Conference organizers
The Museum and Exhibition Centre for Technical and Technological Development of the Arctic
Branch of the World Ocean Museum in St. Petersburg - Icebreaker Krassin
Partners
PAO Sovcomflot / ZAO SMM / State Museum for the Arctic and Antarctic / Arctic Academy of Sciences / Association «Maritime Heritage»
«Polar readings 2020» was held online on May
18–21, 2020 The broadcast was organized in
the conference hall of the Arctic and Antarctic
Research Institute (St. Petersburg)
Plenary session, May 18, 2020 From left to
right: V.I. Sychev, A.S. Makarov, P.A. Filin,
M.A. Savinov
Presentation by the Director of AARI, doctor of
geographical sciences A.S. Makarov, May 18
2020
Plenary session, May 18, 2020 From left to
right: V.I. Sychev, A.S. Makarov, P.A. Filin,
I.M. Ashik
Presentation by the Deputy Director of the
AARI, candidate of geographical sciences I.M.
Ashik, May 18, 2020
Presentation by the Director of the
Kunstkamera, doctor of historical sciences A.V
Golovnev, May 18, 2020
Presentation by the candidate of physical and
mathematical sciences V.I. Sychev, May 18,
2020
Presentation by the doctor biological sciences,
head of Laboratory of marine research of
Zoological Institute of RAS S.G. Denisenko,
May 18, 2020
Presentation by the polar explorer S.A. Kessel,
May 18, 2020
The report of the collective of the Main
geophysical observatory (May 18, 2020) was
presented by the head of the laboratory of
atmospheric electricity of the Department of
geophysical monitoring and research of GGO
B.G. Zainetdinov
Doctor of historical sciences, head of the
Department of humanities and interdisciplinary
research of the Komi research center of the Ural
branch of RAS A.A. Brovina presented an
overview of the expedition diaries of
academician B.L. Isachenko about his Arctic
research in the 1930s
A.A. Saburov, candidate of historical sciences,
Director of the Arctic center of NARFU,
revealed the problems of training scientific
personnel for the study of the Arctic in his
speech on May 19, 2020
The report of the candidate of historical
sciences, leading researcher of the HSE Yu.A.
Laius was devoted to the international activities
of the AARI during the period of the Cold war.
May 20, 2020
For the first time at 2020, young researchers
took part in the “Polar readings”. The report of
the 10th grade student V.L. Kulichenko was
devoted to studies of Wrangel island. May 20,
2020
The organizing committee of the “Polar
readings 2020” (candidates of historical
sciences P.A. Filin, M.A. Savinov and M.A.
Emelina) presented their scientific reports at
May 20, 2020
Presentation of Katrin Savomägi (Estonian
Maritime Museum), May 20, 2020
Presentation of the candidate of historical
sciences, head of the center for military and
maritime heritage of D.S. Likhachev’s Russian
research Institute of cultural and natural
heritage S. A. Mozgovoy about the history of
Antarctic philately, May 20, 2020
“Polar readings 2020” is in online format
2019 «State and public organisations in the management of the Arctic: past, present, future»
“Polar Readings – 2019” focused on the history of and prospects for cooperation between state and public organisations in the management of the Arctic. This theme is extremely relevant in connection with the implementation of large-scale projects and the need to develop effective mechanisms for managing Arctic activities. The 2019 conference will turn to the rich historical experience of our country and will consider the experience of the Main Directorate of the Northern Sea Route (Glavsevmorput), the various Arctic committees, the state Committee and other organizations involved in Arctic management.
