scholarly journals Peculiarities of Financing Road Activities in the Arctic Region: the Experience of the Murmansk Oblast

2021 ◽  
pp. 36-47
Author(s):  
Natalia A. SEROVA ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Arctic Region ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Murmansk Oblast ◽  
National Interests ◽  
Road Infrastructure ◽  
The Road ◽  
Arctic Regions ◽  
Russian State ◽  
Murmansk Region ◽  
The Arctic Region

The article presents the results of a study of the peculiarities of financing the road economy of the Murmansk region — the Arctic region, the development of transport, including road, infrastructure of which acquires particular importance in the light of the implementation of national interests and priority directions of Russian state policy in the Arctic. In the course of work, the author considered the dynamics of spending funds from the Road Fund of the Murmansk region for 2012–2020. It has been determined that the existing volume of financing of the regional road infrastructure does not allow the region to fully implement the tasks of developing road infrastructure and improving the quality of highways (primarily local ones). It is concluded that additional funds are needed to finance the road infrastructure of the Arctic regions, including through the use of public-private partnership mechanisms. The results of the study can be used in the formation of a policy in the field of road facilities in the Murmansk region, as well as in further research on the financial support of road activities and the functioning of road funds.

scholarly journals The Role of the Russian Language in the Historic and Cultural Development of the Arctic Region of the Russian Federation (as Exemplified by the Murmansk Region)

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.15) ◽  
pp. 253
Author(s):  
Olga Nikolaevna Ivanishcheva ◽  
Anasstasija Vjacheslavovna Koreneva ◽  
Alexandra Vjacheslavovna Burtseva ◽  
Tatjana Alexandrovna Rychkova
Keyword(s):  
18Th Century ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Murmansk Region ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Russian Language ◽  
The Arctic Region

The article aims to analyze the functioning of the Russian language within the ethnic space of the Murmansk Region. The analysis of the state statistical and archive documents for the Murmansk Region has shown that the Russian language has dominated within the region since at least the 18th century, and this had its obvious economic and communicative advantages, in particular, in education. The Saami, the indigenous small-numbered people of the Murmansk Region, understood and mastered the conversational Russian language since the 18th century. The Russian language dominates within the current polyethnic linguistic environment of the Murmansk Region due to the numerical superiority of the Russians in the region, as well as due to its position as the language of the dominant ethnic group. 

scholarly journals Mobilisation of distributional data for vascular plants of Murmansk Region, Russia: Digital representation of the Flora of Murmansk Region

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikhail Kozhin ◽  
Sampsa Lommi ◽  
Alexander Sennikov
Keyword(s):  
Vascular Plants ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
Digital Representation ◽  
Automatic Data ◽  
Fair Representation ◽  
Murmansk Region ◽  
Herbarium Collections ◽  
The Arctic Region

The present-day demand for digital availability of distributional data in biodiversity studies requires a special effort in assembling and editing the data otherwise scattered in paper literature and herbarium collections, which can be poorly accessible or little understood to present-day users and especially automatic data processors. Although the vascular plants of Murmansk Region (northern part of European Russia) are well studied and represented in publications, the accessibility of this knowledge is highly insufficient. The most widely known source is the Flora of Murmansk Region (published in 1953–1966), which remains in use because of its high original quality, detailed elaboration and completeness. We consider digitising this source to be of primary importance in biodiversity studies in the Arctic Region because of its point occurrence maps, which were based on the comprehensive inventory of contemporary herbarium collections. We have compiled a dataset based on 554 printed point occurrence maps of species distributions published in the Flora of Murmansk Region, which includes 25,555 records of georeferenced plant occurrences that belong to 1,073 species and 5 hybrids. The occurrences are ultimately based on herbarium specimens kept at KPABG and LE, which were collected during 1837–1965. We estimate that these specimens represent ca. 60% of the current global herbarium holdings originated from Murmansk Region; this means that the dataset gives a fair representation of the regional flora.

scholarly journals The specificity of Russia’s chairmanship of the Arctic Council in 2021–2023

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Sofia Khusainova
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Council ◽  
National Interests ◽  
The North ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Arctic Region

The subject of this research is the policy of the Russian Federation in the Arctic. The object is Russia’s chairmanship of the Arctic Council in 2021–2023. The author meticulously analyzes the positions of the state, taking into account national interests and peculiarities of the current international situation in the region. The article examines the domestic legislative acts adopted for regulation of the Arctic Region, as well as international documents aimed at sustainable development of the North. The conditions of collective security dictate moderate and clearly defined policy in the Arctic, which is the central arena for political action with the leading role of the Russian Federation until 2023. The conclusion is drawn that the Arctic Region is currently the most relevant vector of the policy of northern states. Chairmanship of the Russian Federation imposes enormous responsibility on the country, as despite the overall state of security in the region, there remains a range of unresolved issues. The attempts of institutionalization of the Arctic Council may become an implicit threat for the Russian Federation; this is why the systematization of domestic legislation and foreign policy actions on maintaining the health of ecosystem, cultural heritage, and environmental policy have become the priority vectors in the first year of Russia’s chairmanship. The overall responsibility of the leading actor the Arctic does not exclude the existence of classic threats to the security of state’s sovereignty, which requires accurate planning in subsequent years of the chairmanship.

