Program 'Memory of the Russian Arctic' of the Marine Arctic Complex Expedition at the Natural Heritage: concept, implementation, prospects

2026/3(46)

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HISTORICAL RESEARCH

Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, the search for the Northeast Passage and Russian maritime culture in the late 16th century

APPLIED RESEARCH

Role of popular science tourism infrastructure in the popularization and preservation of scientific and technical heritage

Zinovieva N.

Network culture in the context of two approaches to research issues

Kovbasyuk T.

Significant extension to an existing property on the example of the World Heritage site ‘White monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal

Kostina N.

Methodological approaches to working with the cultural heritage of the region in the context of the cultural and educational policy of modern Russia

Khilko N.

Objectification as a form of digital reconstruction of lost cultural heritage in the urban environment of tourist sites Western Siberia

INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE

Kitov Yu., Egorova M.

Genesis and development of Evenki circle dances as a cultural phenomenon of historical and modern Yakutia

CULTURAL HERITAGE STUDIES

Kukhterin S., Yermolov E.

Karbas of the 17th century. An Oransky find on the coast of Novaya Zemlya

Okorokov A.

40 years of the Marine Arctic Complex Expedition of the Heritage Institute

Seleznev A.

Shamanic ladder in the Muslim cemetery: to the semantics of the ornamented on-grave posts of the Tobol-Irtysh Tatars

Selezneva S.

Identification of immovable cultural heritage objects in Russia: conceptual, regulatory and regional aspects

HERITAGE PRESERVATION

Soloviev A., Berezina N.

International and foreign models for the preservation of immovable cultural heritage: a comparative legal and cultural analysis

Spivak D.

Cultural heritage in actual UNESCO strategy

MUSEOLOGY

Pleshchenko V.

The corporate museum as a tool for preserving the history and accumulating the business reputation of the company

Sarkisova E.

School as a center for the preservation of cultural heritage: from the experience of cultural and educational activities of school museums

Publ. 18/09/2026

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DOI 10.34685/HI.2025.71.88.002

Kuznetsov N.

Abstract. The article describes the program for the creation of a unified system for perpetuating the memory of domestic and foreign pioneers of the Russian Arctic, the implementation of which was started by the Marine Arctic Complex Expedition (MACE) in 1989. The author of the concept of the program, called «Memory of the Russian Arctic», was a famous Russian scientist, professor P.V. Boyarsky (1943-2022). In 1989-2023, the MACE installed 20 memorial crosses and signs. The geography of their installation covers almost the entire Russian Arctic – from the White to the Chukchi Seas. At present, there is a pressing need to create a unified system for perpetuating the memory of people and events associated with the history of the Russian Arctic. The installation of the signs will contribute to the inviolability of Russia's Arctic borders, strengthening its priority in the region, as well as preserving monuments and memorial sites of the history of the development of the Russian Arctic and promoting the cultural and natural heritage of the Arctic.

Keywords: memorialization, Marine Arctic Complex Expedition, P.V.Boyarsky, memorial signs, memorial crosses, Russian Arctic.

Kuznetsov Nikita Anatolievich,
PhD in History, Researcher
of the “Marine Arctic Complex Expedition
and Maritime Heritage of Russia” Center
at the Likhachev Russian Research Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage (Moscow),
Honorary Polar Explorer

Published: The Heritage Institute Journal, 2025/4(43)

URL: http://nasledie-journal.ru/en/journals/807.html

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Likhachev Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage

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Likhachev Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage

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