This paper analyzes the relative impacts of geographical and institutional factors on the economic development of the late Russian empire. I reconstruct gross regional products and labor productivity for all provinces of the empire around 1900 for the first time. My estimates highlight...

In 2017, Russia's regions saw their socioeconomic status improve marginally over 2016. Industrial sectors continued to increase in most of the regions, as investment rose in half of the regions. The unemployment rate continued to below. However, personal incomes and residential construction...

Russian Abstract: В статье рассмотрены роль и место контрольно-счетной палаты Челябинской области в системе государственного финансового контроля.English Abstract: The article deals...

The paper studies trends in the urbanization in Russia and compares them with the global ones. Russia has high level of urbanization, urban population reached 73% in 1990, and the rate of urbanization fluctuates around this level past 20 years. The change of the urban population in Russia is...

The article considers the results of the author’s comparative analysis of the levels of socio-economic development of the subjects of the Russian Federation according to some indicators of statistical reporting. Data on absolute (maximum and minimum values are compared) and relative (from the...