A multi-scale typology of rural areas under the post-Soviet transformations (on the example of the Tambov Region)

Полимасштабная типология сельской местности в условиях постсоветских трансформаций (на примере Тамбовской области)

Prusikhin, Oleg (Прусихин, Олег) (), Krutov, Oleg (Крутов, Олег) (), Vorobiev, Maxim (Воробьев, Максим) (), Loktionov, Kirill (Локтионов, Кирилл) (), Vepritsky, Alexander (Веприцкий, Александр) () and Alekseev, Alexander (Алексеев, Александр) ()
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Prusikhin, Oleg (Прусихин, Олег): Lomonosov Moscow State University
Krutov, Oleg (Крутов, Олег): Lomonosov Moscow State University
Vorobiev, Maxim (Воробьев, Максим): Lomonosov Moscow State University
Loktionov, Kirill (Локтионов, Кирилл): Lomonosov Moscow State University
Vepritsky, Alexander (Веприцкий, Александр): Lomonosov Moscow State University
Alekseev, Alexander (Алексеев, Александр): Lomonosov Moscow State University

Russian Peasant Studies, 2023, vol. 8, 64-103

Abstract: Russian countryside is heterogeneous, and in the post-Soviet period, this heterogeneity has increased. Moreover, the image of the countryside in the perception of the authorities and society is far from reality, which leads to the mistakes in the assessment of its condition and prospects. Russian scholars usually study the northern countryside and ethnic republics, while the studies of the Russian steppe regions are less common. The authors consider the factors of the rural territorial differentiation under the post-Soviet transformations in one of the most homogeneous steppe regions — Tambov — at the level of municipal districts and rural settlements. The suggested typology of districts is based on the statistical indicators which reflect changes in the intensity of territorial development in the last thirty years; and the typology of settlements is based on 53 interviews and observations during the expedition to the Michurinsky, Gavrilovsky and Uvarovsky districts in the summer of 2022. The authors conclude that the natural factor still determines the intensity of transformations both directly (higher intensification of crop production in the south) and indirectly (through the settlement and transportation system). The influence of the economic-geographical position (proximity to cities) and of the institutional factor (large investors are interested in unallocated land) is also significant.

Keywords: post-soviet transformations; rural areas; Tambov Region; changing functions; typology; rural settlements (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.22394/2500-1809-2023-8-2-64-103

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