Forming of management of nature traditions in Russia: history and the present

Abstract

In this article the short sketch of development of environ-mental management and environmental protection in Russia of XIII – the first half of the 20th centuries is given. Special attention is paid to the influence of geographical, environmental conditions the management of nature. Physiographic conditions considerably determined the administrative-territorial division of Russia in the XIII-XV centuries; the extensive territory allowed develop a long time extensive agriculture; the Russian way of colonization of new lands was also created considerably under the influence of an environment. The natural factor brought to life such tradition of environmental management activities as the wasteful attitude towards the natural wealth that negatively affected economic development of the country and the ecological situation. On the contrary, the tradition of the state intervention in all spheres of life of the Russian society in the case of environmental relations proved as exclusively positive. In this article the most significant state documents regulating the use of natural resources and environmental protection in Russia and the USSR are noted (XV – the first half of the 20th century).