Ivan Timofeevich Frolov: Ecology and Perestroika (from recent history)
In the second half of the 1980 s. during the period of perestroika in our country, environmental issues have become a priority. In many ways, this happened due to the activities of Academician I. T. Frolov, who worked at the time as an advisor to the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU for science, culture and education. He has made a significant contribution to political decision-making on environmental issues. Among them: the suspension of the project to divert part of the flow of Siberian rivers, the halt in the construction of the Crimean nuclear power plant, and the preservation of the Leskovitskaya floodplain. Thanks to I. T. Frolov, environmental issues were included in state, party and academic documents, which had an orientation character. I. T. Frolov did a lot for the development of environmental education and propaganda, for the adoption of state programs on ecology, the creation of the USSR State Committee for Nature Protection.