2026/3(46)

Contents

HISTORICAL RESEARCH

Filin P.

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

APPLIED RESEARCH

Bychkova O.

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

Archives

DOI 10.34685/HI.2025.30.92.009

Filin P.

Search for the vessel Willem Barents. Results of the expeditions
of the Russian Geographical Society and the Ministry of Defense of Russia
to survey Severny Island of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in 2024 and 2025

Abstract. At the end of the 16th century, the Dutch made a number of attempts to find a Northeastern passage to India and China. The most famous was the third expedition of Willem Barents (1596/97). Unable to find a way to China, Barents wintered on Novaya Zemlya, and his ship froze in the ice. After wintering, the Dutch left the frozen ship at Cape Spory Navolok and got out on two boats. In the 20th century, the wintering site was repeatedly visited by expeditions that conducted archaeological excavations and research, but all attempts to find the Barents vessel underwater were unsuccessful. In 2024 An expedition of the Russian Geographical Society and the Russian Ministry of Defense and the Northern Island survey of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago surveyed the coastal waters and recorded three objects similar to wooden beams lying on the bottom at a depth of about 2-3 m. In 2025, a survey was conducted in the same area using an underwater towed metal detector, during which a spot of 150x50 m was recorded. with powerful magnetic signals. The researchers suggest that these may be fragments and cargo of the sunken ship of the Barents. The found place is located about 350 m from the shore and slightly north of the area of the previous searches carried out by D.Kravchenko. This discovery gives hope that the Barents vessel will be found during the upcoming underwater archaeological research.

Keywords: Russian Geographical Society, Willem Barents, Novaya Zemlya, sunken ship, underwater heritage, Ice Harbor, Spory Navolok, Integrated Marine Arctic Expedition (IMAE).

Filin Pavel Anatolievich,
PhD in History, Senior Researcher, Likhachev Russian Research Institute
for Cultural and Natural Heritage (Moscow),
Senior Researcher of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography
named after Peter the Great (Kunstkamera) (Saint-Petersburg)
Email: pfilin@yandex.ru

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

URL: http://nasledie-journal.ru/en/journals/808.html

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