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Plenary section “Polar readings – 2019” in the Conference Hall of the Gorniy University
Welcoming speech to the participants of the conference – director of AARI, doctor of geography Alexander Sergeevich Makarov
Welcoming speech to the participants of the conference – professor of the Department of Oceanology of Russian State Hydrometeorological University , candidate of physical and mathematical sciences Vitaly Ivanovich Sychev and a delegate of the Association in Memory of Admiral I.I. de Traverse Nicolas Gatineau (Paris)
During “Polar readings – 2019” (Conference Hall of the Gorniy University)
Plenary section. Speech of the doctor of geographical sciences Alexander Nikolaevich Pilyasov and candidate geographical sciences Nadezhda Yurievna Zamyatina (ANO “Institute of Regional Consulting”, Moscow; Faculty of Geography of Moscow State University)
Plenary section. Speech of the Director of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, doctor of historical sciences Andrei Vladimirovich Golovnev
Plenary section. Speech of the associate professor of the Gorniy University, Annie Yulievna Nikulina
Plenary section. Speech of the chief of the Seasonal seismic group of MAGE Viktor Aleksandrovich Trofimov
Plenary section. Speech of the candidate of geographical sciences Lyudmila Nikolaevna Ilyina (Institute of Natural Resources of Manitoba (Canada), Institute of Geography RAS (Moscow))
Section “Organization of Arctic studies” in the Cadet Hall of the Museum of Gorniy University
Section “Organization of Arctic studies”. Speech of the professor of the Department of Oceanology of Russian State Hydrometeorological University , candidate of physical and mathematical sciences Vitaly Ivanovich Sychev
Section “Organization of Arctic studies”. Speech of the candidate of historical sciences Nadezhda Ivanovna Zagorodnyuk (“Tobolsk complex scientific station of Ural Branch of RAS”)
Section “Organization of Arctic studies”. Speech of the candidate of historical sciences Margarita Aleksandrovna Emelina (AARI, the Arctic Museum and exhibition centre)
Section “Organization of Arctic studies”. Speech of the candidate of historical sciences Alexandra Alexandrovna Brovina (Head of Department of Humanities interdisciplinary studies «Komi scientific center, Ural branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences»)
Section “Organization of Arctic studies”. Speech of the leading researcher of the St. Petersburg Institute of History RAS, doctor of historical sciences Varvara Gelievna Vovina
Section “History of Arctic Governance”
Section “History of Arctic Governance”. Speech of the senior lecturer of the Department of General History of the Northern (Arctic) Federal University by M.V. Lomonosov Ruslan Vasilyevich Peresadilo
Section “Peoples of the North and State Power”. Speech of the candidate of historic sciences Pavel Anatolievich Filin (AARI, the Arctic Museum and exhibition centre)
Discussion at the section “Peoples of the North and State Power”
Section “Public administration in the Arctic in the XX–XXI century”. Speech of the senior researcher of the Laboratory of bio-resources and Ethnography of the Federal research center for integrated study of the Arctic of RAS Galina Victorovna Mikhailova
Work of the sections “Polar readings – 2019” on board of the Museum “Icebreaker “Krassin”
Section “The Role of military agencies in the study and development of the Arctic” on board of the Museum “Icebreaker “Krassin”. Speech of the historian of the icebreaker fleet Vladimir Grigorievich Andrienko
Section “The Role of military agencies in the study and development of the Arctic” on board of the Museum “Icebreaker “Krassin”. Speech of the postgraduate student of Naval Academy Sergey Valerievich Kulikov
Section “Organization of the Arctic studies in the XX century. Various aspects” on board of the Museum “Icebreaker “Krassin”. Speech of the junior researcher of the Department of Humanities interdisciplinary studies “ Komi scientific centre of Ural Branch of RAS” Anastasia Grigorievna Osedach
Section “Organization of the Arctic studies in the XX century. Various aspects” on board of the Museum “Icebreaker “Krassin”. Speech of the Professor of the Department of history and philosophy of the Faculty of Humanities of the State University of aerospace instrumentation, doctor of historic sciences Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova
2018 «Practices and equipment in Arctic exploration»
The sixth annual international scientific conference «Polar Readings 2018: Practices and Equipment in Arctic Exploration» was organised by the Museum and Exhibition Centre for Technical and Technological Development of the Arctic (Arctic Museum and Exhibition Centre) and Branch of the World Ocean Museum in St. Petersburg – «Icebreaker Krassin». Partners of «Polar Readings 2018» were PAO Sovcomflot, ZAO SMM, the State Museum for the Arctic and Antarctic, the Arctic Academy of Sciences, and the Association «Maritime Heritage».
