RUSSIAN ARCTIC GEOPOLITICS IN HISTORICAL RETROSPECTIVE
The article is dedicated to the evaluation of the Arctic geopolitical issues in the historical retrospective. The periods of the Russian penetration into the Arctic from the Pomor colonization to the Soviet Arctic policy are singled out and characterized. An attempt at defining a place and a role of the regional factor in forming the Arctic direction of the Russian policy has been made. Analysis and evaluation of the current issues of the Arctic development are given.