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| | Russia's Chukotka Autonomous Region Overview |
 | | Chukotka administration has sent delegations to Canada, Australia and South Africa looking for technology for refractory ore processing. | | | It is 100 days since the new governor Roman Abramovich was elected in Chukotka [northeastern Siberia]. | | | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Governor Roman Abramovich provides for residents |
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http://www.users.qwest.net/~kryopak/ChukotkaHomePage.htm
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| | TIME Europe Magazine: Meet The Second Richest Man In Russia -- Dec. 02, 2002 |
| | Once elected, Abramovich nominated Nazarov Senator from Chukotka to the Federation Council (the Russian parliament's upper house), thus giving credence to the theory that they had cut a deal. | | | But his interest didn't wane even when a similar law, shielding regional Governors, was rescinded in 2000 just as Abramovich was campaigning in Chukotka. | | | The Moscow rumor mill attributed his sudden interest in politics to a Russian law that shields Duma members from criminal prosecution. |
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http://time.com/time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901021202-393604,00.html
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| | Yupik people (Eskimos): United Methodist Drive to Send Food to Siberia by Franklin Fisher |
| | The United Methodist relief effort in Chukotka will be administered through the Chukotka Native Christian Ministry (CNCM), an indigenous group supported by the United Methodist Church's Alaska Missionary Conference and four other denominations, Campbell said. | | | The United Methodist Church is the ministry's main contributor of humanitarian aid. | | | The entire Siberian Yupik population is about 4,000: 2,500 in Chukotka and another 1,500 in the United States. |
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http://gbgm-umc.org/europe/russia/siberia.html
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| | Will Eskimos live in Chukotka in the third millenium? |
| | Why does the governor of Chukotka purchase real estate in Saint Petersburg - premises for the pension fund - while pensioners in Chukotka starve and have no heat? | | | Let me quote from a collective letter by Provideniya residents (Office of President, Russian Federation for Citizens' Letters, ¹ 26-02-1000039 of August 17, 1999): "How can a pensioner survive here on 700-800 rubles? | | | Strenuous supporters of the Chukotka sovereignty, the Okrug administration, only cared for a shortcut to the federal feed-trough... |
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http://www.raipon.org/english/library/ipw/number3/article18.html
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| | Chukotka |
| | And whereas, dialogue leading to this program was initiated by Dimitri Koravye, Minister of Ethnic Affairs of the Far North and Igor Pavlov, Minister of Religious and Cultural Affairs of Magadan Province to Rev. Willa Roghair; | | | Susan Campbell from Gambell on St. Lawrence Island came to our ministry with a significant outreach already in place to the people of Russia's Chukotka Peninsula. | | | Willa had been with CNCM from its inception. |
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http://www.yukonpresbytery.com/YukonPresbytery/Northwest/Chukotka.htm
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| | RIA Novosti - Russia - Putin suggests Abramovich as Chukotka governor for second term |
| | Putin suggests Abramovich as Chukotka governor for second term | | | RIA Novosti - Russia - Putin suggests Abramovich as Chukotka governor for second term | | | MOSCOW, October 15 (RIA Novosti) - President Vladimir Putin proposed that the Chukotka legislature approve incumbent governor Roman Abramovich, 38, for the second term, the Kremlin press service said Saturday. |
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http://en.rian.ru/russia/20051015/41783339.html
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| | Chukotka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | It was formerly an autonomous district subsumed within Magadan Oblast, but it declared its separation in 1991, a move that was confirmed by the Russian Constitutional Court in 1993. | | | The principal town and administrative center is Anadyr. | | | Ethnic groups: Of the 53,824 residents (as of the 2002 census) 1,199 (2.3%) chose not to specify their ethnic background. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chukotka
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| | Russia, U.S.-Russian Relations, Chukotka, Alaska - Johnson's Russia List 8-14-02 |
| | Abramovich's inauguration as Chukotka governor in January 2001 was attended by many Alaskan officials with whom he had cultivated ties during his tenure as Chukotka's representative in the Duma. | | | It is said that he was raised by an uncle. | | | Abramovich too, despite his claims to the contrary, may well see Chukotka as his window on the West. |
