ON THE GEOGRAPHIC EDUCATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRODUCTIVE FORCES OF ASIATIC RUSSIA: HISTORY AND MODERNITY

DOI 10.31554/2222-9175-2018-30-28-36

ON THE GEOGRAPHIC EDUCATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRODUCTIVE FORCES OF ASIATIC RUSSIA: HISTORY AND MODERNITY

Tulokhonov A. K., Garmaev E. Zh., Batomunkuev V. S. , Batotsyrenov E. A., Boldanov T. A.

Geographical education and geographical science emerged already at the early stages of the recent history of the region and exerted a significant influence on the development of the economy of Asiatic Russia, including Buryatia. Several significant events for the making of the geographical education and geographical science can be singled out since the time the region officially came into being, havingimpacted plans of economic development of the region. Moreover, we must remember that in those distant times, geographical science, far ahead of its time, offered something that is relevant today as well.