Historical sciences. Рубрика в журнале - Arctic and North

Towns or Hotels? Gas Workers Towns’ Construction Issue in Yamalo-­‐Nenets Autonomous Okrug in the Late 1960s

Stas’ I.N.

Scientific article

In this article the formation of the urbanized region of the north of the West Siberia is analyzed on the basis of the conference materials on urban development in the gasbearing are-­as of the Tyumen region in 1968.

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Transformation changes in the territorial-resedental structure of the Arkhangelsk region in 1939–2010

Konstantinov A.S.

Scientific article

The article represents the results of a research of transformational changes that have occurred in the territorialresidential structure in the rural areas of the Arkhangelsk region in the period between censuses, 1939−2010.

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‘Evil – cunning wife’ ‘Damned Marfa’: myth and histori-cal sources about the role of Marfa Boretskaya in the political of Moscow and Novgo-rod in the outdating of the Northern monasteries

Ambroch T.V., Churakova O.V.

Scientific article

Еxamination of the sources (annalistic codes, verbal folklore) not only allows us to determine the reliability of the historical texts, but also helps us to actualize the events of the past. Marfa Boretskaya’s name is well-known by the historians, but as sources indicate, the role in the foundation of the northern monasteries is grossly exaggerated.

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“Pomor Trade” and “Russian Pomors” in Russian State legislation in XIX century

Semushin D.L.

Scientific article

An analysis of the Russian Empire legislation of the nineteenth century on Pomor trade is made. The legislation defined the preferential terms, the territory, and the population which was allowed to trade with Norway. This territory was called «Pomorie Region», and its population began being called «Russian Pomors.» Texts of historical documents are published in the annex.

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