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http://www.cdi.org/russia/Johnson/6401-6.cfm
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| | Ice-Floe: Contributors A - Z |
| | Ivan Omruvye was born in the Southern Chukotka region in 1940. | | | Victor Kevylqut was born in 1929 to a family of reindeer herders. | | | Gevytvaal was born in 1930 in the northwest tundra of Chukotka. |
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http://www.icefloepress.org/contriba-z.shtml
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| | Forbes.com: Abramovich Russia fiefdom accused of financial abuse |
| | Another Chukotka official said he saw no grounds for a criminal investigation. | | | The use of non-operating companies in regions enjoying special tax status underpins the case in a $3.5 billion back-tax claim brought against YUKOS, in addition to the criminal case against Khodorkovsky. | | | He was elected governor of Chukotka, an icy expanse across the Bering Straits from Alaska, in 2001. |
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http://www.forbes.com/reuters/newswire/2004/05/21/rtr1380198.html
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| | Sibneft Discovers Oil in Chukotka - COMPANY NEWS - MOSNEWS.COM |
| | A new president will be elected at an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting of the Novorossisk Shipping Company (Novoship) on Friday. | | | Chukotka Court Orders Seizure of 15% Stake in Sibneft | | | This will allow Sibneft to define its plans for the future development of the Chukotka production site. |
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http://www.mosnews.com/money/2004/04/15/sibneftchukotka.shtml
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| | News - Chukotka Audit Finds Irregularities - The St. Petersburg Times. General news from St.Petersburg and Russia |
| | Audit Chamber chief Sergei Stepashin, however, said Sunday that judging from the results of the audit, Abramovich is "very much letting down the president of Russia" and called for him to step down as governor. | | | Ryabukhin said the chamber had forwarded its report to the prime minister, the Finance Ministry and the Prosecutor General's Office, although he went out of his way to stress that the audit was routine in nature and should not be linked to Kremlin calls for businesses to be more socially responsible. | | | Auditors found that in the past three years, 12 billion rubles ($470 million) in profit and property tax breaks were awarded to 22 trading companies registered in Chukotka, many of which had one or two employees and no business activities in the region. |
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http://archive.sptimes.ru/archive/times/971/news/n_12541.htm
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| | sfweekly.com News & Features Feature Dying Breeds (Page 2) 2001-03-28 |
| | This cycle of survival has persisted for at least 5,000 years, with one brief but brutal interruption: the rise and fall of the Soviet Empire. | | | The masterminds of Moscow decided it would be unwise to leave these bronze-skinned people unattended so close to the United States. | | | They developed no serious interest in Chukotka until shortly after the end of World War II, when the early fronts in the Cold War were being established. |
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http://www.sfweekly.com/issues/2001-03-28/news/feature2_2.html
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| | The Chukotka Autonomous Okrug: An Ethnographic Web Site by Patty Gray |
| | "Doverie" -- The "Confidence" Society -- Chukotka's Indigenous Sobriety Movement | | | This is a iaranga, the reindeer-skin dwelling used by the Chukchi and Chuvantsy who live in the tundra of Chukotka. | | | There is a website that serves as a forum for former Chukotka residents to find one another at http://nordost.bzon.ru/ |
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http://www.faculty.uaf.edu/ffpag/chukotka.html
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| | Sitnews - Opinion - Ketchikan, Alaska |
| | Dear Nome Mayor Leo Rasmussen, Russian Chukotka Affairs Committee Chair Pearl Sedacca, Alaskan Friends of Chukotka Director Nancy Mendenhall, Alaska-Chukotka Summit 2001 organizers and participants, and to the City and People of Nome: | | | Volunteers like Nancy Mendenhall (who was awarded the First Lady's Volunteer Award for her humanitarian aid efforts for Alaskan Friends of Chukotka) donated even more of their time for this event. | | | The Chukotka Affairs Committee, which appears to represent a cross-section of Nome, went all out. |
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http://www.sitnews.org/opinion/062601_fulmer.html
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| | In dire straits across the Bering SUE STEINACHER |
