Between water pollution and protection in the Soviet Union, mid-1950s–1960s: Lake Baikal and River Vuoksi

Water History ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 223-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Kochetkova
2015 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Bellamy Foster

Soviet ecology presents us with an extraordinary set of historical ironies. On the one hand, the USSR in the 1930s and '40s violently purged many of its leading ecological thinkers and seriously degraded its environment in the quest for rapid industrial expansion. The end result has often been described as a kind of "ecocide," symbolized by the Chernobyl nuclear accident, the assault on Lake Baikal, and the drying up of the Aral Sea, as well as extremely high levels of air and water pollution. On the other hand, the Soviet Union developed some of the world's most dialectical contributions to ecology, revolutionizing science in fields such as climatology, while also introducing pioneering forms of conservation. Aside from its famous <em>zapovedniki</em>, or nature reserves for scientific research, it sought to preserve and even to expand its forests.<p class="mrlink"><p class="mrpurchaselink"><a href="http://monthlyreview.org/index/volume-67-number-2" title="Vol. 67, No. 2: June 2015" target="_self">Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the <em>Monthly Review</em> website.</a></p>


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bato Dondukov ◽  
Oyuna Dorzhigushaeva ◽  
Galina Dondukova

Buddhism and Urbanism in Post-Soviet BuryatiaWith the collapse of the Soviet Union the traditionally Buddhist regions of Russia, including the Republic of Buryatia, experienced the revival of religion. Along with the traditional Gelug school of Mahayana Buddhism existing on the territories around Lake Baikal for more than three hundred years, the globalized model of Buddhism started to spread quickly in Buryatia in the 1990s. Tibetan Buddhist teachers started to establish new Buddhist organizations in Buryatia and thus to transform the urban landscape of Ulan-Ude, the capital of the republic. The article traces how global and local Buddhist organizations become represented in the urban landscape of Ulan-Ude and considers the anti-urban position of Khambo Lama Damba Ayusheev. Зүблэлтэ үеын удаадахи Буряадай Буддизм ба хотожолтоЗүблэлтэ гүрэнэй задаран унаhаар Росси уласай уламжлалта буддын шажанта орон нютагууд, энээнэй дотор Буряад Улас, шажинаа дахин hэргээжэ эхилhэн түүхэтэй. Гурбан зуу гаран жэлэй туршада Байгал нуур оршомой нютаг дэбисхэр дээрэ оршон тогтожо байhан Махаяна буддизмын уламжлалта Гэлэгба hургуулиин гадна, 1990-ээд онhоо Буряад нютагуудта бурхан шажанай даяаршаhан загбар хурдан таража эхилбэ. Түбэдэй бурхан шажанай багшанар Буряад нютагуудта буддын шажанай шэнэ эмхинүүдые байгуулган, Буряад уласай Улаан-Үдэ нийслэлэй хото h уурин дүрсые хубилгажа эхилбэ. Энэ үгүүлэл дэлхэйн болон орон нютагай буддын шажанай эмхинүүдэй Улаан-Үдэ хотодо хэрхэн түлөөлэгдэжэ байhание харуулhан ба Хамбо лама Дамба Аюшеевын хотожохо ябадалые бууруушаhан hанамжыень абажа үзэнэ.Buddyzm a urbanistyka w poradzieckiej BuriacjiWraz z upadkiem Związku Radzieckiego w tradycyjnie buddyjskich regionach Rosji, w tym w Republice Buriacji, zaczyna się proces odrodzenia religijnego. Wraz z tradycyjną szkołą gelug buddyzmu mahajany, funkcjonującej na terytoriach wokół jeziora Bajkał od ponad trzystu lat, w Buriacji rozprzestrzenia się nowy zglobalizowany model buddyzmu. Tybetańscy nauczyciele buddyjscy w okresie poradzieckim zaczęli zakładać nowe organizacje buddyjskie i przekształcać w ten sposób miejski krajobraz stolicy republiki, Ułan-Ude. Autorzy artykułu stawiają pytanie, w jaki sposób globalne i lokalne organizacje buddyjskie są reprezentowane w miejskim krajobrazie Ułan-Ude, oraz rozważają antyurbanistyczne stanowisko Khambo Lamy Damby Ayusheeva. 


1969 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 516-516
Author(s):  
Morton Deutsch

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