This collection presents the scientific materials of an international scientific conference dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the arrival of the first allied convoy Dervish in Arkhangelsk, which marked the beginning of large-scale convoy operations for the supply of strategic cargo for the USSR during the Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945. Special attention is paid to the problems of the history and historiography of Lend-Lease and northern sea convoys. The importance of Arctic convoys was noted not only in the delivery of military goods, but also the role of convoys in achieving the strategic initiative of the Allies in the Anti-Hitler coalition in the war at sea, in organizing cooperation between the military and transport fleets of different countries.