title: USE OF OLD MAPS FOR STUDYING THE HISTORY OF ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE ON SPNS ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE BOTANICAL NATURE MONUMENT OF REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE "USHAKOVA BALKA" (SEVASTOPOL)
abstract: The analysis of old Russian and foreign maps and plans of Sevastopol, created in the 19th century, showed that already in the first decades after the founding of the city the gully (overgrown ravine) called Ushakova Balka became a full-fledged urban element, along with residential areas, industrial areas, and military fortifications. After the founding of Sevastopol, Ushakova Balka underwent very significant changes in all components of the landscape, both because of belligurative transformation