Lecture "The Northern Sea Route: meaning and myths"
The Northern Sea Route is a strategic highway, but few people really understand its functions, capabilities, or even borders. Did you know that it doesn't start from Murmansk, and if so, why? What kind of cargo is transported along the NSR? What happened to the highway in the 1990s? Why did they recreate the Main Directorate of the Northern Sea Route? Nadezhda Zamyatina, geographer, Director of the Center for Arctic and Northern Urban Studies at the A.A. Vysokovsky Graduate School of Urban Studies, Faculty of Urban and Regional Development at the Higher School of Economics, will talk about these and other issues. Professor, Candidate of Geographical Sciences.
The cycle "The Russian Arctic: Destiny. Audacity. Greatness" is being jointly implementedPORA Expert CenterandInstitute of Social Sciences of the Presidential Academy with the support of The History of the Fatherland Foundation.
The historical and educational project is conceived as a complete course on the history of the development of high latitudes and the Northern Sea Route. At the weekly face-to-face meetings, renowned Russian scientists from the RANEPA, Moscow State University, MGIMO, HSE, the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Kunstkamera), the Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences and other educational and research organizations talk about the most important issues related to the development and preservation of the northern and Arctic territories strategically important for Russia..We invite everyone to an open lecture. Participation is free, the number of seats is limited. Required registration.
