The Restructuring of the Soviet Economy and Prospects for Siberia's Development
This article begins with a critique of American views regarding the declining importance of Siberian development under Gorbachev. Drawing on statements by Gorbachev, as well as planning documents and research, this article argues that increased Siberian development is both an important part of Soviet regional policy and in its national interest. The nature of this future development and spatial relationships within Siberia are also discussed.
De-industrialization in west Siberia : was 'Tertiarization' realized in the 1990s?
This paper focuses on the disparity among subjects in West Siberia. The disparity has been generated by the deterioration of the industry in Kuznetsko-Altai Economic Sub-region and the outward orientation of natural recource extraction in West Siberia Economic Sub-region in 1990s. The blue-color recession not only accelerated the decline of employment in industry, but also restrained the expansion of service sector in Kuznetsko-Altai Economic Sub-region. Finally I consider the need of interdependence among subjects and revival of manufacturing as an alternative way to provide employment in West Siberia.
Soviet Natural Resources in the World Economy
Russia is a huge storehouse of natural resources, including oil, gas, and other energy sources, which she can trade with the rest of the world for advanced technology and wheat. In this book, leading experts evaluate the Soviet potential in major energy and industrial raw materials, giving special attention to implications for the world economy to the end of the twentieth century. The authors examine the mineral and forest resources that the Soviet Union has developed and may yet develop to provide exports during the 1980s. They discuss the regional dimension of these resources, especially in Siberia and the Soviet Far East; individual mineral raw materials, such as petroleum, natural gas, timber, iron ore, manganese, and gold; and finally the role of raw materials in Soviet foreign trade. The authors, representing the United States, Canada, and Great Britain, are primarily geographers, but they include economists, political scientists, and a geologist. Their work is based on primary sources (for most of these reports, current information is no longer being released to researchers) and on interviews with Soviet officials.