| | When I asked why people continue to vote for the current governor, I received the same answer. | | | From there, the mushers raced down the Russian coast to Anadyr, the administrative center of Chukotka. | | | This year 27 Native mushers raced 350 kilometers from Lavrentia to Provideniya and back, cheered on by crowds in the villages and towns enroute. |
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http://www.uuff.org/chukotka/direstraits.htm
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| | Interfax > Politics |
| | Oct 15 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has submitted Roman Abramovich's nomination for Chukotka governor to the Chukotka autonomous district legislature, the Kremlin press service has announced. | | | Republication or redistribution of Interfax content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Interfax. | | | Russia not planning military alliance with India, China - Ivanov // Oct 16 2005 1:33PM |
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http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?menu=1&id_issue=11407350
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| | Rangifer.net - Research Resources |
| | The site has great photos by the anthropologist Patty Gray. | | | The work and life of reindeer herders in Chukotka. | | | On this website you will find information about the Association, Classified Advertising, Coming Events, Member News and Listings, as well as pictures and documentation relating to raising Reindeer in Saskatchewan. |
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http://www.dartmouth.edu/~arctic/rangifer/resresources/herding.html
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| | Some basic facts about Chukotka |
| | A great deal has changed in Chukotka since the election of a new governor, Roman Abramovich, in 2001. | | | Chukotka was colonized by the Russian Empire beginning in the seventeenth century, and over time American traders also became active there (until the Cold War closed the border). | | | website of the Chukotka Duma (its legislature) and are claimed to be preliminary results from the 2002 census. |
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http://www.faculty.uaf.edu/ffpag/chukfact.html
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| | Abramovich Plans Exodus for Chukotka Population - NEWS - MOSNEWS.COM |
| | Abramovich was elected governor of Chukotka Region on December 24, 2000. | | | The plans were announced by Chukotka’s vice governor Vasily Maksimov in an interview with the Ekho Moskvy radio station. | | | People went to Chukotka to run military bases and installations. |
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http://www.mosnews.com/news/2004/04/08/chukotka.shtml
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| | Breeds of Livestock - Chukotka Reindeer |
| | Chukotka reindeer carcasses are also notable for their high meatiness. | | | The Chukotka breed is a result of selection by the Chukchi. | | | This enables them to endure severe winters and lack of food when pastures are covered with and ice crust, which is not an infrequent occurrence. |
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http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/other/reindeer/chukotka
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| | In two northern outposts, 'ice curtain' thaws csmonitor.com |
| | Elected governor of Chukotka in December of 1999, Roman Abramovich is a young billionaire from Moscow. | | | Though the presidents of both the United States and Soviet Union endorsed the park idea in 1991, plans languished. | | | Chief among the obstacles, say some Alaskans, was former Chukotka Governor Alexander Nazarov, who treated the region as his personal fiefdom, according to Sue Steinacher, a Fairbanks, Alaska-based researcher studying Alaska-Chukotka relations. |
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http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0417/p03s01-ussc.html
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| | Welcome to Adobe GoLive 5 |
| | The Eskimo Society of Chukotka “Yupik” is an independent social organisation with its Constitution and an elected executive body. | | | The society has a president, a vice-president and a council of co-presidents from nine communities: the town of Anadyr; the Provideniya settlement; and the villages: Uelen, Lavrentiya, Novoe Chaplino, Sireniki, Uelkal, Ushakovskoe (Vrangel community; now abolished) and Cape Shmidt (several families). | | | The Eskimo Society of Chukotka “Yupik” was founded at the general assembly of Yupik Eskimos on August 2nd, 1990 in Provideniya. |
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http://npolar.no/ansipra/english/items/Yupik_Society.html
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| | BBC SPORT Fun and Games From Chukotka to Chelsea |
