Information about report: Historical and cultural heritage of the Russian Arctic

Within the section it is planned a meeting of the public commission IPO “Association of Polar Explores” on “Spiritual, Natural and Cultural Heritage” Direction

The Russian Arctic has a unique history: here pass the first ways of polar explorers traveled in search of the Northeast Passage; a large-scale scientific study of the nature of the Arctic Ocean began and developed; people first began to develop the region's immense wealth; the Arctic keeps the memory of the people’s feat during the Second World War. The remaining objects are materialized, tangible evidence of the history of the development of this region, giving the Arctic heritage very important educational and educational functions.

The "Strategy for the development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation and ensuring national security for the period until 2020" notes that research in the field of history and culture in the Arctic is seen as one of the tools to document the existence of the rights of the Russian Federation to separate the northern seas areas.

Issues for discussion:

• State policy in the field of study and protection of historical, cultural and spiritual heritage of the Russian Arctic
• Russian Arctic during the Great Patriotic War. The popularization of the history of Arctic convoys
• Legal issues of protection of the cultural heritage of the Russian Arctic

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