Historical sciences. Рубрика в журнале - Arctic and North
An enigmatic iron artifact from Oksa bay coast, the North of The Sea of Okhotsk
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A forged iron item found on the Sea of Okhotsk shore displays some similarity with items representing different cultural traditions, but, however, it appears somewhat different from all of them. It can be a walking-stick, pick, graze or poker. Its ethnic origins, place and time of its manufacturing can be established, if providing similar artifacts are reported from other areas.
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In this article the initial history of Arkhangelsk, which owes its calendar with date of foundation of the monastery of Archangel Michael in 1388.
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Dvina Land: in search of identity
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As a historic-geographical term, Dvina Land is localized by archeologists since the 10th century and is identified with Zavolochye. Administratively it was a part of Velikiy Novgorod (10—16th centuries), Grand Duchy of Moscow and centralized Russian State, transforming into Dvina uyezd (16—18th centuries) and Dvina province (1719—1785). As a multidisciplinary research object, it is systematically defined in several dimensions: landscape and natural, historic-geographical, administrative and governmental, cultural, socio-economic, mythical.
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Some results of studying the question of migratory behavior of the population in the conditions of transformation of territorial and settlement structure in the Arkhangelsk region during the period between population censuses of 1926-1989 are presented in the article.
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Origins of Cultural Traditions of Russian Old‐time Residents of the Lower Kolyma
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This paper presents the preliminary results of a comprehensive study aimed at clarifying the origin of the local group Russian old residence in Nizhekolymskiy region of Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Analysis of archaeological, ethnographic and folklore materials and datas of written sources revealed that cultural traditions of this group originate from Velikiy Ustiug and Arkhangelsk regions.
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The article presents a review of foreign research on the history of Russian-Norwegian borderland in 16th — early 20th centuries. The dominance of the empirical positivism and historical nationalism in the history of the Northern frontier delimitation led to the formation of relatively stable and unilateral interpretations of the Russian-Norwegian border in the first half of the 20th century. The state was perceived as an a priori objective phenomenon. That’s why historians and legal scholars understood the “border” as a static instrument of political power, ignoring its multipotential phenomena and variety of its subjects. The Scandinavian historiography has developed a historical tradition of perception of the Treaty 1826 on the delimitation of “common districts” as a fair act of institutionalization of borders over the common possession. As a part of this tradition, it may seem that Norwegian territorial claims did not look expansive in relation to Russia. However, for a long time the Scandinavian historians advocated the theory that the Russian Empire, driven by the idea of permanent territorial extensions, had posed a threat to the Norwegian Finmark. So, the delineation of the Northern frontier was a diplomatic deal aimed at creating legitimate barriers to further Russian expansion in Western Europe through the Norwegian Arctic. Thus, the author con-cludes that from the methodological perspective, the evolution of the Russian-Norwegian borderlands is still not sufficiently developed in foreign historiography and requires closer attention to create high-quality reconstruction of the Russian-Norwegian borderland evolution from the territory with frontlines configura-tion of political boundaries in the 13th century — the early 19th century to the space with a sealed political boundary in the 20th century.
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Solovetsky forum: on a way to civil society (1989—2012)
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The paper outlines the key milestones of the informal social movement 'Solovetsky forum' and his contribution to the development of civil society in Russia.
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Some parallels between cultures of ancient Ymyyakhtakhets and Yukaghirs of the XVII-XIXth centuries
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In this article obvious parallels in material and spiritual cultures of ancient inhabitants of a polar zone of Yakutia — Ymyyakhtakhets and one of the disappearing native people of the North — Yukaghirs are considered.
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Stalin’s NeoNEP as the precursor of mass repressions of 1937-38s in the European North
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The article reveals the author's version of one of the causes of mass repressions of 1937-38 arising from the phenomenon of NeoNEP (New Economic Policy) of 1934-1936, which lasted for a short time in the country after the derationing and a kind of a respite after the overarching of the new Bolshevikbuilt socialism.
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Svalbard, Norwegian strategy in the Arctic, and Russia's Interests
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The paper describes main directives and mechanisms of Norwegian policy in the area of Svalbard in the beginning of the XXI century in conformity with Russian interests in this region. The paper is based on legal Norwegian and Russian sources.
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The First World War as a form of European containment of Russia: a view from Arkhangelsk
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The article considers the factors of the successful development of the Russian Empire at the beginning of the 20th century and favorable forecasts on the prospects of increasing its capacity on the Eurasian continent. The successful development in a peaceful environment did not satisfy geopolitical opponents of Russia, especially the United Kingdom, which sought the variants of weakening the Russian empire by pulling it to military conflicts. Using the logic of the previous historical events and the current geopolitical situation, the authors hypothesize the First World War as a form of European containment of the development of Russia. There was a version expressed that the help of the Allies was coming mainly through Arkhangelsk. “It cannot be so,— the authors write, — that the invaders did not have the information about inability of arranging the delivery of goods because of the poor condition of the transport infrastructure in the region during that time”. Was it so or not, was it a conscious reason for the subsequent operation for using Arkhangelsk as a staging ground and a way of bribery of the local population and the authorities? To a certain extent this was confirmed by the message, sent by the chief of the British mission in Russia, General Poole, to London in January 1918 and analyzed in the present article.
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The role of scientific institutions and individual scientists of Yakutia in establishing the relationships between the government and the indigenous peoples of the North is shown. The scientific community has not only identified the main challenges the people of the North face, but also presented possible solutions.
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The problems of the mobilization decisions in the economic and military-strategic development of the Arctic and the Northern Sea Route in 1930-1950-ies. Analyzes the Soviet experience in the implementing important for the state of the socio-economic programs in the northern areas rich in the natural resources.
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The reasons of sending special expedition of the OGPU in 1929 to the Ukhtariver are analyzed. The main factor of sending the expedition was the reform of the penitentiary system of the USSR and transition to use of compulsory labor of prisoners.
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The employment of the Soviet prisoners of war in Norway During the Second World War
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The article, based on the foreign and Russian archives, is devoted to the study of employment of the Soviet prisoners of war in Nazi POW camps on the territory of Norway during the Second World War.
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The first Soviet fishing expeditions to Spitsbergen and Iceland (1946—1952)
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The development of fishing areas in the North Atlantic by the Soviet fishing fleet in the postwar years is considered on the basis of archival documents and memoirs. The economic importance of this fishery is linked to the geopolitical interests of the USSR in the northern areas of the oceans.
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The mystery of the Neumayers strait
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In the article made an analysis of all the currently available information about the last days of G. Y. Sedov, his death and burial. On the basis of these materials are given the direction of the further search for the tomb of the first initial Russian polar expedition.
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The population of Arkhangelsk in the 1920s
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The article gives characteristics of the population of Arkhangelsk in the 1920s on the following issues: the demographic structure, marital status, ethnicity, religion, and social composition.
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After the Second World War changes in the foreign policy of Norway became a consequence of the problems that the country faced in 1940. The growing confrontation between the East and the West led to the formation of the bipolar world and made the Norwegian government change the foreign policy.
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The analysis of the results of studying the question of a role of the transformation of the territorial and settlement structure in the Arkhangelsk region as a factor of the change of number of country people during the period between population censuses of 1926–2010 is presented in the article.
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