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• Cultural and landscape zoning in the North- West Russia

  This research was conducted in the framework of cultural geography — a relatively recent field of geography. This article considers the problems of geographical study of cultural landscapes of the North-West Russia, which includes Saint Petersburg, the Leningrad, Novgorod, Pskov, and Kaliningrad regions. This article sets out to develop and test the methodology for historical and cultural zoning at the mesogeographical level. ...

• Сultural landscapes and socio-economic conditioning of modern landscape development

  The article deals with modern concepts of cultural landscapes in Russian and foreign geography, as well as approaches to the zoning of cultural landscapes. The approaches to landscape-cultural and historical-geographical zoning considered in the article appear to be logical and scientifically substantiated; ...

• Changes in the cultural landscape of the Kaliningrad region’s periphery in the 19th/20th centuries

  This article considers the development of cultural landscapes on the agricultural periphery of the Kaliningrad region. These territories are analysed in view of historical, geographical, social, economic, and political factors. Owing to its history, the Kaliningrad region boasts a unique combination of ...

• The effect of railway network evolution on the Kaliningrad region’s landscape environment

  This article addresses methodology of modern landscape studies from the perspective of natural and man-made components of a territory. Railway infrastructure is not only an important system-building element of economic and settlement patterns; it also affects cultural landscapes. The study of cartographic ...

• Cultural landscape system zoning of the European part of Russia

  The article is devoted to the study of cultural landscape systems of the European part of Russia. The author addresses the problems of the current state of cultural landscape zoning in Russian geography and considers a vari-ant of cultural landscape zoning of the European part of Russia at different ...

• Assessing spatial and temporal changes in the landscape vulnerability in the Kaliningrad region as an element of sustainable spatial planning

  The relevance of applied regional studies aimed at solving problems of adapting the nature management and spatial planning system to the current conditions of natural landscape transformation is based on the widespread interest in this topic from Russian and international researchers. Environmental approaches, which gained currency at the legislative level elsewhere in Europe, are virtually absent in the Russian system ...

• Landscape science and landscape design

• The landscape approach to nature management in South-East Baltic

  ... is a small territory of Russia in the centre of Europe. It differs from other Russian regions in natural conditions and reclamation history. The recent socioeconomic development has been associated with anthropogenic pressure on natural and cultural landscapes created during seven hundred years. It has a negative effect on the environment. The author considers several nature management practices and suggests using the landscape approach for the optimization of nature management of in the region. ...

• History of creation, modern ecological condition, landscape structure of M. Ashmann park in Kaliningrad

  ... caused by the rapid modern construction and the increase in the motor vehicles, leads to adverse environmental conditions. Reconstruction and conservation of parks is a priority task for creating an ecological framework of urban areas. The M. Ashman’s landscape park is located in densely populated new districts of Selma and Severnaya Gora and is actively used by the townspeople for recreation. However, its environmental conditions do not meet the standards. The park is a 100-year old historical and ...

• On the role of landscape and geographical factors in the optimisation of regional nature management

  This article analyses earlier works, which provide the basis for addressing the problem of the optimisation of regional nature management in the conditions of the Kaliningrad region. The author reviews the current state of landscapes and their development and emphasises the significance of landscape and geographical factors for efficient and environmentally friendly development. 1. Ваулина В.   Д., Козлович И.   И. Ландшафты // Калининградская ...

• Impact of external migration on changes in the Swedish religious landscape

  ... changes in the confessional structure of Swedish population (as a result of the growing number of non-Christians) and the geographical structure of migrant flows into the country. This novel study addresses the mosaic structure of the Swedish religious landscape taking into account the cyclical dynamics of replacement of Protestantism by Islam. The methods we created make it possible to identify further trends in the Sweden’s religious landscape. This study adds to results of the complex sociological ...

• Modern landscapes of the Kaliningrad region as a reflection of land us

  This article examines the current areal territorial habitats and their de-pendence on the land use system. The author presents cases of transformations and restoration successions of agricultural and forestry landscapes. The mosaic nature of the current genetically determined landscape structure of the Kaliningrad region is explained by a large number of areas at different stages of transformation 1. Базы данных муниципальных образований ...