The history of research and development of the Yamal region by student construction units of the USSR (1950—1970)

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (03) ◽  
pp. 192-199
Author(s):  
Alexander Prischepa ◽  
Dmitriy Vycherov
Keyword(s):  
Arctic Region ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Regions ◽  
History Of Research ◽  
History Of ◽  
Secondary Employment ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Government Construction ◽  
The Arctic Region

Rational proposals for the development of the Arctic region came not only from scientists from research institutes, but also from other specialists. A large number of hypotheses and proposals for the development of the Arctic regions of the USSR were considered. At the same time, the emphasis was made on the construction of transport hubs, including cargo-forming and storage facilities with large industrial centers in Yamal. Student construction units came to the aid of the government. Construction teams were an effective way to provide secondary employment for young people, organize leisure life, the opportunity for creative activity through the self-realization of ideas and the inclusion of youth in creative work.

scholarly journals Environmental management and economics of the Arctic Region

2019 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 02058 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viacheslav Tsukerman ◽  
Elena Goryachevskaya ◽  
Stanislav Ivanov
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Pollutant Emission ◽  
Safety Planning ◽  
Arctic Regions ◽  
The Arctic Region

In the paper, the goals, priorities and objectives of the environmental safety planning and management in the Arctic are formulated. Pollutant emission dynamics in the Arctic regions for the period 2013-2017 and implementation of target indicators stipulated by the state program “Environmental Protection” are considered. The analysis of influence of performance of the major Arctic companies mainly developing mineral resources on environmental pollution during the period under consideration is carried out. It is shown that despite environmental finances and fully implemented environmental activities, the main environmental indicators practically have not improved. The proposals to improve the management of the environmental and economic system of the Arctic for sustainable development of the region are presented.

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL ASPECTS OF SELF-DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN TYPES OF CITIES IN THE MURMANSK REGION BASED ON SOCIOLOGICAL INFORMATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (4/2020) ◽  
pp. 71-84
Author(s):  
I. A. Guschina ◽  
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D. L. Kondratovich ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Arctic Region ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
The Social ◽  
Murmansk Region ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Single Industry ◽  
The Arctic Region

The article presents the results of a sociological study of social aspects of self-development of a number of single-industry towns and towns with a diversified economy in the Arctic region — the Murmansk region. Structured sociological information on the population's assessment of social aspects of self-development makes it possible to adequately assess the dynamics of public opinion and use this knowledge in solving the problems of modernizing the system of public relations and the processes of self-development of local communities. Similar studies performed by the authors in 2008–2010 revealed a weaker level of social activity of the population, low estimates of the current life situation in single-industry towns, compared with estimates of the population in towns with a diversified economy. This article analyzes self-assessments of the population in relation to territorial and civil identity, which contributed to understanding the degree of social cohesion of local communities, examines assessments of significance of factors of the Northern specificity, determines the motives for participation in socially significant activities, and identifies the rating of problems that affect life quality in local communities. It is found out that over the past decade there has been a significant convergence of residents’ opinions in single-industry towns and tons with a diversified economy on important issues of life organization. It can be assumed that this indicates the success of the state policy to improve the socio-economic situation in single-profile territorial entities. In addition, a certain uniformity of the social environment of living in the studied groups of towns can contribute to forming innovative social technologies for self-development of the social potential of local societies throughout the Arctic region — the Murmansk region.

scholarly journals Functioning of the Russian Language in Transborder Territories of the Arctic Region (As Exemplified by Northern Norway)

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.15) ◽  
pp. 258
Author(s):  
Olga Nikolaevna Ivanishcheva ◽  
Anastasiya Vyacheslavovna Koreneva ◽  
Inna Vitalevna Ryzkova ◽  
Alexandra Vyacheslavovna Burtseva ◽  
Lubov Anatolievna Rotaryanu
Keyword(s):  
Arctic Region ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
National Language ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Minority Languages ◽  
Northern Norway ◽  
Murmansk Region ◽  
The Russian Language ◽  
The Arctic Region

The research relevance is explained by the need to determine trends and prospects for the historical and cultural development of the Arctic Region with due regard to its multicultural evolution and existence forms, as well as by the importance of addressing the burning issue of the functioning of a national language in the context of globalization. The article aims to identify common trends in the functioning of the Russian language in transborder territories of the Arctic Region (the border area between the Murmansk Region and Northern Norway). The research novelty is in revealing the situation around minority languages of the Russian expat community living in Northern Norway. The article demonstrates that the Russian language is used in everyday communication, advertisements, announcements and signboards in the transborder region of Northern Norway by locals and a large number of Russian tourists but it has not become dominant among the population of the city of Kirkenes. At the same time, the linguistic isolation of Russian-speaking and Norwegian-speaking groups is obvious and is characterized by certain asymmetry like the relationship between Norway and Russia as a whole. 

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