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Annotation

New data on the tectonics of the White Sea and Barents Sea (Spitsbergen) are given. According to these data the White Sea paleorift system stretching along the north-eastern edge of the East-European platform consists of four sub parallel rift zones such as Onega-Kandalaksha, Keretsk-Pinega, Chapoma-Leshukon and Ponoi-Mezen separated by the Arhangelsk, Tovsk and Kuloi-Mezen benches of the crystal foundation respectively. The Chapoma graben situated on the south-eastern part of the Kola Peninsula is a north-western fragment of the Leshu kon paleorift which is confirmed by the graben extension in the Gorlo-strait of the White Sea revealed by seismic profiling. Echelon position of the troughs of the Chapoma-Leshukon paleorift and their form close to pull-apart imply their laying and development under transtension conditions with elements of the right-side shear along the steep north-eastern edges of the grabens which conform best of all to the action of external forces, i.e. to passive rifting.