City in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia

SM Pilyasov

«People who go to the North, to the Arctic with a glint in their eyes, with the energy of youth, with optimism, with a culture of optimism, they are certainly more successful than their peers who stay. Because career opportunities in the North, in the Arctic, are many times greater. This was the case in Soviet times, and it remains the case today».

 

Alexander Pelyasov,

Director General, Regional Consulting Institute, Doctor of Geography, Professor at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Working Group Members

 

Expert representatives from leading organizations and institutions

13
Total Members
2
Regions
12
Organizations
RegionFull NamePosition
1 Moscow Tatyana Menshikova Deputy Chief of Staff of the Commission of the State Council of the Russian Federation on Tourism, Physical Culture and Sports ANO Expert Coordination Center of the Commissions of the State Council of the Russian Federation
2 Moscow Natalia Volynets White Rosehip center for development of projects in the sphere of tourism, sport, education, culture and recreation
3 Moscow Leonid Gelibterman President of the International Ethnogastronomic Center
4 Moscow Alexander Zheleznyak Expert in the field of sustainable tourism of the Ecocenter "Zapovedniki"
5 Moscow Alexander Ilyin Executive Director, Chairman of the Management Board of NP Promoting Cinema and Tourism Development "KIT"
6 Moscow Valery Korovkin International Union of Tour Operators and Specially Protected Natural Areas "Arctic 21 Century"
7 Moscow Victor Kruzhalin Head of the Department of Recreational Geography and Tourism, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor
8 Moscow Ivo Peterson Head of the multimedia project "Arctic Tourism"
9 Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Irina Ryabukhina Assistant to the Governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug on Sports, Culture and Tourism Issues
10 Moscow Ludmila Safonova Member of the Technical Committee "Tourism and Related Services" (Rostourism), expert on certification of tourist services and services of accommodation facilities, expert of the state hotel classification system, expert of the Arctic Cluster of Norilsk, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor
11 Moscow Lilia Bitkulova General Director of the classification center "Stars to Hotels" LLC, expert of the state hotel classification system, member of the working group for the development of regulatory documents for the tourism industry, member of the expert group of the regulatory guillotine "Tourism", member of the CDF Expert Council
12 Moscow Elena Gadzhieva Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Geography and Tourism of the Pushkin State University of Leningrad Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Associate Professor
13 Moscow Sergey Ivanov Advisor to the President of the Russian Automobile Federation
15 Apr 2026

Today, April 15, 2026, the mobile expedition of the North-Arctic Lecture Hall (PESAL), organized by ZVEZDA LLC, arrived in Yakutsk. An official meeting of the expedition participants with representatives [ ... ]

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15 Apr 2026

On April 14, a meeting took place between the Secretariat of the Northern Forum and representatives of Heilongjiang Transportation Investment International Supply Chain Co. Ltd.

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08 Apr 2026
Lecture Event in Saskylakh

On April 7, a lecture event organised by the PESAL expedition team took place in Saskylakh.

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07 Apr 2026

On April 6, the PESAL expedition completed a major leg of its journey, reaching Yuryung-Khaya in the Anabar District. The team was warmly welcomed by the local administration — yet another meaningful [ ... ]

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07 Apr 2026
PESAL Expedition in Taimyr

The journey to Taimyr began on March 28 in Norilsk, where the team held a four-day lecture series. Over the course of four days, expedition members met with local residents, shared their experience of [ ... ]

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01 Apr 2026

A meeting took place in Yakutsk between Daryana Maksimova, Deputy Executive Director of the Northern Forum, and representatives of the Obruchev Foundation: Tatyana Sergeevna Obrucheva, Head of the Foundation [ ... ]

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Members of the Northern Forum

7th Northern Sustainable Development Forum

II half of 2026
Yakutsk, Russia

COP31 ARCTIC PAVILION

II half of 2026
Antalya, Turkey

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Regional Coordinators Committee (RCC)
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Northern Youth Forum

The Northern Forum Schools Association

The Northern Forum Schools Association an interregional association of secondary general education organizations of the Northern Forum member regions, as well as the regions interested in cooperation with the northern and Arctic regions, and is a structural subdivision of the International Organization of Northern Regions "The Northern Forum".