Abstract
In 1892, in the wake of the drought, harvest failure and famine in the steppe region of the
Russian Empire, the noted soil scientist Vasilii Dokuchaev was commissioned by the Ministry
of State Domains of the Imperial Russian government to lead an expedition to the steppes to
investigate ways of placing agriculture in the region on a more sustainable basis. The paper will
consider Dokuchaev's plan drawn up in 1892, the work of the expedition, and the development
of his ideas of sustainable agriculture. The paper will be based on Dokuchaev's extensive
published works, the publications of the expedition and, Russian archives permitting, the files of
the Ministry of State Domains.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 47-50 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |
| Event | Third International Conference of the European Society for Environmental History - Florence, Italy Duration: 16 Feb 2005 → 19 Feb 2005 |
Conference
| Conference | Third International Conference of the European Society for Environmental History |
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| City | Florence, Italy |
| Period | 16/02/05 → 19/02/05 |
Keywords
- russian steppes
- russian history
- 19th century