| | But there are pitfalls to his switch to the west. | | | The billionaire businessman is governor of the Russian territory Chukotka - a place as different from west London as is possible while remaining on Earth. | | | Three times the size of the United Kingdom, Chukotka is home to a mere 68,000 citizens, who endure harsh winters where the temperature drops to -40C. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/3037940.stm
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| | It seems that the image of Chukotka, which is pierced with clearness, openness and bareness, breathes eternity. | | | In 1885 Chukotka was separated into the administrative Anadyrsky Okrug. | | | The islands of Wrangel and Gerald also belong to Chukotka. |
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http://www.chukotka.org/root?lang=en
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| | Worldisround - Kamchatka & Chukotka: Russia's Far East - Kamchatka pictures |
| | I was born in Provideniya and left Chukotka in 80th. | | | Russia& Kamchatka and Chukotka Peninsulas were among the last secret outposts of the former Soviet Union, and have been forbidden territory to travelers for most of this century. | | | The Chukotka people are great, and some day I will go there for a visit. |
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http://www.worldisround.com/articles/12056/text.html
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| | Kommersant: Chukotka Governor Accused of Stealing Moscow’s Property |
| | Kommersant: Chukotka Governor Accused of Stealing Moscow’s Property | | | Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov lashed out at Chukotka Governor Roman Abramovich Saturday saying “he and his team basically stole from Moscow” the assets with which the city “could have provided itself with oil for 40 years ahead”. | | | The Moscow mayor meant Sibneft’s dilution of a share of Sibir Energy in their joint venture Sibneft-Yugra, which Sibir Energy was going to add to the authorized capital of Moscow Oil and Gas Company, controlled by the city authorities. |
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http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=597605
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| | Vladivostok News :: Chukotka police change cash for guns |
| | The resident of the Shmidtovsky County is reported to have collected the gun-powder on the spot of an abandoned military unit located on the Shmidt Bay in Chukotka. | | | According to him most weapons were found at the places where former military units located until being disbanded in the beginning of 1990s. | | | A Chukotka resident who handed more than 1.5 tons of gun-powder to local police will receive 800,000 rubles ($ 27,586) — the largest sum ever paid by police to volunteers disposing of weapons, the region’s administration site www.chukotka.org reported on October 28. |
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http://vn.vladnews.ru/Arch/2004/ISS440/News/upd02_2.HTM
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| | Russian Accounting Chamber Declares Chukotka Bankrupt RosbaltNews.COM |
| | The results of the audit will be forwarded to the General Procurator's Office, the prime minister and Duma deputies. | | | The first vice-minister of Chukotka, Andrei Gorodilov, said during a meeting with colleagues from the Accounting Chamber that in connection with the violations, a reform of the local legislation would be carried out. | | | The Accounting Chamber has also established that 22 companies are registered in Anadyr that do not have actual operations on the territory of Chukotka. |
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http://www.rosbaltnews.com/2004/05/21/66664.html
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| | Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Sibneft to develop three oil and gas blocks in Chukotka region |
| | Chukotka Governor Roman Abramovich and business partners own 88 % of Sibneft, Russia's sixth-biggest oil producer with an oil output of 330,000 bpd. | | | While small, the reserves would be enough to provide fuel for Chukotka, Halliwell said. | | | Construction of infrastructure for the sparsely-inhabited region could prove costly, he said, but it may also prove cheaper than the current practice of flying and boating in supplies to Chukotka's remote villages and towns. |
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http://www.gasandoil.com/goc/company/cnr12284.htm
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| | Kommersant - Russia's Daily Online |
| | Russian documents first mention Chukotka in the 1640s. | | | It was established as a result of an experiment to introduce national art forms into programs at children's music schools. | | | Russian settlement of Chukotka began in the 17th century. |
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http://www.kommersant.com/tree.asp?rubric=5&node=364&doc_id=-22
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| | USAID Russia Mission / Alaska-Chukotka Development Program |
