Nikolai Nikolaevich Filatov is a Corresponding Fellow of the Russian Academy of Sciences, geographer, oceanologist, and hydrologist widely known in Russia as well as abroad.
After graduating from the Faculty of Geography of the Leningrad State University in 1971, Nikolai Filatov worked for 17 years at the Institute of Limnology of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1988, he headed the Water Problems Department of the Karelian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1991-2013, he organized and was the first director of the Northern Water Problems Institute (NWPI) of the Karelian Research Center RAS. Five years later he returned to this position.
Nowadays, Nikolai Nikolaevich Filatov is a Principal Researcher at NWPI KarRC RAS and Advisor to the Director General of the Karelian Research Center RAS.
Nikolai Nikolaevich is one of Russia's leading specialists in integrated studies of inland water bodies and marine coastal zones. In 2021, the scientist was awarded the Gold Medal named after F.P. Litke for his research on the impact of climate change on large lakes and seas of North Eurasia.
The oceanologist's studies have high basic science value and are of practical use. He participated in developing solutions to the problems of preserving the resources of lakes Ladoga and Onego at the stage of designing hydraulic engineering facilities – diversion head works and spillways, in designing the dam - facilities in the Gulf of Finland that protect St. Petersburg from floods. The results of his work have been taken into account when dealing with the problems caused by the sharp decline in the level of Lake Sevan in Armenia and the Caspian Sea. Today, the results of NWPI KarRC RAS studies are essential when determining permissible anthropogenic loads on lakes and the White Sea.
Nikolai Filatov is the author of more than 600 scientific papers. They are based on the data collected through in situ experiments on various lakes, storage reservoirs, seas and the ocean using contact and remote sensing methods, as well as mathematical modeling. The catalogs, reference books, atlases prepared under the scientist's supervision are in demand not only in the scientific community, but also among a wide readership. One such book is the first Atlas of Karelia.
The scientist has always used the latest techniques: he was among the first in Russian geography to use GIS techniques and aerial and satellite remote sensing tools. The researcher is a staunch proponent of innovative approaches, including application of AI theory methods, systems analysis of complex ecological-socio-economic processes.
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April 9, 2025
This April 9 is the anniversary of Nikolai Filatov, Corresponding Fellow of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Geography. We congratulate Nikolai Nikolaevich on his 80th anniversary and wish him vigor, sound health and new achievements in science!
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April 15, 2025
April 15th is the anniversary of Nina Nemova, RAS Academician, Research Area Leader at KarRC RAS. We cordially congratulate Nina Nikolaevna and with her health, longevity, and vigor! May your experience, wisdom and inexhaustible optimism continue to inspire yourself and your colleagues to new scientific discoveries!
April 11, 2025
The scientific approach to help provide the Karelian market with locally produced potatoes more efficiently
KarRC RAS scientists are working on a technology to ensure continuous supply of locally produced potatoes to the regional market. It is a pipeline of industrial-scale production of potatoes of different cultivars with different ripening dates. To this end, specialists of Vilga Agrotechnology Laboratory studied the released and introduced cultivars with high yield, marketability, average weight per tuber and determined the ones most suitable for our region.
KarRC RAS scientists are working on a technology to ensure continuous supply of locally produced potatoes to the regional market. It is a pipeline of industrial-scale production of potatoes of different cultivars with different ripening dates. To this end, specialists of Vilga Agrotechnology Laboratory studied the released and introduced cultivars with high yield, marketability, average weight per tuber and determined the ones most suitable for our region.
April 10, 2025
Participants of the Winter Hands-on School in Limnology to assess water quality in lakes of the Kosmuksha area
Northern Water Problems Institute KarRC RAS is holding a Winter Hand-on School in Limnology. From April 6 to 11, lake-science beginners from Petrozavodsk and St. Petersburg and school teachers study the theoretical basics and get practical skills of research on the ice of lakes Kamennoye and Kontokki in the Kostomuksha Nature Reserve.
Northern Water Problems Institute KarRC RAS is holding a Winter Hand-on School in Limnology. From April 6 to 11, lake-science beginners from Petrozavodsk and St. Petersburg and school teachers study the theoretical basics and get practical skills of research on the ice of lakes Kamennoye and Kontokki in the Kostomuksha Nature Reserve.
April 9, 2025
Marathon of Letters from the Frontlines written in Karelian and Vepsian continues
The Institute of Linguistics, Literature and History KarRC RAS continues collecting letters from/to the frontlines written in Karelian and Vepsian, stored in family archives, within the Marathon “Hengen vägi muaman kieles” - “Fortitude in the Native Tongue”. The campaign is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the Year of the Defender of the Fatherland and the International Decade of Indigenous Languages. Contributors are welcome to share their archival letters until April 15.
The Institute of Linguistics, Literature and History KarRC RAS continues collecting letters from/to the frontlines written in Karelian and Vepsian, stored in family archives, within the Marathon “Hengen vägi muaman kieles” - “Fortitude in the Native Tongue”. The campaign is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the Year of the Defender of the Fatherland and the International Decade of Indigenous Languages. Contributors are welcome to share their archival letters until April 15.