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The Branch of the World Ocean Museum in St. Petersburg – “Icebreaker Krassin”. 27 April 2018
Andrei Sergeyevich Stepura (the chief of staff of Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg M.M. Cucheryaviy) has a welcoming speech to the participants of the conference
Presentation by Natalia Andreevna Kataeva (Main curator of the MBU T.D. Shuvaev’s Nizhnevartovsk Local History Museum (Nizhnevartovsk))
Presentation by Natalia Andreevna Kataeva (Main curator of the MBU T.D. Shuvaev’s Nizhnevartovsk Local History Museum (Nizhnevartovsk))
Presentation by Sergey Gusev (PhD in History, Head of the Center for Archaeological Heritage of the Russian Scientific Research Institute of Cultural and Natural Heritage named after D.S. Likhachev (Moscow))
Presentation by Boris Vyacheslavovich Ivanov (PhD in Geography, Head of the Laboratory of Ocean and Atmospheric Processes of Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Associate Professor of the Chair of Oceanology of the Institute of Earth Sciences of St. Petersburg State University (St. Petersburg))
Presentation by Alexander Olegovich Andreev (Head of the Research and Exhibition Department of the State Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic (St. Petersburg))
Presentation by Alexey Viktorovich Kraykovskiy (PhD in History, Associate Professor, Senior Researcher, HSE in St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg))
Presentation by Ekaterina Alekseevna Kalemeneva (M.A. in History, Junior Researcher, HSE in St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg))
Presentation by Sergey Andreevich Ustinov and Zabava Sergeevna Ustinova (2nd-year postgraduate students at the St. Petersburg State Maritime Technical University, design engineers Central Design Bureau “Iceberg” (St. Petersburg))
During the discussion: the word of the historian Vladimir Grigoryevich Andrienko
Presentation by Vladimir Nikolaevich Davydov (PhD in Sociology, Head of the Department of Siberia, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, (Kunstkamera) (St. Petersburg))
Presentation by Alexander Igorevich Volkovitsky (Research Associates of the Center for Arctic and Siberian studies of the Sociology Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg))
Presentation by Fedor Alexandrovich Romanenko (PhD in Geography, Leading Researcher of the Department of Geomorphology and Paleogeography of the Faculty of Geography, Moscow Lomonosov State University. (Moscow))
Participants of the conference “Polar Reading 2018” on the helipad of the icebreaker Novorossiysk
2017 «Museums in the Arctic and the Arctic in the museums»
Main Director of the World Ocean Museum, Svetlana G. Sivkova, welcomes the Polar Readings 2017 participants. Pavel A. Filin chairs the conference.
The Director of the Branch of the World Ocean in St. Petersburg – “Icebreaker Krassin” Nikolai A. Burov welcomes the participants
Presentation by Maria V. Dukalskaya, Director of the State Museum of Arctic and Antarctic
Presentation by Vladimir V. Pitulko, Senior Researcher at the Institute of Material Culture History, Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg)
Presentation by Sergey A. Kuhterin, Deputy Director of the project "NPO North ar - GEOLOGIA-1" (Nefteyugansk)
Presentation by Helena G. Menshikova, Director of the Museum-Reserve "Pustozersk" in Nenetskiy
Presentation by Svetlana G. Pavlovskaya, leading archivist of the department of scientific, public and exhibition work of the Central State Archive for Historical and Political Documents of St. Petersburg
Presentation by Ivan V. Stasyuk, senior researcher, Museum-Estate of Nicholas Roerich
Presentation by Svetlana V. Sviridenko, Head of the Cartography Department, Russian National Library
Presentation by Evgenia V. Ovsyannikova, Researcher at the Central Naval Museum
Presentation by Natalia N. Ryzhikova, PhD in Pedagogy, Bibliographer of Central Naval Library
The Polar Readings 2017 participants on the bow of the Icebreaker Krassin
2016 «Cultural heritage in the Arctic: problems of study, preservation and popularization»
Presentation by D.Sc. in history and anthropologist, Andrey V. Golovnev, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Presentation by Sargylana S. Ignatyeva, Rector of the Arctic State Institute of Culture and Arts
Presentation by Konstantin B. Klokov, D.Sc. in geography. senior researcher, Institute of Earth Sciences, SPBU
