RussiaNorthern Sea Routeinfrastructuresocio-economic transformationsenvironmental changePOETICSThe town of Tiksi came into being in the 1930s, when the Soviet Union intensified its efforts to industrialize the Arctic. A critical element of that policy was to make the Northern Sea Route a viable Arctic...
Sakha (Yakutiya) is a vast region located in the northeast of Russia, known for its extreme climate, unique culture, and breathtaking landscapes. The region covers an area of over 3 million square kilometers, making it the largest subnational entity in the world. The capital city of Yakutsk ...
Republic of Sakha (Yakutiya)Socioeconomic changeThe Indigenous village of Bykovskiy is located 40km from Tiksi, the administrative center of Bulunskiy District (Ulus), in the northern part of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutiya), Russia. Founded as a Soviet fishing cooperative, it became home to ...
Russian authorities decided on the set of projects that will be granted money from the Russian National Wealth Fund. The state will fund 25% of the project to develop Yakutiya cluster of Russian Railways. The project is meant to ensure much higher rail throughput and enable an increase in ...
SAKHA (Russia)GROUNDWATERWATER samplingURANIUM miningGROUNDWATER pollutionGROUNDWATER qualityCONTAMINATION of drinking waterCRYSTALLINE rocksThe results of a study of the radon concentration in surface and ground waters on the territory of the preserved uranium deposits in South Yakutiya are reported. The ...