Post-Soviet Transformation of the Steppe Rural District of Southern Siberia (the Case of Volchikha District of Altai Krai)

O. D. Krutov (), O. E. Prusikhin (), E. D. Zhukovskii (), A. I. Alekseev () and A. M. Ershov ()
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O. D. Krutov: Moscow State University
O. E. Prusikhin: Moscow State University
E. D. Zhukovskii: Moscow State University
A. I. Alekseev: Moscow State University
A. M. Ershov: Moscow State University

Regional Research of Russia, 2022, vol. 12, issue 4, 600-610

Abstract: Abstract The change of functions of rural areas of Volchikha district in Altai krai during the post-Soviet period and its factors are analyzed in this article. The aim of this work was to study local factors and the consequences of social and economic changes in rural Altai. Qualitative sociological methods and methods of field survey are mainly applied. Statistical approaches are used for verification of data and materials from the Tomsk Archive confirm the information on enterprises and farms received from respondents. Based on the analysis of the obtained materials, the following conclusions are made. The development of rural settlements within a homogeneous area was stabilized under the effects of a number of local factors: physical-geographical conditions, economic-geographical position, and informal institutions. The impact of historical and ethnic factors on the development of some settlements is also significant. On the background of a widespread population outflow to cities, old-developed villages located in more favorable natural conditions at the forest–steppe boundary decay less intensively in comparison with settlements of the Soviet period in the middle of the dry Kulunda Steppe. The most successful old-developed villages are located closer to the district center, because residents may receive services there and specialists from the district center can work in the village and improve its quality of life. The strength of public relations within the village is of great importance: more heterogeneous villages without social traditions disappear faster. It may be concluded that local factors are significant for the development of rural settlements on the background of a homogeneous steppe region.

Keywords: Rural areas; steppe areas; Altai krai; rural development; transformation factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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