Abstract
The paper addresses the strategy of development of marine medicine according to one of the six principal directions of the National Naval policy of Russia, which is the Arctic direction related to eight subjects of the Russian Federation, i.e., Murmansk Oblast, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Chukchi Autonomoius Okrug, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Sakha (Yakut) Republic, and Krasnoyarsk Region, and also islands in the Arctic Ocean. These territories altogether amount to almost one fifth of the whole area of the Russian Federation, and its population is 2.3 million making about 52% of the total arctic population in the world. The health characteristics of the arctic population of Russia and the factors that influence them are discussed. The priorities of developing marine medicine in the coastal arctic subjects of the Russian Federation are outlined.
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