RUSSIAN STATE POLICY IN THE FIELD OF FOREST FIRE PROTECTION:A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
The article analyzes the development of the state policy in the field of forest fire protection in a historical context. The fact of inadequate attention of the state to solving the problem of preventing forest fires and fighting them in the 19th century is noted. It is concluded that there is a systematic approach in the state policy in relation to forest resources at the present stage of the Russian state development.