Development of national sport and traditional means of physical activity in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

So far there have not been any scientific researches on promotion and development of national sport and traditional forms of physical activity of the peoples of the North. According to the results of the analysis of scientific, methodical and documentary sources, we have given the general characteristic of the development of national sport in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). On the basis of questioning of experts in the sphere of physical culture and sport we have defined the possibilities of the use of means of national types of physical activity to increase the level of physical readiness of the peoples of the North.