The Russian America and the Russian Arctic. Between history and modernity

• Main Author: Walasek, Katarzyna
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Polish
• Published: Polskie Towarzystwo Geopolityczne 2013
• Subjects: hist; litt; Arctic; Pacific; Russian North; Sakhalin; Siberia
• Online Access: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/539952.pdf; https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/539952

The Early expeditions of the Russians in the North-East, which led to the discovery of Sakhalin and numerous other islands scattered in the waters near the Pacific Ocean, became the nucleus of a wider exploration of the eastern and northern Russian lands and the Overseas Territories. For this purpose was establihed a Russian-American Company. In the nineteenth century, Russian researches were conducted in North areas – Siberia and the Far East, which were continued in the next century. The period of perestroika, however, brought reduce spending on research and exploration of the polar region, writing in a broader perspective – the Russian North declined. Currently importance of the Arctic is increasing.