• Landscape dynamics in the Kaliningrad region over a historical period

  This article offers a comparative characteristic, based on the data of spore and pollen and radiocarbon analyses, of landscapes dynamics in the Subatlantic in three landscapes typical of the Kaliningrad region: the Vištytis upland, the Neman River delta lowland, and the Pregel lake-glacial plain. E. V. Maksimov's 1850-year rhythm model was used for data interpretation....

• Pollination as an ecosystem service in agricultural nature management

  ... // Food and Rural Affairs. L. 2007. URL: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ nature/biodiversity/economics/pdf/valuing_ecosystems.pdf (да¬та обращения: 25.11.2014). 9. Banaszak J. Strategy for conservation of wild bees in an agricultural landscape // Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment/Biotic Diversity in Agroecosystems. 1992. Vol. 40, Iss. 1—4. P. 179—192. 10. Bürger C. Die Bedeutung der Landschaftsstruktur für die Bienendiversität und Bestäubung auf unterschiedlichen räumlichen ...

• Opportunities for studying cultural landscapes in the Kaliningrad region

  This article focuses on opportunities for studying cultural landscapes in the Kaliningrad region and offers methodology for it. The author outlines types of the information required: genetic types of natural landscapes, spatial settlement and land use features, and the network components of the landscapes environment....

• Ye. A. Polyakova — an expert on the history of landscape gardening (on the basis of archive data)

  ... on archival materials, is devoted to the educational activity of the senior research fellow of the Museum of the City, Ye. A. Polyakova. Her works are dedicated not only to gardening and park facilities of past eras, but also to new trends in public landscape facilities of the 1920s—1930s. 1. Балабко Т. В. Е. А. Полякова — историк «зеленого строительства» Ленинграда // Всероссийская студенческая ...

• «Cultivate Your Garden»: Natural Existence Utopia of Enlightenment Man in Park and Garden Landscapes (on the Example of “Life and Adventures” by Andrei Bolotov)

  This article considers the realisation of the Enlightenment landscape utopia on the example of the analysis of the evolution of utopian ideas by Andrei Bolotov in his autobiographical work “Life and Adventures”. The author of the article outlines the destruction of ‘natural state’ of a human being by the ...

• The current condition of Kaliningrad landscape environment (methodology and basic results)

  An original methodology for studying cultural landscapes and regenerative successions on territories of different genesis is used as a basis for a map of the current conditions of the landscapes of the Kaliningrad region. The authors come to a conclusion that shrinking socioeconomic space leads to ...

• Distribution of heavy metals in the soils and vegetation in urban ecosystems of Kaliningrad region

  Some peculiarities of heavy metals concentrations in the accumulating layer of the urban soils and leafs of Acer platanoides and Populus alba are presented. Dependence between physical and chemical features, geochemical structure of landscapes, concentration and distribution of heavy metals is established. Correlation between similar parameters and concentration of heavy metals in leaves is not found out. 1.  Алаев Э.   Б. Социально-экономическая ...

• Formation of the cultural landscape of the modern Kaliningrad region in the stone age

  The authors reflect on the interaction of nature and society in the territo­ry of the modern Kaliningrad region in the Stone Age. Natural factors played a decisive role in the formation of the region’s cultural landscape. In the Stone Age, anthropogenic changes in the natural environment were minimal and were mainly noticed in separate components of the natural landscape. At the boundary of the Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods, megafauna species — mammoths,...

• Kaliningrad Architectural Landscape as a Tourist Attraction

  ... emergence of a new attraction and its inclusion into travel itineraries and landmark maps. The authors look at the experience of development of historical European towns from the perspective of tourist attractiveness and explore the role of architectural landscape in creating a positive image of a town for tourists; they also provide a background for including historical and cultural landmarks into a traveller’s experience. The authors analyse the results of the international urban development competition ...

• Peculiarities of zooplankton succession depending on the landscape and the genesis of the lake basin (on ex-ample of some lakes of the Pskov Oblast)

  On the basis of 1948—2011 materials, this article characterises the zooplankton of three large lakes of similar age and origin found at different trophic stages and in different landscapes of the Pskov region. It is shown that the structural features of the organization and direction of succession of zooplankton communities are directly dependent on the landscape and genesis of the lake basin and, in their turn, can be used as ...

