Northern delivery
The Northern delivery (Russian: северный завоз, romanized: severny zavoz) is a set of annual measures to provide the population of the Russian Far North with basic goods (primarily food and fuel) for long and harsh polar winter.[1]
Northern delivery as a phenomenon is due to three reasons:
- Absence of its own production base for most industrial and agricultural products in the Far North
- Remoteness of the main industrial areas by thousands of kilometers, which makes it difficult and expensive for private entities to deliver goods even in the summer
- Complete absence of roads and railways in most regions of the Far North.[1]
In these conditions, the only possible is the centralized purchase and transportation of goods from the southern and central Russia to the Far North, which is a responsibility of the federal government. Delivery is carried out mainly by air, as well as river and sea, including the Northern Sea Route.[1]
Today, 70% of cargo delivered by the program is fuel.[2] Northern delivery is carried out in 25 regions of Russia. The main volume of supplies falls on four regions: Yakutia, Chukotka, Magadan Oblast and north of Krasnoyarsk Krai with a total population of about three million inhabitants.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Что такое «северный завоз» и почему в этом году он был сорван?" [What is the “northern delivery” and why was it failed this year?]. Argumenty i Fakty (in Russian). 2013-11-05.
- ^ "Виктор Новожилов: Северный завоз необходимо поддерживать на государственном уровне" [Viktor Novozhilov: Northern delivery must be supported at the state level]. region29.ru (in Russian). 2021-10-14.
- ^ "Эксперты: северный завоз грузов нуждается в федеральной поддержке и логистических центрах" [Experts: Northern delivery needs federal support and logistics centers]. TASS (in Russian). 2021-10-13.