Company Towns Of The Siberia And Russian Far East: Potential And Development Prospects

In the article, the authors analyze the current state of the company towns of the Siberian Far Eastern Federal Districts. The study explores the company settlements of the studied federal districts. The research is focused on the features of the development of company towns in the Siberia Russian Far East. The main goal of the study is to identify peculiarities of the development of company towns in the Siberia Russian Far East, their potential and prospects. To achieve this goal, the authors solve a number of research tasks: 1) analyze the theoretical and methodological foundations of the study of company towns; 2) build a typology of company towns of the Siberia Russian Far East as a key tool characterizing their level of development; 3) analyze the potential and prospects of enterprises of company towns of the studied districts; 4) develop authors proposals on measures of state support for company towns of the Siberia Russian Far East. The study is based on the analysis of the literature and sources, statistical material, RF normative and legislative acts, non-participant observation conducted by the authors in 2019. For a more visual and systematic presentation of the results of the study, the authors use a data original visualization method such as mapping. The study shows that among the company towns of the Siberia Russian Far East, settlements with the existing risks of a socio-economic situation prevail. It is concluded that measures aimed at improving the efficiency and competitiveness of city-forming enterprises, as well as the creation of company towns investment funds, which will direct part of the income of large businesses to the development towns, can contribute to improving the situation in company settlements and preventing crisis phenomena in them. According to the authors, with systemic state support, old resource specializations of company towns can develop in the branches of a new technoparadigm.