Development of creative industries in the regions on the example of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

The paper examines the report of the chief economist of the Russian State Development Corporation Andrei Klepach «Why the population in the East is declining and what to do to combat this trend». Based on the competent analysis of the country’s chief economist, the regional state of the creative economy was examined with a focus on training and supporting students and young personnel for the creative industries. It is the creative industry that currently has the highest rate of youth involvement. Russia has all the necessary prerequisites for a dynamic pace of development of creative industries, as well as a number of successful examples of creative work not only in the central part of the country, but also in the regions. In 2019, the Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) approved the Concept for the development of the creative economy of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) until 2025, becoming the first subject of Russia where a strategic document on the development of the creative economy was adopted at the regional level. On April 27, 2024, the Decree «On the development of the creative economy of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)» was adopted. By 2030, it is planned to employ over 70 thousand Yakut citizens in the creative industries; new businesses will be created in science and education, information technology and cinema, design, art and architecture, with the subsequent commercialization of creative potential. The introduction of new educational programs adapted for the implementation of student projects and startups in the creative industries sector has a positive impact on the development of the creative sector of the economy.