Mikhail Nikolayev - I Am Grateful to My People
"The first President of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), the largest region of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Efimovich Nikolaev occupies a leading place in the history of his native country. Thanks to him, Yakutia is experiencing a powerful economic and cultural upsurge today. The biography of the first President is the biography of the Sakha Republic." Abstract for Oleg Sidorov's book "Mikhail Nikolaev"
01:21 - Sakha Republic property in the Moscow region
02:48 - Where does Mikhail Efimovich live?
03:33 - About his parents
09:14 - About his mother
10:49 - The demographic losses of the Sakha Republic during the Great Patriotic War
11:26 - Childhood during the war
14:03 - About working in Moscow
14:33 - The fight against poverty
17:13 - How many poor people are there in Yakutia?
18:18 - Why are there so many poor people?
23:10 - Why was the coal industry sold?
24:04 – About his political career
26:55 – About his first presidential term
29:45 – About Yeltsin
31:33 – Yeltsin handed over his apartment to Nikolaev
32:32 – Years of stability
33:39 – About the state sovereignty of the Sakha Republic
35:37 – About Aisen Nikolaev
37:34 – About his third presidential term
39:39 – The battle of compromising evidence
43:43 – About Putin
46:56 – About Yeltsin's departure
47:21 – The best head of Yakutia?
50:51 – About state farms
54:40 – What failed to be accomplished? 56:46 – Major victories during the presidency
01:01:22 – Cultural revival
01:04:55 – Music, cinema, sports
01:16:08 – International Congress of the Sakha People
01:17:05 – International Children of Asia Games
01:19:31 – The future of the Republic
01:21:20 – Blitz