Asian Russia in the Series of Medico-Geographical Atlases of Russia

General mapping of Asian Russia remains an important area of medico-geographical research. One way to conduct this research is to perform general mapping of the territory of Russia as a whole, which, in addition to obtaining new knowledge, provides an additional information resource for studying and assessing the medico-geographical indicators of Asian Russia in the national context. The Faculty of Geography at Lomonosov Moscow State University, with the support of Russian Geographical Society, has prepared a series of popular-scientific medico-geographical atlases of Russia on topical medico-geographical subjects that were previously poorly represented or did not meet the modern needs of society, such as Natural Focal Diseases (2015, 2017), Healing Springs and Plants (2019), and Risk Factors for Oncological Diseases (2024). The unity of the atlases is achieved by the original scientific and methodological principles and methods of their implementation based on GIS technologies. The series was prepared using the most recent scientific text and cartographic sources, statistical data for more than a 30-year period, and illustrative materials processed using the latest modeling techniques to ensure the relevance of the final results. The series contains medico-geographical characteristics of Asian Russia in continuum (natural and ecological prerequisites, areas of healing resources, measures for environmental sanitation, etc.) or continuum-discrete (by administrative–territorial divisions) representation. The latter is intended to provide required information for management and planning organizations. The series presents natural-ecological and socio-economic prerequisites for diseases (selected in accordance with their etiology), including risk factors for natural focal and oncological diseases; incidence and mortality of the population in a fairly wide nosological spectrum; and complexes of multifaceted measures for preventing disease and promoting health for society and the environment. In addition to specialists, the popular-scientific direction of the series is intended to promote public education and to include the population in solving demographic and other problems of the 21st century.