DESERT SPECIES IN THE REGION AS INDICATORS OF DESERTIFICATION

Author(s):  
Elena Artemieva ◽  

The distribution of desert species of plants and animals in the Ulyanovsk region (Middle Volga region) is associated with two main reasons: native origin and penetration (entry) from arid and semiarid regions. Deserted species of indigenous origin, as a rule, are located on the northern border of the range and move north along similar biotopes - salt marshes, saline steppe areas, arid steppes with elements of semi-deserts, etc. Most of these species are rare and are listed in the regional Red Book. Intertile desert species are often occupied by ruderal biotopes - silver goof, tamarix, etc. In general, in the biota of the Ulyanovsk region, desert species account for about 5%.

Ekosistemy ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 43-62
Author(s):  
S. V. Saksonov ◽  
V. M. Vasjukov ◽  
S. A. Senator

Grasses one of the largest families of higher plants, including about 12000 species from 950 genera. The paper presents up-to-date information about the taxonomic composition, geographical distribution and habitat conditions of cereals in the South of the Middle Volga region (within the Penza, Samara and Ulyanovsk regions). studies of Grasses were conducted throughout the southern Middle Volga region, and herbarium collections stored in LE, MOSP, MW, PKM, PVB, etc. were also studied. Agrostology the South of the Middle Volga region are 72 genera (including 2 nothogenera) and 221 species (including 5 nothospecies). In the flora of the Southern Middle Volga region, 20 rare species of Grasses, of which 5 species are included in the Red book of the Russian Federation (2008): Koeleria sclerophylla, Stipa dasyphylla, S. pennata, S. pulcherrima, S. zalesskii; 14 species – in the Red book of the Penza region (2013): Drymochloa sylvatica, Festuca wolgensis, Helictotrichon desertorum, Melica transsilvanica, Scolochloa festucacea, Stipa borysthenica, S. dasyphylla, S. lessingiana, S. pennata, S. pulcherrima, S. sareptana, S. tirsa, S. zalesskii, Trisetum sibiricum; 18 species – in the Red book of the Samara region (2017): Avenula pubescens, Bromopsis benekenii, Catabrosella humilis, Cinna latifolia, Cleistogenes squarrosa, Drymochloa sylvatica, Elytrigia pruinifera, Helictotrichon schellianum, Koeleria sclerophylla, Pholiurus pannonicus, Poa saksonovii, Psathyrostachys juncea, Stipa dasyphylla, S. korshinskyi, S. pennata, S. pulcherrima, S. tirsa, S. zalesskii; 18 species – in the Red book of the Ulyanovsk region (2015): Catabrosella humilis, Cleistogenes squarrosa, Drymochloa sylvatica, Festuca cretacea, F. wolgensis, Helictotrichon desertorum, Koeleria sclerophylla, Leymus ramosus, Nardus stricta, Psathyrostachys juncea, Stipa borysthenica, S. dasyphylla, S. korshinskyi, S. lessingiana, S. pennata, S. pulcherrima, S. tirsa, S. zalesskii. Only Poa saksonovii is endemic to the South of the Middle Volga region; 5 types of Grasses are described from the study area: Festuca wolgensis, Koeleria sclerophylla, K. transvolgensis, Leymus paboanus, Poa saksonovii.


2020 ◽  
pp. 384-400
Author(s):  
R. A. Mukhamedov ◽  
A. G. Pashkin

The article is devoted to the analysis of the main directions and specifics of the activities of state bodies and public organizations of the Middle Volga region in the fight against children homelessness in 1941-1945. At the present stage of Russia’s development, the government and society are paying considerable attention to eliminating crime and preventing deviant behavior among minors, which in turn strengthens the urgency of the problem. The authors introduce into the scientific circulation previously unavailable documents of the State Archive of the Ulyanovsk Region, the State Archive of Recent History of the Ulyanovsk Region, the Samara Regional State Archive of Socio-Political History. The reasons for the development of homelessness, its scope are analyzed in detail in the article, and also the key areas of activity of the internal affairs bodies are considered. It is proved that in the initial period of the Great Patriotic War in the territory of the Middle Volga region a number of factors were recorded that contributed to the criminalization of minors: significant population migration, unstable work of railway and water transport, the termination of educational institutions, an increase in the number of street and street children. It is shown that the answer to the challenge was the development of a method for combating juvenile crime, based on the close interaction of law enforcement, educational bodies and public organizations. It is alleged that the use of new methods has partially reduced the impact of negative trends and, consequently, improved the criminal situation among minors.


