and in establishing a common economic space and strengthening the Russian
stand in the Asian-Pacific region.
Among the depressive regions the position of Kurgan Oblast is rather specific. Its
industrial development and living standard show a dramatic decline. The most
important feature of itsdepressive status, however, is the loss of its place in the
large-scale division of labor in Russia. In fact, starting from the pre-reform times,
Kurgan Oblast had been losing its value as the most important food grains base of
Russia (in this respect Altay Kray must also be included in the depressive districts
group). At the same time,the value of both the regions as commodity grains
suppliers to meet Russian requirements has strongly increased following the
collapse of the USSR. In this context, the imperious want in implementing the relief
program for depressive districts is to work out the efforts aimed at recovering the
agriculture both in Kurgan Oblast and Altay Kray. Industry development, also of
imortance to these districts, could be dealt with in the framework of general pattern
of government control over national economy.
4.3. Characteristic of regions of unstable position
This category of regions incorporates 50 subjects of RF, including eight republics,
three krays, 36 Oblasts, one city of federal jurisdiction, two autonomous okgurs
(see Table 6 of the Annex).
In terms of socio-economic indicators these region’s group is intermediate
betweensuccessful and unsuccessful ones, however, the sluggish indicators
behavior would impede the provision a clear-cut diagnostics. There are the regions
that call for the most careful approach, because their unstable socio-economic
development is very sensitive to political and economic shifts of external and
internal origin.
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