A Soviet Grab for the High North? USSR, Svalbard, and Northern Norway 1920 - 1953

Little has been known about deliberations within the Soviet foreign policy and defence establishments on Soviet policy towards Norway and the High North. The present study for the first time tells the story of Soviet plans for Svalbard in the period 1920–1953, including Molotov's efforts from N...

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Main Author: Sven G., Holtsmark
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: Institutt for forsvarsstudier 1993
Subjects:
Norway
Svalbard
Svalbard Archipelago
Northern Norway
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11250/193124
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spelling ftforstvareshs:oai:fhs.brage.unit.no:11250/193124 2023-05-15T17:43:18+02:00 A Soviet Grab for the High North? USSR, Svalbard, and Northern Norway 1920 - 1953 Sven G., Holtsmark 1993 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11250/193124 eng eng Institutt for forsvarsstudier Forsvarsstudier; urn:issn:0333-3981 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/193124 163 7 Others 1993 ftforstvareshs 2022-06-30T16:10:42Z Little has been known about deliberations within the Soviet foreign policy and defence establishments on Soviet policy towards Norway and the High North. The present study for the first time tells the story of Soviet plans for Svalbard in the period 1920–1953, including Molotov's efforts from November 1944 onwards to revise Svalbard's status, on the basis of documents from the Archives of the Russian Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Molotov's initiative was part of a plan, vigorously pursued within the foreign policy bureaucracy, to establish a system of military bases stretching from Soviet territory, through Northern Norway to the distant Svalbard archipelago. Other/Unknown Material Northern Norway Svalbard The Norwegian Defence University College: FHS Brage Norway Svalbard Svalbard Archipelago
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description Little has been known about deliberations within the Soviet foreign policy and defence establishments on Soviet policy towards Norway and the High North. The present study for the first time tells the story of Soviet plans for Svalbard in the period 1920–1953, including Molotov's efforts from November 1944 onwards to revise Svalbard's status, on the basis of documents from the Archives of the Russian Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Molotov's initiative was part of a plan, vigorously pursued within the foreign policy bureaucracy, to establish a system of military bases stretching from Soviet territory, through Northern Norway to the distant Svalbard archipelago.
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A Soviet Grab for the High North? USSR, Svalbard, and Northern Norway 1920 - 1953
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title A Soviet Grab for the High North? USSR, Svalbard, and Northern Norway 1920 - 1953
title_short A Soviet Grab for the High North? USSR, Svalbard, and Northern Norway 1920 - 1953
title_full A Soviet Grab for the High North? USSR, Svalbard, and Northern Norway 1920 - 1953
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title_full_unstemmed A Soviet Grab for the High North? USSR, Svalbard, and Northern Norway 1920 - 1953
title_sort soviet grab for the high north? ussr, svalbard, and northern norway 1920 - 1953
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