Vaygach Island

The second volume of the new Scientific series "Islands and Archipelago of the Russian Arctic" is devoted to the historical and cultural heritage and the natural environment of the Arctic Island Vaigach. Since ancient times, he received the name of the Nenets People"s name "Habida I", that in the translation into Russian means Sacred Land. The history is unknown, similar to Vaigach, in which more than millennia were the main shrines of the peoples of the North (including the legendary sea hunters - Sikhirt and Samoyed / Nenets /), and all this time on it no one constantly lived, and the pilgrimage to It was carried out in extreme conditions with huge in its area and distances of the territory of the European North and Western Siberia over the centuries and up to the 20s of the 20th century. In the 16th century, when there was still the sanctuary of the legendary Arctic peoples on the island, he was well known and Russian poms. The names of the outstanding Russian and foreign navigators and pioneers are associated with the study of the island. In 1933-1936 Here they worked free and prisoners "Vaigach Expedition OGPU".
The basis of Toma is the perennial studies of the Marine Arctic Compact Expedition (McA of the Polar Research Foundation and the Russian Research Institute of Cultural and Natural Heritage named after DS Likhachev) under the direction of P.V. Boyarsky on the island, in archives, libraries and museums, begun in 1986 and with small breaks lasted until 2011. In the description of the Natural Environment, Vaigach was attended by not only MCE employees, but also leading researchers from scientific and specialized institutions of Russia.
The publication is intended for a wide range of scientists dealing with the problems of the Arctic. It can be used as a manual for students of higher educational institutions and graduate students