Vol. 87, No. 4, 2017

Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences

A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences ISSN 1019-3316.

Science and Society

From Rio to Paris: Achievements, Problems, and Prospects in the Struggle against Climate Change

A. A. Akaev p. 299 abstract

Priorities in Providing Russia’s Power Industry with Competitive Equipment

O. N. Favorskii, S. P. Filippov and V. L. Polishchuk p. 310 abstract

On the Rostrum of the RAS Presidium

Prospects in Studying the Human Proteome

E. A. Ponomarenko, E. V. Poverennaya, E. V. Ilgisonis, A. T. Kopylov, V. G. Zgoda, A. V. Lisitsa and A. I. Archakov p. 318 abstract

Predictive Technologies and Possibilities of Molecular Genetics in Reproductive Medicine

M. A. Kurtser p. 324 abstract

Review

The Contemporary Global Monetary System and Prospects to Transform It

D. I. Kondratov p. 328 abstract

The Space of Antiquity: Archaeological Sites on the Map of Russia

N. A. Makarov, O. V. Zelentsova, D. S. Korobov and A. N. Voroshilov p. 336 abstract

Theoretical Research on Collapsing Supernovae in Russia

V. S. Imshennik p. 348 abstract

Point of View

On the Ill-Defined Notion of the Milankovitch Theory and Its Influence on the Development of the Orbital Theory of the Paleoclimate

V. A. Bol’shakov p. 356 abstract

Characteristic Features of Government Control over Russia’s Spatial Development

B. L. Lavrovskii and E. A. Goryushkina p. 370 abstract

Environmental Problems

Naturelike Mining Technologies: Prospect of Resolving Global Contradictions When Developing Mineral Resources of the Lithosphere

K. N. Trubetskoi and Yu. P. Galchenko p. 378 abstract

Development of Russia’s Network of Nature Reserves and Academic Science of the 20th Century: