After-reform transformation of Russian regions' ecological transformation

Abstract

The changes of Russian regions' economic and environmental characteristics during the post-Soviet period have been analyzed. It is found that the deepest decrease of pressure on nature during the post-soviet period took place in the centre of the country. A map of new industrial building in post-soviet Russia is created. Increasing spreads between reducing agricultural production factors (cultivated land, fertilizers, technical equipment, cattle) andits relatively stable productivity have been revealed. These disproportions, mostly pronounced in Saratov, Omsk and Tambov regions, lead to degradation of agricultural landscapes. It has been elicited that the bounds of plant-growing prevalence in agriculture have shifted from the steppe (in 1980s) up to tundra at present. As a result, the nature and scale of agricultural impact on the landscapes have changed. The regional structures of service have been appraised by the level of their «progressiveness». It has been pointed out that the post-Soviet dymamics of the service structure in the crucial Russian regions don't fall short of the tasks of innovation leap and contemporary ecological challenges.