• Regional Geographic Information Systems of Health and Environmental Monitoring

  ... ehkologicheskaya ocenka sostoyaniya gorodskoj sredy [Integrated ecological assessment of a condition of the urban environment], Voronezh, 267 p. (In Russ.) 10. Kasymov, N. S., Nikifrova, E. M., Kosheleva, N. E., Hajbrahmanov, T.S, 2013. Geographic information landscape and geochemical mapping of urban areas (on the example of VAO of Moscow). 2. Landscape and geochemical card, Geoinformatika, no. 1, p. 28—32. (In Russ.) 11. Kurolap, S. A., Mamchik, N. P., Klepikov, O. V. 2006, Ocenka riska dlya zdorov'ya ...

• Strakauskaitė N. Kultūros kraštovaizdis prie Kuršių marių (The cultural landscapes of the Curonian lagoon area)

  Mankeviсh M. A. 165-168

• Development factors and regularities of the territorial structure of nature management

  ... M. Abandonment and Expansion of Arable Land in Europe // Ecosystems. 2011. Vol. 14, iss. 5. Р. 720—731. URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1017/s10021-011-9441-y (дата обращения: 01.04.2018). 23. Mander U., Kuuba R. Changing landscapes in Northeastern Europe based on examples from the Baltic countries // The New Demensions of the Europe Landscapes / ed. by R.H.G. Jongman. 2013. Р. 123—135. URL: edepot.wur.nl/119323 (дата обращения: 01.04.2018). 24. Mottet ...

• Psychological tradition of "Poor Lisa" by N. M. Karamzin in the poem "Eda" by E. A. Baratynsky

  ... if the esearch goes into their inner world. Such analysis allows to discover a few psychological strategies introduced into literary practice by Karamzin: the author’s presence in fictional world, "closeups", "anthropocentric" landscape, specific fictional details, bodily "code". Comparativistic analysis of the two texts, that are storywise close to each other, not only allows to trace Karamzin’s psychological tradition in Baratynsky’s poem "Eda", but ...

• The characteristics of the biogenic element of the runoff fr om the drainage areas of the Gulf of Finland basin experiencing a lim ited anthropogenic impact

  ... characteristics of 25 rivers of the Gulf of Finland basin where the monitoring of the streamflow chemical composition was performed. The authors consider the dynamics of biogenic element content in the streamflow, the relation of the drainage areas to certain landscapes, the share of agricultural lands and tillage in the drainage areas, the forest-land percentage, a rural population density, and the forest age and type. 1. Isachenko, A. G. 1995. Jekologicheskaja geografija Severo-Zapada. Part. 2.St. Petersburg....

• The conflicts of woodland management and the methods of these conflicts resolution in the Kaliningrad Region

  The article examines the conflict situations, caused by the anthropogenic transformation of forest landscapes in some areas of the Kaliningrad region. The ways of timber exploitation optimization, including the possibilities of the development of forest bee-keeping are examined. 1.  Доклад о состоянии и об охране окружающей ...

• The influence of the sea on the economic development and settlement structure in the Baltic Sea region

  ... standard statistical coastal regions for Ireland, Marine Policy, Vol. 36, no. 2, p. 393—404. 38. Kasanko, M., Barredo, J. I., Lavalle, C. et al. 2006, Are European Cities Becoming Dispersed? A Comparative Analysis of Fifteen European Urban Areas, Landscape and Urban Planning, Vol. 77, no. 1—2, p. 111—130. 39. Kildow, J. T., McIlgorm, A. 2010, The importance of estimating the contribution of the oceans to national economies, Marine Policy, Vol. 34, no. 3, p. 367—374. 40. Leontidou, L. 1990,...

• New method of physiographic zoning of Kaliningrad re-gion

  This paper introduces a new approach and criteria to the physical-geographical zoning of the Kaliningrad region. Landscape areas are identified according to their morphological structure. The article summarizes numerous publications and observation records, as well as the results of the author’s field studies. 1. Ваулина В. Д., Козлович И. И....

