Socio-economic development of Russian Far East (Fall)

Dear students,

My name is Nikolay Vorontsov, and I’m glad to introduce you to the course "Socio-economic development of the Russian Far East". It’s devoted to the formation of the far eastern state policy of Russia and Russia's participation in the integration processes of the Asia-Pacific region.

The course also examines the internal and external factors of the development of the Far East:

— History of the development of the Far East and its most important centers, major infrastructure projects in various eras: during the Russian Empire, in the Soviet era and in modern times;

— The features of state policy, the adoption and implementation of major state programs;

— New points of economic growth, the development and implementation of large strategic projects for the development of the Russian Far East;

— Integration processes of the Asia-Pacific region, the international division of labor, the formation of international transport corridors.

• Working with statistics data
• Understanding historical and modern models of development of the Far East
• Socio-economic forecasting skill
• Crisis management skills
• Knowledge of the concept of free economic zones
• The skill of organizing business in conditions of preferential economic regimes

This course will allow students to form an objective understanding of the development of the Far East in the dynamics on the example of various era: Russian Empire, Soviet Union and the post-Soviet Russian Federation.

The course will help you understand the development strategy of the Far East of Russia and its parts at different stages of history and apply these knowledge in practice, including in the framework of scientific discussion.

The course will show how to correctly identify external and internal factors that determine the level of development of the region in various historical periods. The course will also present students to modern research and will help develop communicative skills. In the course of training, students will be able to constantly improve their knowledge about the history of the region, argued and constructively defend their positions and ideas in academic and professional discussions.

The goal of this course is to form an objective understanding of the socio-economic development of the Far East in dynamics, including its past and present situation, to analyze the current problems of the development of the Far East region and the proposed ways to solve them.

The course shows the socio-economic development of the Far East from various angles: as a specific region, as part of the all-Russian economic and political space, and also as part of the Asia-Pacific macro-region and the entire world economic community. The analysis of long-term plans for the development of the Far East and the transformation of the system of state administration of these territories has been carried out.

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