Chorna L. Creation and Activities of Natural Reserves in Ukraine (the 1920-1930-ies).

The dissertation is dedicated to the complex research of peculiarities of the creation and activities of the Natural Reserves in Ukraine in the 1920-1930- ies. On the basis of analysis of historiography of the problem, application of wide range of the archive documents, newspaper publications and materials, the author reviled the activities of the public and state bodies dealing with creation and arrangement of activities of the Natural Reserves. It is emphasized in the thesis the guiding role of the Agricultural Scientific Committee of the Narkozem (People's Commissariat of Agriculture) in activities of the Natural Reserves. Іt is presented comparison into activities of the Natural Reserves under the aegis of People's Commissariat of Agriculture, People's Commissariat of Education and All - Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. Іt is reveiled the activities of the Ukrainian Committee on Protection of the Monuments of Nature and its local structures. Іt is analyzed the influence of the social economic and political conditions on realisation of activities for protection of nature, in particular, the influence of the Ukrainization of the 1920-ies on the development of the activities of the Natural Reserves and the reasons that caused transformations of the Natural Reserves in the 1930-ies. The autor analyzed activities on protection of nature, research and scientific-educational work of the Natural Reserves. It is emphasized the world importance of the ecological research works initiated by Ukrainian Natural Reserves at the end of the 1920-ies.