{"title":"The new Russian minorities: a statistical overview.","authors":"C D Harris","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The author \"presents a succinct review of the newly constituted Russian minorities situated in the former Soviet republics. Based on census data series (1897 to 1989) and original computations, the paper covers location (highest proportion of Russians in Kazakhstan, Latvia, and Estonia), concentration (predominantly urban), occupational structure (largely in industry and science), and related data on issues such as language affinities and migration.\"</p>","PeriodicalId":85331,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet geography","volume":"34 1","pages":"1-27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22027721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Panel on Social Dimensions of Interdependence in the States of the Former USSR","authors":"B. Mitchneck, R. Clem, T. Heleniak, R. Kaiser, M. Sacks, L. Schwartz","doi":"10.1080/10605851.1993.10640920","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10605851.1993.10640920","url":null,"abstract":"A panel of geographers and social scientists discusses a broad range of social issues related to the integration and disintegration of the former Soviet Union. Among the factors affecting and affected by the altered character of social interaction in the former USSR and addressed in the panel are patterns of geographic settlement, labor force patterns, ethnoterritoriality, and return migration of Russians to Russia. The presentations focus on Central Asian and Russian ethnic groups in order to illustrate the consequences of interregional migration on both indigenous and nonindigenous peoples. 8 tables, 2 maps, 1 graph, 17 references.","PeriodicalId":85331,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet geography","volume":"34 1","pages":"28-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10605851.1993.10640920","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59716872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The new Russian minorities: a statistical overview.","authors":"C. D. Harris","doi":"10.1080/10605851.1993.10640919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10605851.1993.10640919","url":null,"abstract":"The author \"presents a succinct review of the newly constituted Russian minorities situated in the former Soviet republics. Based on census data series (1897 to 1989) and original computations, the paper covers location (highest proportion of Russians in Kazakhstan, Latvia, and Estonia), concentration (predominantly urban), occupational structure (largely in industry and science), and related data on issues such as language affinities and migration.\"","PeriodicalId":85331,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet geography","volume":"34 1 1","pages":"1-27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10605851.1993.10640919","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59716828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"RUSSIAN DIAMOND INDUSTRY IN STATE OF FLUX","authors":"A. R. Bond, R. Levine, G. T. Austin","doi":"10.1080/10605851.1992.10640917","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10605851.1992.10640917","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes changes and proposed changes in the structure of the Russian diamond mining and processing industry upon the USSR's disintegration, focusing on the conflict between legislative and executive branches of the Russian government and between Russia and Yakut-Sakha for increased powers over the distribution of diamond output. It traces the evolution of administrative forms, from the past Soviet government monopoly over distribution of rough diamond output to a current arrangement in which Yakut-Sakha retains 20 percent of its output of rough gem-quality stones for independent distribution within a broader framework of Russian Federation control.","PeriodicalId":85331,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet geography","volume":"33 1","pages":"635-644"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10605851.1992.10640917","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59717252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"AGRICULTURAL REFORM IN THE NONCHERNOZEM ZONE: THE CASE OF KOSTROMA OBLAST","authors":"S. Wegren","doi":"10.1080/10605851.1992.10640918","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10605851.1992.10640918","url":null,"abstract":"The author, based on research in the field, describes progress toward agricultural reform in Kostroma Oblast, in Russia's Non-chernozem Zone. Particularly, the relationship of rural demographic structure and land quality to progress toward the establishment of private farms is examined, based on the assumption that farmers' risk-taking behavior and calculations of economic rationality are affected by the character of the rural population and land resources available to it. The contrasts made between legislative intent and reality is instructive for understanding how various aspects of the reform process are proceeding elsewhere, and comparisons are made with oblasts in other parts of Russia.","PeriodicalId":85331,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet geography","volume":"33 1","pages":"645-685"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10605851.1992.10640918","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59717263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION'S EXPORT EARNINGS OUTSIDE THE FORMER SOVIET UNION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR REGIONAL ECONOMIC AUTONOMY","authors":"R. Langhammer, M. J. Sagers, Matthias