Presentation by Fyodor Romanenko, Ph.D. in Geography, leading researcher of the Geographical faculty of Moscow state University (Moscow)
Presentation by Yevgeny O. Ermolova, senior researcher of Russkaya Arktika National (Arkhangelsk)
Svetlana L.Tiukinhoy, PhD in philosophy, assistant of theVice-rector of NArFU (Arkhangelsk)
Two participants of “Polar Readings 2016”: S. L Tyukina and S. V. Shulinin
Listeners of "Polar Readings 2016”
Presentation by Pavel A. Filin, Deputy Director of Branch of the World Ocean Museum in St. Petersburg – “Icebreaker Krassin”
Presentation by Taisiya B. Nikitina and Elena A. Kireeva
Participants of “Polar Readings 2016” Ekaterina V. Belova, Research Associate of the Navy Museum (Moscow), and Olga Bodrova, PhD, Research Associate, Kola Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Presentation by Vladimir Ya. Shumkin, Ph.D., Head of the Kola archaeological expedition IIMK Russian Academy of Sciences
Participants of “Polar Readings 2016”: Sergey Lukyanov and Maria V. Gavrilo
Opening of the exhibition "Kara expedition" – Report of Ilya S. Melnikov, employee of the company “Fertoing”
Participants of "Polar readings 2015” - Greetings from Dmitry Khorol, Deputy, Member of the Committee on Regional Policy and Problems of the North and Far East of the Russian Federation State Duma
Listeners of "Polar readings 2015": E. L. Korshunov, A. O. Andreev, M. V. Dukalskaya, S. V. Frolov, A. S. Guzeyev
Presentation by Pyotr Mazhara, Russian State Archive of the Navy, graduate student of St. Petersburg State University
Presentation by Yuri E. Alexandrov, Head of “Polar Convoy”
Presentation by Valentin V. Dremlyuga, PhD. in Geography, Polar Convoys, Honorary Polar Explorer and Honorary Worker of the Navy
Presentation by Valery M. Bronislavovich, D.Sc. in Engineering, President of the Arctic Public Academy of Sciences
Statement of Vladimir Yu. Gribovskaya, Captain 1st Rank, K. I. N. Professor; Senior Researcher, Department of the Military-Historical Center of the North-West Federal District of the Military History Institute of the Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces
Skype call with Sergey V. Shulenina, historian, Junior Research Fellow, Department of Regional Studies Research Centre for the Study of the Arctic (Salekhard)
Presentation by Maria V. Dukalskaya, Deputy Director of the State Arctic and Antarctic Museum
Thematic exhibitions are always opened during the “Polar Readings” Conference. Temporary exhibition "Convoys in the Arctic" was held in the exhibition hall of the icebreaker Krassin The tour was led by Margarita A. Emelina, participant of the “Polar Readings 2015”, Ph. D, Researcher on Icebreaker Krassin.
A gift for the conference participants was the exhibition of works by Andre Laban, French explorer and companion of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, who visited the Icebreaker Krassin on the opening day of the exhibition
2014 «Isebreaker fleet of Russia: history and future»
Participants of the conference “Polar Readings 2013” -"Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago: Discovery, Research, and Modernity (100th anniversary of Boris Vilkitsky scientific expedition)”
Presentation by Valentin V. Dremlyuga, PhD. in Geography, Polar Convoys, Honorary Polar Explorer and Honorary Worker of the Navy
Presentation by Nikolai Kornilov, Polar Explorer, hero of Socialist labor, Vice-President of the Association of Polar explorers
Discussion on the side of the conference. Sergey Lukyanov, Secretary of the Polar Commission of the Russian geographical society and Maria V. Gavrilo, PhD. in Biology, Russkaya Artika National Park
Presentation by Julia Vinogradov, Researcher at the State Museum of Arctic and Antarctic
Presentation by Olga A. Krasnikova, PhD. in History, head of the sector of cartography, Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Presentation by Maola G. Ushakova, Head of the Shirshov Museum of History of the Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Speech by Viktor T. Sokolov, head of the high-Latitude Arctic expedition of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
Listeners of “Polar Readings 2013”
Speech by Vladimir Baranov, PhD. in Physics and Mathematics, Honorary Polar Explorer, Head of the Polar Station at Cape Baranov (Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago)
