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Centralization and Urbanization

In: Russia Business

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  • Olga Medinskaya

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  • Henk R. Randau

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Moscow has traditionally been Russia’s center of political and economic power for many centuries. Due to rising population in the city’s metropolitan area, the city governance incorporated in 2012 some areas of the Moscow Oblast into the city proper, thereby expanding the city’s size by 240%. Even after the expansion, it still covers only 1.5% of the Russian territory but is home to about 10% of the RF’s population and generates more than 20% of the country’s GDP. The official statistics do not even show the full magnitude: the mayor of Moscow estimated in 2017 that up to 25 million people are living in the Moscow city area and the entire Moscow Oblast together—that is about 5 million more than the official statistics document. The excess population is mostly made up of those without a residency permit. Many are illegal residents from former Soviet republics seeking employment in Moscow.

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  • Olga Medinskaya & Henk R. Randau, 2021. "Centralization and Urbanization," Springer Books, in: Olga Medinskaya & Henk R. Randau & Christian Altmann (ed.), Russia Business, chapter 20, pages 157-163, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-64613-4_20
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-64613-4_20
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