Caucasian Mineralnye Vody’s Regional Metropole as a Geopolitical Centre of Russia’s South

Shaping multilevel centre of metropolization in Caucasian Mineralnye Vody region, which geopolitical importance has signifi cantly increased following the creation of North Caucasian Federal District. If million-plus cities Krasnodar and Rostov-on-Don remain the main centers of growth, attracting th...

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Main Author: V. A. Golovanova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Jurist, Publishing Group 2015-09-01
Series:Сравнительная политика
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Online Access:https://comparativepolitics.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/295
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Summary:Shaping multilevel centre of metropolization in Caucasian Mineralnye Vody region, which geopolitical importance has signifi cantly increased following the creation of North Caucasian Federal District. If million-plus cities Krasnodar and Rostov-on-Don remain the main centers of growth, attracting the people, innovations and capital, in this macro-region, as a result of the integration of the Caucasian Mineralnye Vody region’s cities into the political unity integrated all inhabited localities into the single urban space, there would take place the formation of the higher level regional metropole, which would become a de facto economic, political and ideological center of North Caucasus and could seek the status of the main Russian South’s city.
ISSN:2221-3279
2412-4990