To history of the petition initiatives of Yakuts in the 1st half of XIX century: the project of improvement of the economic condition of the population

Work represents the publication of the archival document «The Application of heads of Yakuts addressed to the minister of State property the count P. D. Kiselev. Project for improvement of an economic condition of the population. 1840», illustrating the petition initiative – a phenomenon of social movement of Yakuts in the first half of XIX century. The publication is accompanied by introductory article and comments.