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In this book the territory of Pechenga, located well above the
Arctic circle between Russia, Finland and Norway, holds the key to
understanding the geopolitical situation of the Arctic today. With
specific focus on the local nickel industry of the region, Lars
Rowe explores the interaction between commercial and state security
concerns in the Soviet Union. Through the lens of this local
industry a larger historical context is unravelled - the nature of
Soviet-Finnish relations after the Russian Revolution, Soviet
international relations strategies during the Second World War and
the nature of the Stalinist economy in the early post-war years. By
presenting this environmentally focused history of a small corner
of the Arctic, Rowe offers the historical context needed to
understand the current geopolitical climate of the Polar North.
This study addresses the many initiatives to decrease industrial
pollution emitting from the Pechenganikel plant in the northwestern
corner of Russia during the final years of the Soviet Union, and
examines the wider implications for the state of pollution control
in the Arctic today. By examining the efforts of Soviet industry
and government agencies, Finnish and Swedish officials, and
Norwegian environmental authorities to curb industrial pollution in
the region, this book offers an environmental history of the Arctic
as well as a transnational, geopolitical history.
In this book the territory of Pechenga, located well above the
Arctic circle between Russia, Finland and Norway, holds the key to
understanding the geopolitical situation of the Arctic today. With
specific focus on the local nickel industry of the region, Lars
Rowe explores the interaction between commercial and state security
concerns in the Soviet Union. Through the lens of this local
industry a larger historical context is unravelled - the nature of
Soviet-Finnish relations after the Russian Revolution, Soviet
international relations strategies during the Second World War and
the nature of the Stalinist economy in the early post-war years. By
presenting this environmentally focused history of a small corner
of the Arctic, Rowe offers the historical context needed to
understand the current geopolitical climate of the Polar North.
This study addresses the many initiatives to decrease industrial
pollution emitting from the Pechenganikel plant in the northwestern
corner of Russia during the final years of the Soviet Union, and
examines the wider implications for the state of pollution control
in the Arctic today. By examining the efforts of Soviet industry
and government agencies, Finnish and Swedish officials, and
Norwegian environmental authorities to curb industrial pollution in
the region, this book offers an environmental history of the Arctic
as well as a transnational, geopolitical history.
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