Open AccessThe Phenomenon of Company Towns: Specific Features of Their Genesis and Development
Author(s) -
Maxim A. Ulyanychev,
Ульянычев Максим Александрович
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
vestnik rossijskogo universiteta družby narodov. seriâ gosudarstvennoe i municipalʹnoe upravlenie/vestnik rossijskogo universiteta družby narodov. seriâ: gosudarstvennoe i municipalʹnoe upravlenie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2411-1228
pISSN - 2312-8313
DOI - 10.22363/2312-8313-2020-7-2-118-123
Subject(s) - phenomenon , soviet union , russian federation , social phenomenon , economy , business , economic geography , economic growth , economic system , political science , geography , economic policy , economics , politics , sociology , social science , physics , quantum mechanics , law
The article analyzes the social phenomenon of single-industry towns (company towns), their role in the modern market economy, their genesis in Russia and other countries. The author observes historical stages of development of single-industry towns in Russia, as well as the features of their occurrence in the Soviet Union in connection with city-forming enterprises, which in addition to economic activities performed social functions. The characteristics of the development of single-industry towns in Europe, North America and are being compared. Distinctive features of the industrial enterprises of the cities formed in the Soviet Union are allocated. The article analyzes the problems of functioning and development of single-industry towns, examines foreign and domestic strategies for the rehabilitation of single-industry municipalities, including current measures to support such towns in the Russian Federation.