About 600 people from 14 countries participated in The Arctic Boundaries International Conference in January, 2012 in Tromsø (Norway). Sixth time this seaport often called “Gate to the Arctic” gathered politicians, scientists, representatives of industrial, financial, transport and other companies, teachers, graduate students and doctoral candidates to elaborate recommendations for sustainable and ...

The history of Russia and Norway and their areas in the Arctic and Russian-Norwegian relations are traditionally important for the residents of both states. Opportunities to present new documents and materials, to discuss the significance of centuries-old ties between Russia and Norway, especially in the North, are not provided so often. In early April 2019, a large-scale scientific seminar of Russian ...

After the Russian Revolution, with civil war and interventions, war communism (1918–1921) led to a period of great economic difficulties in Russia. The New Economic Policy was the solution, and concessions offered to Western business interests were a part of it. In the timber industry of the 1920s, the jointly Western and Soviet controlled company Russnorvegoles was an important concession. The ...