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P re fa c e and Latin bird species names. Jan-Petter Huberth-Hansen from Norwegian Environment Agency, Trondheim, helped in making contact with University Museum of Bergen where the original manuscript and a part of Schaanning’s collections are kept. The museum director Christoffer Schander and the man ager of natural history department Kari Hjelle kindly sent a written consent to Russian reprint of the book. The authors also express their gratitude to Varanger Museum (Vard 0 ) for pictures granted for this publication. Angelina Zakoldaeva, deputy director on research and ecological enlight enment (Meschersky National Park) and Elena Fionina, evolutionary ecology laboratory researcher (Ryazan State University named a fte r S. Esenin) have rendered a significant assistance to adopt the Russian translation and to work on the book manuscript. The book is one of outcomes of the project «Our Arctic Biological, Cultural, and Geological Heritage» (КО 368) ENPI CBC Programme and its publication is funded by the project w ith financial support by OJSC «Kolskaya Mining Company». We hope th a t the book will be useful not only to ornithologists bu t also to a wide range of researchers. Thanks to Schaanning’s work, we have a solid foundation for comparison and conclusions on changes in the environment and understanding of the natural processes and phenomena. Birds are a unique group of large observable objects noticeably reflecting the ecosystem’s in terre lations in the changing natural conditions. This makes it so important to show what changes have happened to this group of animals over the latest century. We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to everybody who partici pated and assisted in this publication. Authors Rajakoski - Murmansk - Ryazan - Kirkenes - Nikel, 2013 142