ENVIRONMENTALISM in the EARLY SOVIET UNION
Previously titled: "The Role of Environmentalism in the Russian Revolution" Original submission: 11/19/2019, "newarks" , University of Victoria. Revised & published: 11/2/2025, 11/4/2025 The nation of Russia, once the USSR and now the Russian Federation, has never been specially known by either the Western conscience for being particularly "environmentally friendly," although a mind for sustainability is often paired with being decried as a "commie" or "hippie bum". The reason behind the conflation is simple: that socialism propels environmentalism and vice versa, contrary to anti-Soviet mythos. The industrialism that swept through Russia after the 1917 Revolution could be argued as directly oppositional to environmentalist efforts- but to counter; the early development of all productive technology, internationally, was sometimes too encumbered by its goals and responsibilities to conceive the full potential of its consequences, and...