Eastern Russia: Space, role, and problems of developmentстатья
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Аннотация:Russia’s division into two, principally its European and Asian, parts looks very traditional. However, this regionalization does not necessarily coincide with division into West and East, which concerns internal spatial proportions and asymmetry of the country rather than its cultural identity and other not quite geographical connotations. The article clarifies the concept and the border of Eastern Russia and its position in the country and the world. Some of the economic, geopolitical, and other characteristics of the East, with its comparative advantages and disadvantages, are identified and discussed. It was determined that the strong socioeconomic sparseness of Eastern Russia has always been and remains the consequence of persistent underdevelopment of the territory, associated with harsh natural conditions, history, and geographical asymmetry of the exploration process. At the same time, Eastern Russia is a huge resource-ecological and ethnocultural reserve and not only Russian. Eastern Russia makes the country what it is, and it stands out in the world—the first in total area; transcontinental and interoceanic in geographical location; rich in natural resources; and diverse in culture and historical traditions. This part of Russia reflects such a common feature of the country as the East–West asymmetry of its development.