2026/2(45)
Contents
HISTORICAL RESEARCH
Occupation Regime and
Nazi Criminals in the Krasnodar Region (1942-1943): An Analysis
of Eyewitness Testimonies
APPLIED RESEARCH
On the spread of stone architecture in the Arctic region. Construction
of a cathedral in the Sumskoy Fortress
Art project “My Contemporaries”: аxiological foundations
Traditional water transport
of the Amur basin
Authorial repetition and copy
in the creative practice of Vladimir painters of the 1980s - 1990s (based on the archive of GOSNIIR
Scientific Expertise Department)
Formation and development
of copyright in China: from doctrine to instruments of state cultural policy
HERITAGE PRESERVATION
Study of the X-ray of “Landscape. Pargolovo” by Fyodor Vasilyev
(the Radischev Art Museum, Saratov)
Cultural transmission mechanisms and modes in the context of historical development of the Stronsky artistic dynasty
Digital twin as an object of protection of lost heritage
Chukotka baidara: technology and the preservation of traditions. Experience building an Eskimo baidara in the village of Sireniki
in 2025
Historical practices and conceptual evolution in the conservation
of China's large archaeological sites
MUSEOLOGY
Tainitskaya Tower of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin: historical and architectural review
Mikhalskaya O., Chuvilkina Yu.
Contribution of collector Felix Evgenievich Vishnevsky to the development of Russian museum collections
Biblical scenes on an 18th century tiled stove of the Novodevichy convent in Moscow
Publ. 04/05/2026
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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