Abstract
The regions situated in the Arctic zone of Russia perform an important function in the implementation of the export potential of the country. As one of favourable factors for the development of production in the Arctic Zone, we have to consider the richest natural and resource potential of dry land and the sea. Negative factors limiting the development of the Arctic zone: the harsh natural and climatic conditions and the remoteness of the region from the subjects of the Russian Federation which have a higher level of socio-economic development, low level of economic development (including infrastructure) of these territories, low demographic capacity of the population. The research is aimed at revealing the existing spatial differentiation of the kinds of economic activity in the latitudes of the northern districts of the country. In order to assess the differences in the industry structure of the gross added value of all the constituent entities of the Russian Federation whose territories to the Arctic zone, some graphs and map-schemes have been drafted. In addition, the authors also assessed the deviation of the industry breakdown from the average values observed in the Russian Federation as a whole. The analysis of the specifics of the spatial differentiation of the types of economic activity in the economy of the Arctic regions allows to reveal certain trends in the future development of the economic structures. The article is intended for specialists and students interested in the problems of the development of the northern regions of Russia.
Highlights
The regions situated in the Arctic zone of Russia perform an important function in the implementation of the export potential of the country
In order to assess the differences in the industry structure of the gross added value of all the constituent entities of the Russian Federation whose territories to the Arctic zone, some graphs and map-schemes have been drafted
The specifics of the latitude differentiation of the economy of the subjects of the Russian Federation, the territory of which belong to the Arctic Zone of the country, are presented on our map-scheme (Fig. 1) which reflects the gross added value for the core and subsidiary types of economic activity, according to the data as of 2012
Summary
The subjects of the Russian Federation whose territories belong to the Arctic Zone of Russia[2] are situated from the north-western border to the north-eastern extremity of the country; to list them from West to East, these are the Murmansk and the Arkhangelsk Regions, the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, the Komi Republic, the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), and the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug. All these territories in the north are coming out to the coast of the seas of the Arctic Ocean from the Barents Sea to the Chukchi Sea. The southern borders of the territories of the Arctic zone reach 62 degree of north latitude (the southernmost point of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug is Cape Rubicon). From the point of view of the integrity of an entity, the whole of Krasnoyarsk Territory, stretching for over 3,000 km along the meridian, is included in the Arctic Zone of Russia, in a stricter geographical sense only the northern parts of the Krasnoyarsk Territory belong to the
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