Photographs of the Soviet Settlements on Svalbard

• Published in: Nordlit
• Main Author: Haugdal, Elin Kristine
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2020
• Subjects: VDP::Humanities: 000::History: 070; VDP::Humaniora: 000::Historie: 070; Arctic; Barentsburg; Pyramiden; Svalbard
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18907; https://doi.org/10.7557/13.5029

Photographic recordings from the 1950s–1970s give us glimpses into the Soviet settlements on Svalbard during the Cold War period. The majority of these pictures have been taken by Norwegians during friendly exchanges with the inhabitants in Barentsburg and Pyramiden, and demonstrate how important cu...