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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Acta Borealia on 3 May 2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/08003831.2017.1317978 . ; After the Russian Revolution, with civil war and interventions, war communism (1918–1921) led to a period of great economic difficulties in Russia. The New Economic Policy was the solution, and concessions offered to Western business interests were a part of it. In the timber industry of the 1920s, the jointly Western and Soviet controlled company Russnorvegoles was an important concession. The majority of the Western interests were Norwegian, and the company was registered as a Norwegian limited liability company with seat in Oslo. The four-and-a-half-year history, involving Western interests in the operations of Russnorvegoles, is both interesting and dramatic. Profitability was undermined, and intricate currency arrangements played a significant role during the last eighteen months in which Western interests were involved. The prominent Norwegian fascist politicians Quisling and Prytz were both involved, and the latter emerged a wealthy man. Living on his means for some years following 1928, he contributed financially to the formation in 1933 of a Norwegian Nazi party (Nasjonal Samling/National Reunion). This dimension of Norwegian political history demonstrates the role that Russnorvegoles played beyond the timber industry.

Source at https://doi.org/10.17238/issn2221-2698.2018.31.109 . ; Освещение различных вопросов, связанных с российско-норвежскими отношениями, традиционно является важным для жителей обоих государств. Возможности представить новые документы и материалы, обсудить значимость многовековых добрососедских связей между Россией и Норвегией, особенно на Севере, предоставляются нечасто. И вот в конце апреля 2018 г. состоялись масштабные научные мероприятия в Никеле и в Мурманске, посвящённые именно этой теме. Так, в течение 3 дней в Никеле проходил научно-практический семинар «Россия, Норвегия и их Севера. Исторические взаимоотношения», а затем в Мурманске — международная конференция «Соседи на Крайнем Севере: исторические связи России и Норвегии». Одним из поводов проведения научных дискуссий стало представление впервые написанной совместно норвежскими и российскими учё-ыми в результате многолетнего мега-проекта в области истории (2008–2016) коллективной монографии «Сближение: Россия и Норвегия в 1814–1917 годах» (ред. Й.П. Нильсен). Книга была издана на русском языке в Москве в ноябре 2017 г. после трёхлетней работы над ней. Она стала переводом монографии, дополненной документами и фотоматериалами, об истории российско-норвежских отношений в XIX — начале XX в., которая первоначально вышла на норвежском языке в Осло (Pax Forlag AS) под названием «Russland kommer nærmere» в 2014 г. ; English abstract The coverage of various issues related to the Russian-Norwegian relations has always been important for the residents of both countries. Opportunities to present new documents and materials, to discuss the importance of centuries-old good neighborly relations between Russia and Norway, especially in the North, are not provided often. At the end of April 2018, large-scale scholarly events, devoted specifically to this topic, took place in Nikel and Murmansk. So, a scientific-practical seminar "Russia, Norway and the North. Historical relations" was held in Nikel on April 25 and on the next day in Murmansk the international conference "Neighbors in the Far North: historical ties between Russia and Norway" took place. One of the reasons for these measures was the presentation of the collective monograph "Getting closer: Russia and Norway 1814–1917". The book was written jointly by Norwegian and Russian historians within the framework of a long-lasting historical megaproject (2008–2015) (led by J.P. Nielsen, AHR, UIT-The Arctic University of Norway). In November 2017 the book was published in Russian in Moscow by the "Ves' Mir" publishing house after three years of preparation. It is the translation of a monograph, richly illustrated, about the history of Russian-Norwegian relations in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, originally published in Norwegian by the Pax Forlag AS, Oslo under the title "Russland kommer nærmere" in 2014.