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began operating in the latter part of the 16th century. This line opened up the way to Siberia's riches and worked until 1619, when it was closed for military and political reasons, for fear of possible penetration by Europeans into
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The earliest recorded voyage through the Yugorsky Shar, traditionally known as the Arctic "Iron Gateway", into the Kara Sea was made from
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RUSSIAN NAVAL OFFICERS AND GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION IN NORTHERN RUSSIA, by Leonid Sverdlov, Member of the Russian Geographic Society
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The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe: with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old world
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Location of the Yugorsky Peninsula. The Yugorsky Strait is on its northwestern end.
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The Yugorsky Strait was an important waterway in the early exploration of the
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shores, had been exploring this strait since the 11th century.
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Journal of the American Geographical Society of New York
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and for the traffic of Soviet maritime convoys during
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Narrow sound between the Kara Sea and the Pechora Sea
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Russian
Kara Sea
Pechora Sea
69°45′N 60°30′E / 69.750°N 60.500°E / 69.750; 60.500
Vaygach Island
Yugorsky Peninsula
Russian
Yugaria

Vaigach Island
Nizhny Novgorod
Pomors
White Sea
Great Mangazea Route
White Sea
Ob River
Yenisei Gulf
Siberia
Northern Sea Route
World War II
Operation Wunderland
"The Dutch Polar Expedition of 1882-3"
doi
10.2307/196548
JSTOR
196548
The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe: with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old world
doi
10.5962/bhl.title.141412

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