Editing Sakha Republic (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Ohuokhai.jpeg|thumb|Sakha dance with traditional clothing]]

Points of interest in the city of Yakutsk include:

* the State Russian drama theatre named after [[Alexander Pushkin]] 
* the Sakha Theater named after [[Platon Oyunsky]]
* the State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after D. K. Sivtsev
* Suorun Omoloon, the Young Spectator's Theatre

There are a number of museums as well. These include the National Fine Arts Museum of Sakha, the Museum of Local Lore and History named after E. Yaroslavsky, and the Khomus Museum and Museum of Permafrost. In September 2020, the Gagarin Center for Culture and Contemporary Art was opened in the Gagarin District of Yakutsk.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-31 |script-title=ru:Доев Дмитрий: «За пять лет в Якутии появилось почти три тысячи новых мест в учебных заведениях» |url=https://sakhalife.ru/doev-dmitrij-za-pyat-let-v-yakutii-poyavilos-pochti-tri-tysyachi-novyh-mest-v-uchebnyh-zavedeniyah/ |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=SakhaLife}}</ref>

The Yakuts have fully preserved their native language, which differs significantly from other Turkic languages by the presence of a layer of unique Paleo-Asiatic vocabulary. The Yakut language has a developed literary tradition with many styles and genres, and the ancient Sakha epic Olonkho is recognized by UNESCO as a masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/olonkho-yakut-heroic-epos-00145|title=UNESCO - Olonkho, Yakut heroic epos|website=ich.unesco.org}}</ref>

In the 2010s, a movie boom began in Yakutia. The local film industry was nicknamed "Sakhawood".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/longform/film-industry-russia-yakutia/ |title=Why the Film Industry Is Booming in the Russian Wilderness |magazine=Time |first1=Suyin |last1=Haynes |first2=Madeline |last2=Roache |date=January 31, 2020 |access-date=19 April 2023}}</ref>