title: Novaya Zemlya Archipelago in the Defense System of the Soviet Arctic During the Great Patriotic War
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metadata.value: Khatanzeyskiy, A. V.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2022-06-30T08:52:04Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2022-06-30T08:52:04Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2022-03
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Khatanzeyskiy A. V. ‘Novaya Zemlya Archipelago in the Defense System of the Soviet Arctic During the Great Patriotic War’, Modern History of Russia, vol. 12, no. 1, 2022, pp. 39–57.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu24.2022.102
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/37022
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: This analyzes the significance of Novaya Zemlya in the course of military operations in the Arctic during
  World War II. Data on the deployment of troops in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago and nearby islands are provided
  based on an analysis of archive documents. The military history of the archipelago is examined from the
  creation of the Belomorskaya military flotilla in 1941 until its disbandment in April 1945. Minor importance of the
  region at the initial stage of the war is replaced by an increase in the activity of the German naval forces in 1942,
  especially submarines. The result of this was the expansion of military operations in the Arctic Sea theater, expressed
  in enemy attacks on polar stations and sea convoys. In response, the Soviet command created a naval
  base on Novaya Zemlya and increased the fleet’s ship composition. By the end of the war, there was a qualitative
  and quantitative increase in military infrastructure. The natural and climatic factor had a huge impact on the
  conduct of military operations, because of it the main combat activity of the warring parties directly depended on
  the polar summer and navigation period. The experience of the main Department of the Northern Sea route in
  the development of the region in the 1930s was taken into account. The author concluded that the possession of
  Novaya Zemlya was key both for the control of navigation and for the possession of the entire surrounding region.
  Despite all efforts, the enemy still failed to disrupt Maritime navigation in the Arctic, and to break the courageous
  resistance of military seamen and employees of the Main Administration of the Northern Sea Way.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Modern History of Russia;Volume 12; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Great Patriotic War
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Arctic
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: sea
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: naval war
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: lend-lease
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: White Sea flotilla
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Novaya Zemlya
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: convoy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Novaya Zemlya Archipelago in the Defense System of the Soviet Arctic During the Great Patriotic War
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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