INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ON THE ISLAND OF SVALBARD: THE FACTS OF HISTORY AND MYTH OF FICTION (THROUGH THE PAGES OF THE BOOK BY FLØGSTAD «PYRAMID»)

This article analyzes a book by modern Norwegian writer H. Fløgstad "Pyramid" in the context of the history of Russian-Norwegian cooperation on the island of Spitsbergen in the late XX - early XXI century. Reflecting on the specifics of international relations, socio-political and economic projects implemented in the territory of the archipelago, Fløgstad creates a mythological picture of the world of the North, which in the same row are mining village Pyramid and ancient Egyptian pyramids, the mine and the Earth goddess Pachamama. Fløgstad analyzes and dispels the myth about the economy of socialism and of the Soviet state, a shining example of the policy of which was life in the village. The writer believes that the Russian-Norwegian cooperation in this area in the field of mining industry unpromising. H. Fløgstad described the village Pyramid as a "majestic tomb of the industrial use of the land resources", the area where, according to the eternal and universal laws of life, the northern nature triumphs over the man-made world of man, and international co-operation can only develop in the field of environmental protection and tourism. Of course, fiction is not a source of scientific information and not intended to be an objective analysis of facts and events, but it shapes the reader's consciousness is shaped by, the emotional impact on him, and consciousness, in turn, determines behavior. Given that Svalbard - the territory of strategic importance both for Russia and for Norway, the ever-increasing world interest in the Arctic zone, the formation of certain representations, including in fiction, cannot remain on the status of the presence of Russia and Norway in this region without attention.