Pomoresia

A map of the Easwegian Svalbard Isles, with Pomoresia visible in the northeast

Pomoresia; Ru: Помо́резия; is a municipality in northeastern Easwegian Svalbard Isles. Established on 24 May 2020 with the incorporation of Hopen, it additionally contains the Thousand Islands and Ryke Yse Islands federal reserves. It is led since 25 November 2023 by Syri vi Ezerrye and is one of the four municipalities that make up the free common realm. The municipality is grouped together with the Common Sailors National Park to form the Pomoresian assembly area, led since 17 January 2022 by Demitrou Chostacovitch. Pomoresia is located in the arctic Barents Sea and borders Spitsbergen and other major outlying islands to its northwest. To its south is Bear Island, another Easwegian-controlled area.

Etymology

Pomoresia is named after the Pomors (Russian: помо́ры, lit. 'seasiders', Russian pronunciation: [pɐˈmorɨ]), an ethnic group who descend from Russian travellers, originally settling by the White Sea and who were among the first to travel throughout Svalbard. They speak a dialect known as Pomors, which is recognised as an official language in Easway. The second component of Pomoresia stems from Greek nesos (νῆσος), altogether meaning 'Pomor Islands.'

Before the 31 January 2024 Biarmian Declaration, the municipality was known as Maritime Hopen, and the united assembly area, then a commonwealth, was known as the Pomors Frontier. Other names were also historically used, including Hopen, the Pomors-Hopen Isles, and the Pomors Strait.

The term 'Pomoresian' may also be used in general to refer to the islands associated with the Pomors, such as those in the White Sea of the Pomors Frontier. Pomoresia, or the Pomors Isles, was a historical term used to refer to Easwegian Svalbard Isles and is sometimes casually referred to today as the 'Pomoresian Expanse.'