Natural and Social Factors of Historical Process in L. I. Mechnikovs Philosophy of History
The article reveals the authors view on the essence and the meaning of L.I. Mechnikovs philosophy of history, the role and the influence of natural and social factors on the historical process. The analysis of the historical and philosophical views of the author is based upon the new rehabilitative understanding of geographical determinism as a geohistorical approach to the history. The potential of geographical theory as one of the possible laws of history is under study.