• The comparative characteristics of Blackbird nest materials from natural and anthropogenic landscapes of the Kaliningrad region

  This paper offers a comparative characteristic of the blackbird nest materials of natural (n = 35) and antropogenic (n = 35) landscapes of the Kaliningrad region. The study did not reveal any considerable differences in the nest material composition in natural and antropogenic habitats. Most significant differences were identified in nest carcass materials. They are more diverse ...

• Coastal and recreation landscape of Kalining­rad: modern potential and prospects for spatial development

  The authors have conducted a comprehensive assessment of Kaliningrad suburban areas and identified the coastal landscape and recreation area within the ring road impact. Comprehensive analysis resulted in the typology of in­ter­nal areas considering how favorable they can be for further recreation and tou­rism development. The article brings about certain ideas ...

• Eurasian Future of Russia: Alternating Integration and Disintegration Cycles

  Russia needs to fit into the international geopolitical and geo-economic landscape. The formation of this landscape is largely determined by alternating integration and disintegration cycles in the development of the world economy. The second global disintegration cycle that started in 2008 is expected to last 15—20 years....

• Transformation of developed lands and geoecological potential of nature resource management

  ... (hydrocarbons, production and consumption wastes). Assessment of the geo-ecological potential of the North-Eastern Caucasus regions on bioclimatic, geo-energetic, recreational and medico-ecological criteria has revealed a significant differentiation in landscape areas. The prospects for agrarian wildlife management in steppe, forest-steppe and mountain-forest zones are favorable. Steppe regions are most likely to develop alternative energy while mountain-forest and mountain-meadow zones are optimal ...

• Borders and Identity in Theory and Practice of the Eastern Baltic Region

  ... Christopher S. Browning, Pertti Joenniemi. The Identity of Kaliningrad: Russian, European or a Third Space? // Paper presented at the CEEISA/RISA/NISA Convention, Moscow, Russia, June 22, 2002. 13. Julian V. Minghi. From conflict to harmony in border landscapes // The Geography of Border Landscapes / ed. by Dennis Rumley and Julian V. Minghi. London & New York, 1991. 14. Эмерсон М. Слон и медведь. Европейский союз, Россия и их ближнее зарубежье....

• Studies into the history of Russian Neo-Kantianism in Poland

  ... Miroshnichenko [The problem of reality. Trans. B. Chardybon, V. S. Miroshnichenko] // Filosofskije nauki [Philosophical Sciences]. № 4, p. 122—125. 14. Shchukin V. G. 2009, Jewropejskije lanshafty i cyvilizacija bolshoj ravniny (F. А. Stepun) [European landscapes and high plains of civilization (F. A. Stepun)] // Rossija: voobrazenije prostranstva/prostranstvo i voobrazenija / pod red. I. I. Mitina, D. N. Zamiatina [Russia: the imagination of space/space and imaginations / eds. I. I. Mitin, D. N. Zamyatin]....

• An assessment of the role of green belts in creating comfortable microclimatic conditions in summer

  ... of microclimatic condi­tions in summer. The following parameters were used as background climatic conditions: the day of the summer solstice, cloudless and calm weather, air temperature 25° C. We assessed the level of thermal comfort in the current landscaping situation in the residential area, taking into account proposed cli­mate improvement initiatives, particularly, planting evergreen and decidu­ous trees. We evaluated the level of thermal comfort using the PMV index. In the current landscaping ...

• Geosituational Modelling of Coastal Marine Systems

  ... of the impact of industrial fishing on marine environment, minimizing the consequences of storms, floods and others factors. Special attention is paid to the modelling of climate change and geo-ecological consequences, as well as to atlas mapping and landscape planning. As a result of the geosituational analysis the authors got new insights into the solar-terrestrial links, marine-terrestrial ecosystems, global and regional processes related to climate change, oceanization, the vulnerability of natural ...

• The introduction of the open source GIS tools into the procedure of environmental planning

  ... practical solution for the most acute problems of biodiversity preservation in the region requires the restoration of the conservation area network. This article gives an assessment of the previous and perspective conservation area networks on the basis of landscape design experience and biological indicators. 1. Дедков В.   П. Ландшафтная программа Калининградской области // Вест­ник Российского государственного университета ...