| | Chukotka Okrug government, its people and its organizations. | | | This training was conducted together with the Chukotka Department of Tourism. | | | Overall plan: Continue Humanitarian aid, economic development, and civil society activities |
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http://www.usaid.ru/en/main/documents/index.shtml?lang=en&id=683
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| | BASC Research: Chukotka, Russia |
| | With the active support of Chukotka’s new Governor, the Honorable Roman Abramovich, and in conjunction with the Chukotka Science Support Group (CSSG), BASC is beginning to offer "one stop shopping" for science support in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (equivalent to a state in the U.S.). | | | While in Russia, Dr. Sheehan met with Chukotka Governor Roman Abramovich to discuss planned science activities in Chukotka. | | | Scientists wishing to conduct scientific research in Chukotka (Russia) are now able to call upon BASC for logistical support and for assistance with obtaining all necessary local, regional and federal (Russian) permits for their projects. |
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http://www.sfos.uaf.edu/basc/research/chukotka.html
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| | Chukotka |
| | This means that today unlike before Chukotka reports directly to the Russian Federation (until 1993 Chukotka was a part of Magadan district). | | | Together with ten other regions of the Russian Federation, Chukotka (Чукотский Автономний Округ) has a status of autonomous district. | | | Internally Chukotka is divided into 8 areas (районы): Anadyrskii rayon with the districts capital city, Anadyr (approx. |
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http://www.connexion-dte.dk/tjukotka_en.htm
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| | Alaska Chukotka Development Program |
| | Participants from Alaska included individuals from Alcoholics Anonymous, Alaska State Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, Alaska Federation of Natives, Doverie "Confidence Society," Chukotka's sobriety movement, Chukotka Red Cross, and other sobriety movements. | | | The American graduate student is developing a step-by-step brochure on how to assemble, monitor, and evaluate peer groups. | | | Shipment will occur during the summer months of 2003, when ports are ice-free. |
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http://www.chukotka.uaa.alaska.edu/News/news.htm
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| | Chukotka, Northeast Siberia - Home of the Chukchi |
| | Chukotka, Northeast Siberia - Home of the Chukchi | | | Ekven burial ground and settlement - Uelen, Chukotka: | | | with Chukotka, home of the Chukchi, Chuvan and Eskimo, at upper right |
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http://www.workingdogweb.com/Chukotka.htm
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| | Pravda.RU Audit Chamber insists on financial violations in Chukotka |
| | The YUKOS case, Russian-EU negotiations on Russia's joining the WTO and the Audit Chamber's checking the activities of Chukotka governor Roman Abramovich were the main events that determined the dynamics on the Russian stock market last Friday More details... | | | The Audit Chamber made this statement in response to a report circulated by Chukotka's government yesterday. | | | The Audit Chamber said that the region's debt to the federal budget was as large as it was before and that it exceeded the area's revenues by more than 100%, something the Chukotka authorities admit. |
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http://english.pravda.ru/main/2004/05/25/54110.html
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| | Arctic: Bowhead whales along the Chukotka coast in autumn |
| | Similarly, bowheads were seen only along the Chukotka coast in 1993. | | | The confinement of bowhead sightings to the northern coast of Chukotka in 1992-93 corresponds to reports from autumn surveys in 1979, 1980 and 1990, while the association of whales with physical oceanographic fronts is similar to findings from a study of bowhead feeding areas in the southern Beaufort Sea. | | | Single-day counts of 76 and 50 bowheads were made on 1 October 1992 and 3 October 1993, respectively, with only a few whales seen on other days. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3712/is_199506/ai_n8714096
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| | Shipwreck leaves Chukotka high and dry |
| | The administration of the Chukotka autonomous district on Thursday asked the Russian government for compensation for the loss of cargo in a recent shipwreck. | | | This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed in any form. | | | Ryazan, the dry cargo ship owned by the Far Eastern Shipping Company, was sailing to Chukotka from Vladivostok when it got into a severe storm. |
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http://vlad.tribnet.com/2000/iss234/text/news4.html
