The article is concerned to process of distribution of co-operative ideas in Yakutia in XIX-XX centuries. Common description of economy in Yakutia is described in this period. First organisation period of forming of Yakutian co-operative system is examined. Population attitudes to co-operation are showed with a help of archive sources. Role of government in penetration of co-operative ideas in Yakutia are showed. Attracting of local population to new ideas of economy is described. Meaning and role of co-operation ideas in Yakut population way of life was discovered.