• New data on air and soil temperature in vegetation communities of the Karakum Desert

  ... М. П. Температурный режим песков пустыни Каракум и динамика растительности // Вестник ЛГУ. Сер. геол. и геогр. 1965. Вып. 4, № 24. С. 89—98. Dedkov V. P. landscape, vegetation community, air and soil temperature. 115-123

• Biological and social needs in the system of urban-ecological attitudes

  ... Тахо-Годи А.   А. Платон. Аристотель. М., 1993. 10. Ремизов А.   В. Архитектурная утопия. Природа и человек. Свет. 2000. №   6. Dremova Ye. A. urboecosystem, cultural landscapes, sustainable development, human needs. 173-178

• The features of the chemical composition of integumentary loams in the Vaytka-Kama loess province

  This article presents the chemical analysis of integumentary loams in the eluvial landscapes of the Vyatka-Kama Cis-Ural region. The authors focus on the features of microcell migration and the composition of petrogenic oxides. The inheritance of the microcell dispersion features of integumentary loam from the bedding rock was established ...

• Open and enclosed space in a romantic novel

  .... Werke. München, 1963. Bd. 2. 8. Novalis. Schriften : in 4 Bd. Stuttgart, 1960. Bd. 1. 9. Schlegel D. Florentin. Berlin, 1987. 10. Tieck L. Werke : in 4 Bd. München, 1963. Bd. 1. Cherpanov D. L. Tieck, A. Arnim, D. Schlegel, C. Brentano, landscape, space 125-132

• Territorial structure of the denominational space of the South-East Baltic

  The South-East Baltic is a meeting place of three branches of Christianity: Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Lutheranism. Dominant in the Baltic region, these religious confessions define the cultural landscape of the area. At the same time, they have an indirect effect on socio-economic development. In this study, we aim to identify the main components of the territorial structure and the formation and transformation factors of the denominational ...

• The system of conservation areas as the basis for biodiversity preservation in the south-eastern Baltic

  ... practical solution for the most acute problems of biodiversity preservation in the region requires the restoration of the conservation area network. This article gives an assessment of the previous and perspective conservation area networks on the basis of landscape design experience and biological indicators. 1. Индикаторный анализ использования прибрежных территорий Юго-Вос­точной Балтики // Newsletter SDI-4-SEB. 2008. №   5....

• Intermedial text modelling: D. Lodge. Nice Work

  ... world of literary images created using special literary techniques. The novel’s picture poetics emphasises picturesqueness as a generalising feature. The poetic role of the intermedial techniques – portrait and self-portrait, semiotics-enriched landscape, and genre episode – is identified in the visual ima-gery of the novel. 1. Барт. Р. От произведения к тексту // Барт Р. Избранные работы: Семиотика. Поэтика. М., 1994. 2. Бахтин ...

• Ecological Series of Soils in the Deyma basin

  ... 10. Почвенная карта совхоза «Полесский» // Фондовые материалы Севзапги­прозема. Калининград, 1980. Umansky A. the Deyma basin, soil mantle differentiation, elementary landscape 98-106 10.5922/2223-2095-2009-7-14

• When and why regional clusters become basic building blocks of modern economy

  ... bridging communication gaps and developing collaboration among economic agents. We show that clusters occupy a central place among various types of business networks and have a comparative edge making them key building blocks of the modern industrial landscape. Further, we explain how the innovation capacity of clusters is affected by network synergy effects arising from the triple-helix pattern of collaboration among their participants. Finally, we draw conclusions regarding national cluster supporting ...

• On the causes of the extinction of black saxaul in the East Karakum and its impacts on the ecology and the economy of the desert

  ... Нуннаев А . О процессах усыхания в Восточных Кара­кумах // Биогеографические основы индикации природных процессов. М., 1974. С. 15—18. Dedkov V. P. landscape, ecology, evolution, phytocenosis, groundwater, mineralization, negative correlation. 69-77

• The lichen flora of the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University’s Botanical Garden

  ... the lichens found in the Botanical Garden were conducted Гармонизация ландшафтного развития: формирование туристских объектов окружающей среды. Harmonising development of landscape: formation of tourism objects environment implanting new plants: European Union, Российский государственный университет им. И. Канта, Клайпедский университет, Neighbourhood programme....