eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia 0973-1245 2016-06-11 11 Spl.Edn.2 43 49 10.13005/bbra/1438 11910 article Nikolay Spiridonovich Robbek 1 Revory Grigoryevich Savvin 2 Alexander Dmitrievich Reshetnikov 1 Anastasia Ivanovna Barashkova 1 Tatyana Dmitrievna Rumyantseva 1 Yakut Research Institute of Agriculture North-Eastern Federal University named after Ammosov, M.K. Yakutsk, Russian Federation A decrease in the venison consumption has led to a shortage of protein, amino acid, vitamin and mineral nutrition of indigenous minorities of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) of the Russian Federation, that, in turn, is a factor in the development of various alimentary diseases. In the overall prevalence of diseases the data on diseases of the endocrine system (from 3 to 30 times), and diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs (by 4-8 times) considerably exceed the indicators of the other regions. Boiled meat and broth made of venison have excellent organoleptic characteristics. Venison contains 19.55±0.03% of protein, 18.81±0.05% of fat, essential amino acids – leucine, lysine, methionine and tryptophan, nonessential amino acids – tyrosine and cystine, and all the essential major and minor mineral elements, saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids, vitamins A, B12, B3, B1, Bc, E, the energy value of venison is 254.77±5.10 kcal. https://www.biotech-asia.org/vol11_nospl_edn2/venison-as-the-staple-food-of-the-indigenous-minorities-inhabiting-the-north-of-yakutia-russian-federation/ Reindeer; Venison; North; Fat; Proteins