Evolution of regional political leadership in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

In the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) the institute of regional political leadership, represented by the post of head of the region, undergoing evolutionary changes has emerged at the present stage. The paper is devoted to the analysis of these changes in the activities of such political leaders as M.E. Nikolaev, V.A. Shtyrov, E.A. Borisov, A.S. Nikolaev. Political analytics of the federal and republican levels, media publications, and electoral statistics are used as research material. An attempt to compare leaders by various status parameters, and also to highlight a number of characteristic features of the Yakut regional leaders as a whole is made. In addition, issues of tribalism and the typology of territorial political leadership are examined. The authors come to the conclusion about the decrease of public interest in the elections of the head of the region, and at the same time an increase of requirements of the regional political leader.