Lücke","doi":"10.1080/10605851.1992.10640916","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10605851.1992.10640916","url":null,"abstract":"The distribution of foreign export earnings by area of origin is analyzed for the Russian Federation, to convertible and non-convertible currency areas, as well as for four major commodity categories. The paper focuses on identifying, because of Russia's narrow export composition, oblast-level units (and commodities) that contribute disproportionately to the Federation's overall convertible currency earnings. It then explores the implications of the extremely uneven spatial districution of such earnings for the Russian government's efforts to devise a workable formula for distributing export revenues between the “Center” and the localities.","PeriodicalId":85331,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet geography","volume":"33 1","pages":"617-634"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10605851.1992.10640916","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59717199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Selected urban population characteristics of Moscow.","authors":"R H Rowland","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>\"This paper investigates total and regional population characteristics in Moscow [Russia] during 1979-1989, specifically nationality, age, sex and education and their interrelationships. Population dynamics of Russians, Ukrainians, Jews, and, to a lesser extent, other groups are examined based on a regionalization scheme dividing the city into Inner Zone and Outer Zone [regions]. The same spatial framework is employed in an analysis of changes in the age and sex structures of the city's overall population, as well as in levels of education. Linkages between these characteristics and rates of housing construction, recent demographic history, and city migration policy are explored.\"</p>","PeriodicalId":85331,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet geography","volume":"33 9","pages":"569-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22014682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE 1992 GRAIN HARVEST IN RUSSIA AND THE REPUBLICS","authors":"B. Severin","doi":"10.1080/10605851.1992.10640913","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10605851.1992.10640913","url":null,"abstract":"A prominent analyst of Soviet agricultural developments examines the 1992 grain harvest in the former Soviet republics. Coverage includes selective attention to the effects of such factors as weather (both losses from drought and from winterkill), farmers' economic calculations (purchase prices, alternative markets, etc.), the availability of inputs, and measures undertaken at the local level to support the harvest. The assessment provided here indicates that earlier projections of a dramatically smaller 1992 grain harvest have been overstated and outlines measures that can be implemented to reduce dependency on grain imports.","PeriodicalId":85331,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet geography","volume":"33 1","pages":"557-568"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10605851.1992.10640913","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59717104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Selected urban population characteristics of Moscow.","authors":"R. Rowland","doi":"10.1080/10605851.1992.10640914","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10605851.1992.10640914","url":null,"abstract":"\"This paper investigates total and regional population characteristics in Moscow [Russia] during 1979-1989, specifically nationality, age, sex and education and their interrelationships. Population dynamics of Russians, Ukrainians, Jews, and, to a lesser extent, other groups are examined based on a regionalization scheme dividing the city into Inner Zone and Outer Zone [regions]. The same spatial framework is employed in an analysis of changes in the age and sex structures of the city's overall population, as well as in levels of education. Linkages between these characteristics and rates of housing construction, recent demographic history, and city migration policy are explored.\"","PeriodicalId":85331,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet geography","volume":"33 9 1","pages":"569-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10605851.1992.10640914","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59717112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE ALUMINUM INDUSTRY IN THE FORMER USSR IN 1992","authors":"M. J. Sagers","doi":"10.1080/10605851.1992.10640915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10605851.1992.10640915","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reviews recent developments in the aluminum industry in the former USSR based on new sources of information not previously available. It examines a number of factors traditionally affecting the industry's performance (e.g., heavy reliance on raw material imports, yet abundant hydropower), as well as the current conditions permitting its continued functioning despite the disintegration of the former Union into independent republics. It also surveys the past role of the former USSR as a major world aluminum producer, before assessing the impact of exports from the former Union on world aluminum markets.","PeriodicalId":85331,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet geography","volume":"33 1","pages":"591-601"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10605851.1992.10640915","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59717127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}