The article analyses the main historical and geographical works of academician V.V. Bartold of Central Asia, which are generally considered as a single comprehensive study of the centuries-long interaction of society and nature in the region and partially adjacent land areas.
Keywords
academician V.V. Bartold, historical geography, Russian and Soviet Middle Eastern studies, theory of desiccation of Central Asia, the Aral Sea, the Caspian Sea, Amu-Darya, Central Asia, Turkestan, irrigation.
