UDC

94(47)08

DOI

10.37482/2687-1505-V058

Authors

Daniil S. Zaozerskiy
N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; nab. Severnoy Dviny 109, Arkhangelsk, 163000, Russian Federation;
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0290-4551 e-mail: d.zaozerskiy@yandex.ru

Abstract

During the 19th and early 20th centuries in the Arkhangelsk North, sea fishing and hunting were exercised by artels (collective associations). It can be explained by the region’s severe climate and difficult conditions for fishing and hunting, which make working by oneself impossible. This paper is relevant due to the almost complete lack of studies on the internal organization and legal status of sea fishing and hunting artels on Novaya Zemlya and Spitsbergen in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Moreover, studies on these associations are necessary for further research into the Russian experience of sea bioresource exploitation in the Arctic during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The paper aimed to examine the structure and legal status of sea fishing and hunting artels on Novaya Zemlya and Spitsbergen throughout the aforementioned period. The materials included legal acts that regulated the work of artels in the 19th and early 20th centuries, published sources about fishing and hunting artels on Novaya Zemlya and Spitsbergen, as well as documents kept in the State Archives of the Arkhangelsk Region. To perform the analysis, the author utilized the historical-systematic and historicalgenetic methods. The article dwells on the rules and customs that existed in Novaya Zemlya and Spitsbergen artels during the period under study, revealing how the structure of these associations had been changing. In conclusion, the author identified the applicable area of law for these artels in the 19th and early 20th centuries as well as the principles that contributed to their preservation.

Keywords

Arctic, Novaya Zemlya, Spitsbergen, sea fishing and hunting artel, sea fishing and hunting

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