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| | However, Chukotka now lies a great distance from the northern Verkhoyansk and also from the Siberian Traps from which it may have received its Permo-Triassic zircons (Figure 1). | | | This motion may also be the possible cause of the right-lateral sense bend of the trends of the northern Verkhoyansk (Figure 4c). | | | Discussion Despite the differences in the stratigraphic successions of Chukotka and Alaska, Triassic sandstones in the Lisburne Hills have similar zircon populations to those of Chukotka, Wrangel Island, and NE Russia, arguing for no major paleogeographic barriers between the Russian and westernmost Alaskan parts of the Arctic Alaska-Chukotka microplate in the Triassic. |
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http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~jtoro/download/Miller_ArcticZircons.doc
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| | Arctic: Seabirds of the Chukotka Peninsula, Russia |
| | Portenko's studies (1972, 1973) in the 1930s were the first major contribution to our knowledge of the avifauna of the Chukotka Peninsula, but seabirds were only a small part of Portenko's work, and surveys along the coastline were limited. | | | De 1983 a 1991, on a effectue des releves d'oiseaux matins tout le long du rivage de la peninsule de Tchoukotka (nord-ouest de la Siberie, en Russie). | | | We also report the presence of seabird species that may not breed on the peninsula, but do use its coastline as a migratory route. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3712/is_199812/ai_n8820487
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| | Gold Mining in Chukotka |
| | This report provides an overview of the gold-mining industry in Chukotka and gives insight into prospects for U.S. business. | | | Gold mining has always been one of the traditional and leading industrial sectors in Chukotka. | | | The leading enterprise is “Chukotka Artel”, which is currently launching its mining plant at the Valunistoe gold-silver deposit with a plan to produce 2 tonnes (62,300 ounces) of gold and significant silver byproduct per year. |
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http://www.bisnis.doc.gov/bisnis/bisdoc/0402GoldChuk.htm
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| | 17B ROBERT-LAMBLIN |
| | This paper presents observations and information gathered during two fieldtrips to Chukotka in 1991. | | | Abstract: Socio-demographic situation of the Yuit and Inuit Eskimos and Chukchis of Chukotka. | | | Socio-demographic situation of the Yuit and Inuit Eskimos and Chukchis of Chukotka |
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http://www.fss.ulaval.ca/etudes-inuit-studies/v17bte04.HTML
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| | Homepage of Vladimir Dinets-Birds of Chukotka |
| | This colony was the first ever found that far north. | | | In July they turn into a sea of flowers; fall colors are also very beautiful there. | | | TheNorthern coast of Chukotka is a chain of shallow bays, low and dry tundras, with flora and fauna composed of Asian and American species. |
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http://dinets.travel.ru/chukotka.htm
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| | Pravda.RU Chukotka goes bankrupt |
| | Roman Abramovich, the governor of Russia’s Chukotka administrative district (Russia’s north-easternmost area) and oil mogul, has declared the region bankrupt. | | | For instance, unidentified culprits have stolen 16 signal lights from the runway of a military airfield in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, in heartland Russia. | | | Abramovich also said that “serious measures are being taken in the region to strengthen fiscal discipline,” according to the Ekho Moskvy radio. |
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http://english.pravda.ru/region/2001/06/15/7803.html
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| | Natural Elements |
| | Some North American species go to Chukotka or farther to breed. | | | Satellite transmitters show animals captured in Alaska move to Chukotka, and Soviet-tagged polar bears have been shot in Alaska. | | | Whitefish and herring also occur, but they are less improtant to villagers. |
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http://www.nps.gov/akso/beringia/naturalelements.htm
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| | Chukotka Paves Way For Sibneft's Tycoon |
| | Whatever the reason, something told Chukotka Governor Alexander Nazarov he didn't stand a chance against oil and aluminum tycoon Roman Abramovich. | | | This is only an excerpt from the full story. | | | Or the millions of dollars worth of humanitarian aid he poured into the impoverished region. |
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http://dev.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2000/12/19/001-teaser.html
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