History of the russian zapovedniks
1895-1995

Feliks Shtilmark

Translated from Russia
by G.H.Harper

The author has spent most of his professional life working in this unique system of nature reserves. He describes the ideas behind the system, and charts the successes and failures in implementing those ideas over a century.

The book will interest not only ecologists, conservationists and politicians concerned with understanding and managing the biosphere, but also students of Russian and Soviet history.

CONTENTS

  • Illustrations
  • Translator's Note
  • Publisher's Note
  • From the Author
  • Introduction: Zapovednost & Literature Review

  • 1: 1895-1917 Zapovedniks in the Russian Empire
  • 2: 1918-1925 The Lenin Period
  • 3: 1926-1933 Compromise or Capitulation?
  • 4: 1934-1940 Zapovedny Management Takes Off
  • 5: 1941-1945 The War Years
  • 6: 1946-1951 'With Particular Knds in View'
  • 7: 1952-1960 Zapovedny Game Farms
  • 8: 1961-1969 Ministries Compete
  • 9: 1970-1976 Time of Searching and Hope
  • 10: 1977-1985 The Child has grown out of its Clothes'
  • 11: 1986-1991 Quantity & Quality
  • 12: 1992-1995 zapovedniks at a New Threshold
  • 13: In Retrospect
  • 14: Like a Phoenix from the Ashes

  • Appendices
  • References
  • Notes
  • Index
  • The author

ILLUSTRATIONS

MAPS

  • Commonwealth of Independent States
  • European Russia
  • Vegetation zones

PORTRAITS

  • V.V.Alckhin
  • I.P.Borodin
  • V.V.Dokuchayev
  • F.KFalts-Feyn
  • L.G.Kaplanov
  • G.A.Kozhevnikov
  • O.B.Lepeshinskaya
  • T.D.Lvsenko
  • V.N.Makarov
  • A.V.Malinovski
  • I.V.Michurin
  • G.F.Moroxov
  • N.N.Podyapolski
  • l.I.Prezent
  • I.I.Puxanov
  • K.G.Shaposhnikov
  • A.P.Semenov-Tyan-Shanski
  • F.F.Shillinger
  • F.R.Shtilmark
  • P.G.Smidovich
  • V.B.Stepanitski
  • V.N.Sukachev
  • E.E.Syroechkovski
  • V.I.Taliyev
  • V.I.Vernadski

DIAGRAMS

  • Fig. 1 Vegetation zones
  • Fig.2 Steppe zones
  • Fig.3 Taiga
  • Fig.4 Transformation of Nature

SCRNERY

  • birch forest
  • bog
  • forest-steppe
  • forest-tundra
  • oak forest
  • steppe
  • taiga
  • tundra
  • Lake Baykal
  • Caspian shore
  • Caucasus
  • Kamchatka
  • Kuril Islands
  • Lake Ladoga
  • River Lena
  • Volga delta
  • White Sea

Published in 2003 by Russian Nature Press 19/3 Warriston Road Edinburgh FJ17 4HN, United Kingdom

Translation, maps, drawings and unattribufed notes © G.H.Harper 2003
List of References © D F.R.Shtilmark 1996

Website: www.rusnatpress.org.uk