1 Compensation for impact of industrial projects in Russia to indigenous peoples of the North Tuyara N. Gavrilyeva1*, Natalia P. Yakovleva2, Sardana I. Boyakova3 and Raisa I. Bochoeva4 1 Engineering and Technical Institute, North-Eastern Federal University, 50 Kulakovsky Street, Yakutsk, 677000, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russian Federation, and Department of Regional Economic and Social Studies, Yakutsk Scientific Centre, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2 Petrovsky Street, Yakutsk, 677980, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russian Federation, tel. +7 9248793550 email:
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[email protected] * corresponding author Research funded by the research project of Russian Foundation for Basic Research No. 17-02- 00619 “Comparative analysis of the sources of income formation and problem of poverty in traditional communes in northern regions of Russia, United States and Canada” Abstract The chapter examines procedures for social impact assessment in industrial projects in the Russian Federation (later referred to as Russia), focusing on assessment of impact on ‘small-numbered indigenous peoples of the North’ in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) (later referred to as Yakutia), a region in the north-east of Russia.