Of course, the terms used here might present the points at issue, but the
philosolhy to identify the territories is surely out of question.
That Chechnya per se should be given an individual approach goes without saying.
When we come to consider the second group of RF subjects, the term «traditionally
backward» regions appreach to be most suitable. There are 16 of them overall,
including republics of Ingush, Dagestan, Adygey, North Osetian, Karachay-
Cherkess, Kabardin-Balkar, Kalmykiya-Khalmg Tangch, Tyva; Yevreyskaya
Autonomous Oblast; Autonomous Okrugs: Taymyrskiy, Evenkiyskiy, Koryak,
Aginskiy Buryat, Ust-Ordynskiy Buryat, Nenets, Komi-Permyak.
Accordingly, «traditionally backward» regions could be provisionally subdivided into
three groups. The first group has incorporated virtually all the national spatial
entities to be found in the Far North areas or districts of status similar to them in
human habitat and transport accessibility. To these we can refer Komi-Permyak,
Evenkiyskiy, Taymyrskiy (the city of Norilsk excluding), Nenets and Koryak
Autonomous Okrugs. All of them are noted for the poorest ranking indicators of
economic activities and low living standards. No changes about them are likely to
come forward in the offing, therefore the population of the cited regions are
expected to be in want of constant government concern and its direct support.
Economic and social situation in regions under consideration would undergo
sweeping changes only if here was an in-deapth development of their natural
resources. The greatest chances here are with Nenets and Evenkiyskiy AO (the
Barents sea problem region and the Siberian platform), where oil and gas recovery
should be started. While launching a new oil-and-gas complex in these territories,
previous experience must be embodied lest the blunders made in developing the
natural resources of Yamalo-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi AO should be repeated.
The second large group of backward regions formed through national spatial
entities of Northern Caucasus (where Chechen and Ingush republics take a
specific stand for independence. All of them can boast fairly favorable conditions for
life and traditional forms of manegement. Some of these republics are in
possession of resources’ potentialities to develop a variety of industries, and are
the recognized recreational areas. Their current indicators of economic
development, and especially of living standard, are low, which can be accounted for
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