Old-Developed Regions of the Russian Centerin the Shadow of the Moscow Capital Regionстатья
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Аннотация:Abstract—This paper discusses Moscow’s influence on the regions surrounding Moscow oblast in terms of
various parameters associated with changes in the population size of cities and rural areas, economic activity,
employment, mobility of the population, land use, and dacha development. Located relatively close to Moscow
and enjoying no advantages of the nearby Moscow suburbs, the regions around Moscow oblast are nonetheless
strongly influenced by the capital. The historical waves of city formation around the metropolitan
region and population dynamics in the 20th and 21st centuries are shown. The post-Soviet transformation
strongly polarized cities depending on their size and position with respect to the Moscow region. The invariance
of the suburban–peripheral organization of the countryside, which experienced a strong contraction in
land use, is revealed. However, against the fields abandoned and overgrown with forest, a new industrial agriculture
with a small number of employees was actively developing here in separate areas, aimed at supplying
Moscow and the entire country. A small private economy has been decreasing under prolonged, intensive
decline in the rural population and expansion of non-agricultural earning opportunities in the Moscow
region. This territory is characterized by the most active labor commutes to Moscow and Moscow oblast,
which often provide informal employment for the populations of small towns and rural areas. Competitors of
the Moscow region, although weaker, are the capitals of the surrounding regions. The share of the temporary
dacha population in the summer months in many areas, especially those adjacent to Moscow oblast, is higher
than that of the local rural one. The polarized development of cities depending on the proximity to the Moscow
metropolitan area and point-type industrialization of the rural economy, combined with the massive
development of seasonal dacha recreation, is the main route for development of this large territory.
Keywords: Moscow metropolitan region, old-developed regions, urban conditions, agriculture, land use,
polarization, suburbs, periphery, employment, labor migrations, dachas