Author(s):  
Tatiana A. Kotlyakova ◽  
Olesya V. Kareva

Relevance and expediency: the study analyzes one of the aspects of the urgent and complex problem of modern preschool education – the development of the environmental orientation of the personality of a preschool child. Purpose of the study: to present the substantiation of the problem of the development of the ecological orientation of the personality of preschool students, the proposed methods for solving this problem through artistic and aesthetic children’s activities and the results of testing the effectiveness of the proposed methods. The leading method for the study of the problem: the proposed ecological and artistic projects are, on the one hand, part of the theoretical basis of the problem under consideration, and on the other hand, a practical example of its solution based on the organization of the process of developing an understanding of the natural world in the process of artistic aesthetic activity of preschool students on the example of familiarization with the animals of the Red Book of the Middle Volga region. Results: revealed, substantiated and experimentally tested the pedagogical conditions for organizing the process of developing an understanding of the world of nature in the process of artistic and aesthetic activity of preschool students on the example of familiarization with the animals of the Red Book of the Middle Volga region. Ecological and artistic projects of the corresponding content are developed. Practical and theoretical significance of the results obtained: the results of our work are an important addition to federal and regional programs for the moral and aesthetic development of preschool children, implemented in preschool educational organizations. The use of integrated forms of the pedagogical process (projects) for acquaintance and the development of a value attitude towards rare animals of their native land (for example, animals included in the Red Book of the Ulyanovsk Region) will optimally implement the tasks of comprehensive education of children.


Author(s):  
R.I. Malikov ◽  

The fate of Nurgali Khasanov, the distinguished Muslim theologian of the Middle Volga region, sheikh, and akhund, was discussed. His life path, full of not only bright events, tireless work, recognition and fame, but also of ordeals and grief, was reconstructed on the basis of the work “Grateful Feelings of Bright Journeys” dedicated to pilgrimage, his autobiographical collection “58 Years of Travel in One Century”, as well as using the materials from the foundation of the Simbirsk provincial government, the Simbirsk provincial gendarmerie department, the State Archive of the Ulyanovsk Region, the Tatar newspapers (“Koyash”, “Yoldyz”, “Azad”, “Өlfәt”), and the “Mәglүmat” magazine. The events described cover the period of life of the theologian from 1852 up to 1919. The study is highly relevant, because the personality of Nurgali Khasanov has been insufficiently investigated in Russian historiography. The strengths of his character, tolerance for ordeals, and wisdom were shown. With the help of the biographical description of his outstanding personality, it seems possible to perceive the historical processes of that time, to understand the difficulties encountered by Muslim religious figures and theologians of the Middle Volga region during the late 19th–early 20th centuries.


Author(s):  
Maxim A. Korolkov ◽  
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Elena A. Artemieva ◽  
Lyubov V. Malovichko ◽  
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The conditions and characteristics of the nutrition of the golden bee-eater Meropsapiaster Linnaeus, 1758 (Coraciiformes, Meropidae) were studied in the conditions of forest-steppe landscapes of the Ulyanovsk region (Middle Volga region) during 2007–2019. The choice and preferences of the nest-suitable biotopes of the golden bee-eater are determined by the mechanical and geochemical composition of the soil - burrowing birds and sclerophiles, which include the golden-bee-eater, prefer dense and rather heavy soil for establishing nesting holes in the forest-steppe landscapes of the Ulyanovsk Region. Analysis of feed objects indicates, on the one hand, the low specificity of their choice, and on the other hand, the pronounced features of eating behavior and the choice of insect prey, which will ultimately determine the food preferences of birds.


Author(s):  
Tatyana M. Guseva

The article deals with not well studied problem of the class societies’ participation in the development of librarianship in the chief towns of the Middle Volga Region. In the second half of the 19th century the initiative of libraries’ opening often come from the citizens. They created the trustee committees, whose members served the librarianship for free, donated books, money, and actively participated in the organizing of charitable performances.


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