The XXIII International Conference " Man and Nature. Problems of Socio-Natural History", organized by the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Financial, organizational and informational support for the conference was provided by the Institute of Energy Strategy of the Russian Federation, the Uchitel Publishing House (History and Modernity magazine), the Institute of Ecological Soil Science of Lomonosov Moscow State University, the Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, the Karadag Nature Reserve of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and the Tavrichesky National University, Central Museum of Taurida. Only the results of specific research carried out during the previous and current year, recorded in the articles accepted for publication and published in the collections of articles in the series "Socio-natural" are accepted for discussion at the conference (no more than 50 applications). page 163 Istoriya" and the magazine "Istoriya i Sovremennost" (the texts of articles are available on the websites of www.kulpin. ha, www.vostokoved.ru, www.isras.ru No more than 25 reports are heard, the remaining materials (selectively) are discussed daily at round tables and in informal communication. Thus, the conference is held in person and in absentia. 47 papers were presented at the XXIII conference (authors from Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Italy, and England). 25 reports were heard, including two of fundamental importance for historical science. Thus, the report of I. O. Kovaleva and I. V. Kovalev (both MSU) on their method for diagnosing climate events based on soil properties allows us to reconstruct the natural environment of the past with an accuracy of 50 years, which means correcting the data of written documents, confirming or refuting the time of historical events and sources, and introducing new data on natural disasters. specify the time parameters of archaeol ... Читать далее