Theoretical aspects on the essence and role of territories with special economic status in ensuring the spatial development of the regions of Russia

Abstract

Modernization of the Russian economy, connected with the transition to innovative development, led to the transfer of strategic management of the economy to the level of regions. There has been increased interest in the area of economic research, such as the study of the spatial development of the region 's economy through the introduction of various instruments to stimulate the socio-economic development of the regions, which include territories with special economic status. Despite the availability of a sufficient number of publications on the study of the spatial development of regions of Russia and territories with special economic status, certain terminological aspects of this issue are still not sufficiently disclosed and clarified. The article describes the theoretical approaches of some domestic authors on this issue. The author 's vision of the concepts of «spatial socio-economic development of the region», territory with special economic status, «territorial cluster» is proposed.