Soviet terms for the north of the USSR

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Armstrong, T. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1961
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Arctic; Sever; Sovetskiy; Krayniy; Arkticheskaya; arktika; permafrost; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400053912; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400053912

There has for long been discussion among Soviet geographers on the definition of various terms in Soviet usage to indicate the northern part of the USSR. Some of these terms—“the Arctic” [ Arktika ], “the Arctic region” [ arkticheskaya oblast '], “the sub-Arctic” [ subarktika ], “the polar regi...