Mukalo Anastasia Sergeevna RussiaSaratovSaratov State University, 83, Astrakhanskaya Str., Saratov, 410012, Russiaengineeranastasia-mukalo@yandex.ru Author's articles The Development History of the Concept ≪Nature Monument≫ in Germany in the XIX–XX Сentury Unique Steppe Natural Complexes of the Left Bank Volga River in Saratov Region The Development History of and Value of the First Large Protected Areas in Germany in the 19th – the Beginning 20th Centuries