ECOLOGICAL DISCOURSE IN THE CROSS-BORDER REGION OF THE SELENGA RIVER IN RUSSIA AND MONGOLIA

The article traces the development of ecological discourse in a border region of Russia and Mongolia. It is a brief review of major stages of this discourse as reflected by the case of cross-border water resources of the Selenga River basin that merges politically demarcated lands into a single region. The article sets out to establish whether the problem of water resources appeared in past narratives, when exactly the ecological component of the border came into being and how it has changed perspectives on local cultures.