ABSTRACT
This chapter analyzes the transformations that have taken place in the nature management institutions of Pomor fishing villages on the Onega Peninsula of the White Sea. The historical territory of Pomorie comprises territories of Russian North in the Onega, Dvina, Sukhona, Mezen, Pechora, Kama and Vyatka river basins, which have a specific culture. The Pomor cultural-ethnic group is identified on the basis of the territory they live in and traditional economic practices such as deep-sea and costal fishing, seal hunting, river and lake fishing and forest hunting. The territory of Pomorie came into being over several centuries. Officially, Pomorie had formed by the sixteenth century, comprising territories in the Dvina, Sukhona, Mezen, Pechora, Kama and Vyatka river basins. The opportunity to export lumber and lumber products all year round is very significant. But the volume of timber harvested by the collective farms is 10-20 times less than that produced by timber companies in the Arkhangel'sk Region.
