Planting Trees in Unsuitable Places: Russian Steppe Forestry, 1696-1850

David Gerard Moon

Planting Trees in Unsuitable Places: Russian Steppe Forestry, 1696-1850

History, Philosophy and Religious Studies Department

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Abstract

Why, in the wake of the Russian annexation of the western Eurasian steppe, did the Russian imperial authorities and the settlers they sponsored insist on and persist in planting trees in the region in spite of the unsuitable environment?

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Eurasian Environments:
Subtitle of host publication	Nature and Ecology in Imperial Russian and Soviet History
Editors	Nicholas Breyfogle
Place of Publication	Pittsburgh, PA
Publisher	University of Pittsburgh Press
Chapter	2
Pages	23-42
ISBN (Print)	9780822965633
Publication status	Published - Nov 1 2018

Keywords

Russian Empire
steppes
trees
aforestation
environmental history
Eurasia

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