties of Yakut wild plants, their optimal combination in blends, and the integration of production technology.
SAKHACHAI offers a selection of teas made from raspberry leaves, blackcurrant, strawberry, willow-herb, mullein herb, rosehip fruits, stinging nettle leaves, among others. In 2022, the company was recognized as the "Best Exporter of Yakutia," and at the Russian Agricultural Exhibition "Golden Autumn-2022," in the competition "For the Production of High-Quality Food Products," the company was awarded five gold medals for its teas made from various varieties of Cyperus leaves.
Sakhafilm Film Company was established on June 23, 1992. The films are shot in Russian and Yakut languages. Sardana Savvina is the head of the company, Alexey Romanov is the artistic director. Sakhafilm has produced 142 films of various genres, including ethnographic films and documentaries, journalistim and feature films, sci-fi.
The creative team of the film company participated in the creation, shooting and film editing of the international film project "The Mystery of Gengis Khan". Many of the films produced by the Sakhafilm have been awarded Russian and international prizes, repeatedly being recognized at various festivals in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vladivostok, Tallinn, Győr (Hungary), Honfleur (France), Berlin, and New York - a total of 43 all-Russian and international awards.
Sakhalyy is the first and only mobile app in Yakutia that helps you learn the Yakut language. It was developed by a married couple Lilia and Nyurgun Bechigen in 2021. The app is designed for the beginners in the language, adults and children from age 8. The app was developed in collaboration with practicing teachers, linguists, and parents.
You can download it for free. The app includes interactive Yakut language lessons, theory, vocabulary, as well as a detailed grammar study. You can compete with other users or take lessons at your own pace, accumulate words and expand your vocabulary, hold centralized competitions, and take educational quizzes.
Sakha Tyria Maral is a workshop specializing in leather goods. It was founded in 2015 by the creative union of spouses Marianna Petrovna and Alexey Alexeevich Fyodorov from the Nyurbinsky District. The workshop offers a wide range of wallets, bags, purses, belts, sheaths, document covers, and more, totaling 135 items. Leather, all accessories, threads, glue for leather are ordered in Russian stores.
The workshop covers an area of 147 square meters and has a display case where you can look at, touch, and order the products. Yakut leather goods are sewn with a lining made of genuine pig leather, making them resistant to various temperature conditions. The craftsmen themselves wax and lacquer the matte leather to enhance its protective properties. You can purchase leather goods at three offline stores in Yakutsk or order them online for delivery anywhere in Russia.
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Saydam Baryl is a film studio. Their films have been on the market for more than 10 years. More than 10 feature films have been produced by the studio so far, including "Cursed Land. Fate", "Black Snow", "YT", "Our Winter". "Cursed Land. Fate" was screened at the Mother Tongue Film Festival in Washington, D.C. "Black Snow" won the Grand Prix and the prize of the Producers Guild of Russia of the Window to Europe Film Festival.
In 2023, Stepan Burnashev's film “AITA” was released. The film is based on a true story, showing the realities of our time, when rumors can ruin people's lives. Winner of the Best Male Role and Best Direction prizes at the first Russian Zimny Open Auteur Film Festival. “Aita” is the highest grossing Yakut film in history. Within a week and a half after its release, the thriller earned 18 million rubles.
Sazhen is a family business run by Evgeniy and Natalia. By starting the business, the couple combined in their products the things they love best: aviation, music, working with materials and inventing things came together in a form of musical instrument manufacture. For 8 years, the company has been making musical instruments of carbon fiber - a material as safe, as wood. They strictly monitor the quality of materials. They operate by the principle "quality over quantity". Basically, the technology, used in aviation, is employed, which allows for the best quality of carbon fiber and the finished instruments. Thanks to it, carbon fiber is homogeneous, durable and lightweight.
The specific conductivity of the material allows for the best possible tone of the instruments. Evgeniy and Natalia manifested a unique, carbon contrabass balalaika. It combines Russian traditions, modern technology, innovative materials and individuality. Thanks to the carbon fiber, the instruments are resistant to cold, heat, humidity and have a bright and powerful sound.
Strashnie Istorii Yakutii (Scary Stories of Yakutia) is a collection of different stories. All the stories are real events that take place in the vast expanse of Yakutia. It was written by journalist and blogger Dmitry Mikhailov. The first edition of the book, published in 2017, contains 40 mystical stories of eyewitnesses. The book is divided into two parts: village stories and modern urban legends.
The second part of the collection was released in 2018 with a new design and atmospheric illustrations. It focuses on the mysterious places of Yakutsk. In the capital city of the republic, where high-rise buildings and modern structures stand today, there used to be old buildings. What secrets they keep, the book will tell. In 2022, the National Library of Yakutia released an audio version of the book with the same title. The printed version of the book, based on the results of 2020, was recognized as the most widely read publication in the library.
The pandemic can cause fear and depression, but it can also inspire. It is because of the coronavirus, a previously unknown phenomenon, an idea for the short film "Sdelka" ("The Deal") came about. Alexander Kulikov's "Sdelka" was shot under the influence of everything that began to happen in the world in 2020. The film shows, in a comic and exaggerated form, the ridiculous and inappropriate behavior of people who, out of fear, lose their minds and start panic buying and clearing the shelves of grocery stores. When the demand for buckwheat groats and ginger skyrockets.
The director calls for prudence and urges people to come to senses, despite of what is happening around him. The film was shot on an amateur filmmaking gear - Canon 200D camera and a 50mm lens, marking it a challenge to use a Steadicam with. In 2022, the film was shortlisted in the nomination "For Contribution to the Development of Regional Cinema" of the International Film Festival named after Valentina Leontieva.
