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ANCORIDGE (Alaska), Aug 28 - RIA Novosti. The Mayor of Anchorage, Ethan Berkowitz, told RIA Novosti that he wants to find a horse and bind it to serge in a traditional way, a ritual pole from Yakutia, which was established in his city as a sign of good-neighborliness between Russia and the United States and is called the "Totem of Friendship."
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August 22, 2018, Executive Director of the Northern Forum Mikhail Pogodaev held a meeting with the head of the Helsinki City Education Department Liisa Pohjolainen, the principal of Ressu IB World School Ari Huovinen, and the senior lecturer of the Ressu Oksana Mustonen.
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August 22, 2018, the August meeting of educators of the Sakha Republic "New Education in Yakutia" that held every year, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) gathered a round table to discuss around the main theme "Integration with the World educational space".
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Carvers from Yakutsk in Siberia put the finishing touches on the base of a totem pole they carved as a symbol of friendship between Russia and Alaska. (Matt Tunseth/ADN)
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33 uniquely crafted paintings by Julia and Eugene Porotovs are represented at the National Art Museum (NAM) of Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Although, visitors have already been acquainted with the creativity of artists at the opening of the “Days of Dolgan Culture” in the State Assembly (Il Tumen) a few months ago, the outstanding beauty and craft of artists are getting popular and popular.
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On August 1, 2018, the National Art Museum of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is opening the exhibition “Djonum esterun kosoonnoro” (from Dolgan language to English “My family’s proverbs”) by young artists Julia and Eugene Porotovs.
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Melting the Ice Curtain, written by American journalist and author David Ramseur, is published in Russian for the first time. Author is giving book presentation tour in cities, where the events, that unfold throughout the book, took place.
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JULY 11, Natalia Slugina, Head of Chukotka International Relations Department, NF Regional Coordinator, visited Yakutsk to discuss opportunities for strengthening cooperation between Chukotka and Sakha Republic (Yakutia), including Chukotka's engagement in the Northern Forum activities.
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During opening ceremony of International Oblas Rowing Competitions for the Ugra Governor`s Cup held in Nefteyugansky district, Governor of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug Natalya Komarova received a medal named after Walter Hickel - a founder of the Northern Forum.
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Ethnosport World Society (EWS), Northern Forum, UgraMegaSport and Save Ugra public organization signed a Memorandum of Understanding and agreed to jointly promote the preservation, development, and popularization of traditional games and ethnosport as an integral part of the intangible cultural heritage, to support each other, and to render assistance in creating a platform for information and knowledge exchange in these fields.
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17-18 MAY 2018, NF Chair - Acting Governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug Alexander Tsybulsky held a meeting with NF Executive Director Mikhail Pogodaev to discuss following issues:
- Regional Coordinators Committee meeting in Naryan-Mar in November 2018;
- Meeting of the Northern Forum Working Group on Health in the North and Social Issues;
- Barents Euro-Arctic Council (BEAC);
- Membership;
- Meeting of the Arctic Council Senior Arctic Officials (SAO);
- Status of Lapland in the Northern Forum.