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Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic

Russian government ministry

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Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ4294276 ↗
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The Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic (Russian: Министерство Российской Федерации по развитию Дальнего Востока и Арктики) is a ministry of the Government of Russia responsible for the economic and social development of the Russian Far East and Russian Arctic.

The Ministry for Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic was established on 21 May 2012 by the First Medvedev Cabinet. It was known as the Ministry for Development of the Russian Far East until 26 February 2019.

Aleksey Chekunkov has served as the Minister of the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic since 10 November 2020.

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The public source identifies “Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic” as russian government ministry. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ministry, Development and Russian.

Editorial reviewMost valuable as an event-and-institution map that identifies actors, dates and record creators for deeper historical inquiry. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2012, 2019, 2020—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2012-05-21. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Ministry, Development and Russian providing the first useful test.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4294276. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2012, 2019 and 2020.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.