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    Encyclopedia Arctica 10: Soviet North, Geography and General



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    ENCYCLOPEDIA ARCTICA

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    Department of the Navy

    Washington, D.C.

    Editor

    Vilhjalmur Stefansson

    VOLUME X

    SOVIET NORTH, GEOGRAPHY AND GENERAL

    (Incomplete and Tentative .) Needs further editing and checking

    before submission to the publisher.)

    The Stefansson Library

    4 St. Luke's Place

    New York 14

    September 1951



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    EA: Soviet North: Table of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS

           

    ( Incomplete and Tentative .)

    Subject Author Words Folder
    Geography of Soviet Arctic * Staff Material 145,000 I-XV
    Khanty-Mansi (Ostyako-Vogul) National Region Eugene A. Golomshtok 2,220 XVI
    Evenki National Region Eugene A. Golomshtok 1,950 XVII
    Russian Hydrographical Expedition * Felizia Seyd 3,100 XVIII
    Total 152,270 words

    * Submitted in one (original) copy only.

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    VOLUME X

           

    SOVIET NORTH, GEOGRAPHY AND GENERAL

           

    Expanded TABLE OF CONTENTS [inc.] for first item "Geography of Soviet Arctic"

    SUBJECT AUTHOR
    Lower Amur Oblast William Mandel
    Arkhangelsk "          "
    Kamchatka Territory "          "
    [Kandalaska] ["          "]
    Karelo-Finn [ ?] sh Soviet Socialist Republic (Karelia) "          "
    Khabarovsk Territory "          "
    Khibiny Mining and Industrial Combine "          "
    Kirovsk "          "
    Apatite, calcium fluophosphate (Kola Peninsula) "          "
    Nepheline (Kola Peninsula) "          "
    [Sphene] ["          "]
    Koriak National Okrug "          "
    Krasnoyarsk Krai "          "
    Monchegorsk "          "
    [Murmanck Oblast] ["          "]
    Nenets National Okrug "          "
    Niva River "          "
    Northern Dvina River "          "
    [Spitshergen] ["          "]
    Yakutia Territory "          "
    Yamalo-Nenets National Okrug "          "



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    PARTIAL OUTLINE OF SOVIET SECTION OF EA

    History Author Length
    History of Exploration and Development

    (Attitudes and activities of ruling

    princes, other leaders and govern–

    ments within the present Soviet Union,

    toward Arctic and sub-Arctic exploration

    and development.)     		Kazakevich or Kerner 8,000 – 10,000
    Note Would Role of Novgorodians in north-ward expansion be included in this?
    History of Old World Fur Trade in Arctic and sub-Arctic Kerner
    Role of Rivers and Portages in Exploration and Development of Old World Arctic Kerner
    Relation of Exiles and the Exile System to the Soviet Arctic Kazakevich
    Note : Separate article on Decembrists?

    Should foreign pri z s oners sent to Siberia

    be included here, e.g. Swedes and Poles?

    Should we have a Swedish author for Swedish

    pri z s oners and the knowledge they brought

    back to Europe? Same for Poles?
    agreed to do {Christianization of Siberia.

    Monasteries north of arctic Circle}     		A. Ka[?][?]em-Beg

    Conn. College, new London     suggested by Bee
    Promyshleniki [?] Chevigny Completed 3,050
    Russian American Company Tompkins 8,000
    Northeast Passage & Northern Sea Route

    Note : Should we do this ourselves from North–

    east Passage material in Great Adven–

    tures     and Northern Sea Route material

    in Guidebook to Arctic Siberia ? Will

    need further material in any case to

    bring ours up to date.     		Kerner or Kazakevich
    Biography and Exploration
    Lenin Kazakevich 2 - 3,000?
    Stalin Kazakevich 4 - 6,000?
    Peter the Great Kazakevich 2 - 4,000?
    Dezhnev ?
    Bering Birket-Smith
    Wrangel ?



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    Partial Outline of Soviet Section of EA

    Biography and Exploration (Continued)
    Admiral Kolchak Telberg 3500 - 5000
    Vilkitsky,and others [Trauschs?] Telberg ?
    Baranov, Resanov, and others (Completed) Chevigny 25,000
    Ethnologists & Geologists Golomshtok
    Note : Many biographies have been or are being written by Miss Olkhine and others.
    Recent Soviet Work
    Five-Year Plans in the Soviet Arctic (Completed) Mandel 7,000
    Post-War Polar Flights & Exploration

    Note : May be summarized from Soviet material.     		Olkhine
    Note : Numerous other subjects. Some topics will

    be prepared by Miss Olkhine. Davies has done

    several articles.
    Scientific Societies
    Academy of Sciences
    Geography Society
    Institute of Oceanography
    Permafrost Institute
    Arctic Institute
    Schools
    Institute of the Peoples of the North
    Higher Arctic Maritime School
    Arctic School of Leningrad
    Government Departments and Services
    Glavsevmorput
    Weather Bureau
    Bureau of Ice Prognoses
    Ice Scouting Service
    Permafrost
    One or several papers, based to a great extent

    on Soviet work and sources.     		Muller 10,000
    Botany
    Agriculture in the Soviet Arctic (Completed) Davies 4,600 0
    See: Botany Outline



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    Partial Outline of Soviet Section of EA

    Ethnology and Arch [ ?] eology
    Northern Peoples of Siberia (Ethnology Outline) Golomshtok 75,000
    Mammoth (Ethnology Outline) Golomshtok
    Several other papers Golomshtok ?
    Geography
    Eu r opean Arctic Regions of the USSR Mandel
    Siberian Arctic & Northern Islands Olkhine Very large
    Geology
    See: Geology Outline
    Volcanoes of Kamchatka Krizhanovski ?

    or Jagger ?
    Medicine in the North
    See: Medical Outline
    Meteorology and Climate
    See: Meteorology Outline
    Oceanography
    See: Oceanography Outline
    Zoology
    See: Zoology Outline
    Other Sciences will be covered by outlines,

    i.e., Engineering , etc.
    Note : In all sciences there may be special articles

    in addition to those called for in the

    Outlines.
    Polar Stations
    New Prospective Contributors :
    T. E. Armstrong, Research Fellow in Russian Studies, Scott Polar Research Institu [ ?] e,

    Cambridge, England
    biog of contemporary [polar ?] workers, [fliers?] scientists —

    agriculture, in north. List of agric. Experimental stations Stock Raising. For raising etc. Reindeer stations.

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