State institution
"Republican Center for Polar Research"
"Republican Center for Polar Research"
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History of the creation of the center
The state institution «Republican center of polar studies» was created on September 25, 2007. on the basis of the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus 1211 «On the establishment of the state institution «Republican center of polar studies» under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of Belarus.
In June 2014, the Republican Center for Polar Studies became part of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and is attached to the Department of Chemistry and Earth Sciences.
In different years, the heads of the center were Oleg Anatolyevich Smurchkov (2007-2009), Vladimir Ivanovich Filionov (2011-2013), Oleg Viktorovich Sinytin (2014-2016), Igor Mikhailovich Pilshnikov (2016-2019). Since December 2019, the head of the center is Vladimir A. Ryzhikov.
The main purpose of the state institution «Republican Center for Polar Studies» is to organize and conduct complex scientific research expeditions, Development of national polar infrastructure and enhancement of scientific research in the polar regions of the Earth to consolidate geopolitical, economic and scientific interests of the Republic of Belarus in these regions of the planet.
The main tasks of the Center:
- preparation and implementation of state and international programmes in the field of research and use of the Earth’s polar regions;
- participation in the preparation of draft regulatory legal acts with a view to logistical, medical, social and transport-logistic support for conducting polar research and implementation by the Republic of Belarus of the obligations assumed under the Antarctic Treaty. Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, conventions, recommendations, resolutions and measures of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings;
- development and strengthening of international cooperation in the field of study of Earth’s polar regions and logistics with specialized organizations, scientific and educational institutions of foreign countries, participation in the implementation of inter-state programs and individual projects;
- organization of logistical and transport logistics support of polar research, development of instrumentation base, means of transportation and communication, life-support systems and facilities of polar infrastructure, as well as maintenance of their operability, verification, repair, prevention. modernization and timely replacement, implementation of measures in the field of occupational safety;
- organization of information provision and popularization of knowledge in the field of study of the Earth’s polar regions and preparation and holding of conferences, schools, seminars, round tables, meetings and other events on current scientific, scientific and educational, Scientific and practical issues in the study of the Earth’s polar regions;
- participation in the preparation for publication of monographs, collections, periodicals, informative scientific-popular, educational and educational-methodical publications for presentation and promotion of activities of the Republic of Belarus in the polar regions of the Earth.
Our Team
Pil'shchikov Igor Mikhailovich
Deputy Director for General Affairs and Logistics
+375 (17) 201-98-32
Gaidashov Alexey Alexandrovich
Deputy Director/Head of the Belarusian Antarctic Expedition
+375 (17) 367-90-14
Zinkevich Nikolay Vasilievich
Head of the Department of Material and Technical Supply and Procurement Organization
+375 (17) 367-90-15