ECOLOGY
Original paper
UDC 622.882(470.53):622.85 c I.V. Zenkov1, B.N. Nefedov2, A.S. Conde3, M.L. Dmitrieva4, Yu.P. Yuronen5, G.A. Karacheva5, Yu.A. Maglinets6, P.M. Kondrashov6, A.B. Fedorov6, T.A. Veretenova6, V.I. Afanasov6, 2026
ISSN 0041-5790 (Print) • ISSN 2412-8333 (Online) • Ugol' – Russian Coal Journal, 2026, №1, pp. 111-114
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18796/0041-5790-2026-1-111-114
INFORMATION SUPPORT FOR STUDYING MAN-MADE DISTURBANCES OF THE NATURAL TOPOGRAPHY DURING MINING OPERATIONS IN AREAS OF THE DONETSK COAL BASIN IN THE LUGANSK PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC
Authors
I.V. Zenkov1, B.N. Nefedov2, A.S. Conde3, M.L. Dmitrieva4, Yu.P. Yuronen5, G.A. Karacheva5, Yu.A. Maglinets6, P.M. Kondrashov6, A.B. Fedorov6, T.A. Veretenova6, V.I. Afanasov6
1 Siberian Research Institute of Mining and Surveying, Krasnoyarsk, 660025, Russian Federation
2 Federal Research Center for Information and Computational Technologies, Novosibirsk, 630060, Russian Federation
3 RUSSKY ALUMINY LIMITED, Conakry, Representative Office in the Republic of Guinea, BP 6506, Republic of Guinea
4 Saint Petersburg Mining University of Empress Catherine II, St Petersburg, 199106, Russian Federation
5 Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology, Krasnoyarsk, 660037, Russian Federation
6 Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russian Federation e-mail: zenkoviv@mail.ru
Authors Information
Zenkov I.V. – Doctor of Engineering Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for Scientific Work, Siberian Research Institute of Mining and Surveying, Krasnoyarsk, 660025, Russian Federation, e-mail: zenkoviv@mail.ru
Nefedov B.N. – PhD (Engineering), Head of the Laboratory, Federal Research Center for Information and Computational Technologies, Novosibirsk, 630060, Russian Federation
Conde A.S. – Mining engineer, RUSSKY ALUMINY LIMITED, Representative Office in the Republic of Guinea, Conakry, BP 6506, Republic of Guinea
Dmitrieva M.L. – PhD (Economics), Associate Professor, Saint Petersburg Mining University of Empress Catherine II, St Petersburg, 199106, Russian Federation
Yuronen Yu.P. – PhD (Engineering), Associate Professor, Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology, Krasnoyarsk, 660037, Russian Federation
Karacheva G.A. – Senior lecturer, Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology, Krasnoyarsk, 660037, Russian Federation
Maglinets Yu.A. – PhD (Engineering), Professor, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russian Federation
Kondrashov P.M. – PhD (Engineering), Associate Professor, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russian Federation
Fedorov A.B. – PhD (Engineering), Associate Professor, Senior lecturer, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russian Federation
Veretenova T.A. – Senior lecturer, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russian Federation
Afanasov V.I. – Senior lecturer, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russian Federation
Abstract
The article presents the results of studying the environmental state of lands disturbed in the course of coal mining using surface and underground methods in areas of the Donetsk coal basin in the territory of the Lugansk People’s Republic. Types and areas of man-made landscape objects formed in the course of coal mining activities are revealed. Complex activities are proposed to accelerate the recovery of the environmental balance on the surface of the man-made terrain disturbances by using loose Quaternary rocks and planting shrubs and trees with herbaceous vegetation.
Keywords
Remote sensing, coal mining industry, restoration ecology, Lugansk People’s Republic, Donetsk coal basin, coal mines, coal pits, mine waste piles, rock dumps, environmental problems.
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