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... relations with the neighbouring states and describes the Soviet-Polish and the Soviet- German relations. A high degree of dependence on external influence and numerous internal weakness of the country influenced the establishment of the geographical borders of Lithuania. 1. Внешняя политика СССР : сб. док. : в 5 т. / отв. ред. С. А. Лозовский ; ред. и авт. прим. проф. Б. Е. Штейн ; Высш. парт. школа при ЦК ВКП(б)....

This article deals with the possible areas of cross-border cooperation between Russian and Belarussian regions. The author identifies the main results of cooperation between the countries in trade, transport, science, and social relations. The article proposes four possible scenarios of cooperation, which can ensure a rational use of the regions’ potentials. 1. Альметова З. В., Подрядова Т. Е., Шеремет А. А. Взаимодействие России и Белоруссии в рамках Евразийского союза // Актуальные направления...

... Калининград: Издательство БФУ им. И. Канта, 2020. — Т. 4, ч. 2. С. 107—117. 18. Gorochnaya V.V., Mikhaylov A.S., Plotnikova A.P., Mikhaylova A.A. Tourism clusters and innovation security: dialectics in the western border regions of Russia // Geojournal of Tourism and Geosites. 2020. Vol. 28. № 1. pp. 127—139. 19. Емельянова Л.Л., Феоктистова К.С. Приморская ландшафтно-рекреационная зона Калининграда: ...

... em­phasized: "place" (position), "weight" (including the actual marine economy), functionality, and economic structure. Priority attention is paid to the dy­namic aspect of the typology-the grouping of "strongholds of coastal border­lands" in the dichotomy "stability-variability", "development-degradation". The conceptual and theoretical generalizations are illustrated by concrete ex­amples of the spatial dynamics of Russia's marine activity and ...

... of 7—8 m, accompanied by a rise in sea level by 0.7 m, hit the coast of the Southeastern Baltic Sea in January 2019. The coast of the Rus­sian part of the Curonian Spit was selectively eroded. The most significant erosion was recorded in the near border part of the coast (the foredune retreat­ed from 1 to 4.7 m), as well as in the root section, where the foredune broke through and the adjacent territory was flooded. The zone between these parts of the spit proved to be relatively stable for 20 ...

The article focuses on the issues of innovative development of coastal ag­glomerations, as advancement drivers for the regions of Southern Russia, which experience a reduction in contact potential in modern geo-economic conditions that complicates international economic and technological coopera­tion. The aim of the study is to identify the specifics of the information metab­olism processes as the basis of innovative development taking place in the Ros­tov agglomeration being the largest coastal...

... de­velopment, and though it has not been sufficiently studied, it has received in­creasing attention in the last two decades. The article focuses on the economic features of 11 federal subjects of the Russian Federation located along its mar­itime borders in the west of the Arctic, Baltic and Azov-Black Sea basins. The regions under study vary from each other, but each of them plays a vital role in the country's economy. The author aims to identify their typological differ­ences in order to improve ...

The article is devoted to the urgent problem of economic security of the Russian border regions, directly adjacent to Ukraine: Kursk, Belgorod, Voro­nezh, Rostov and Krasnodar regions. The study is going to assess the level of economic security in these regions, as well as its dynamics after 2014, taking into account cyclical features ...

The article studies the sectoral structure of employment and the gross regional product, the similarities and differences of the region from other bordering coastal regions of Russia through the economic and statistical analysis of indicators of population dynamics. The benefits of the coastal and borderline positions are not fully exploited by the region, that is, those types of economic activity ...

The article discusses the semi-medium-sized cities (with a population from 20 to 50 thousand people) and their functions in five regions of the North-West Federal District of the Russian Federation; the socio-economic areas formed by the semi-medium-sized cities are clearly represented. As an example, five semi-medium-sized cities of the Kaliningrad region are considered, the role of each city in regional development and regional settlement system is revealed. The author analyses participation of...

... climate change, changes of the migratory flyways of certain species (particularly Greater White-fronted Goose) and by human impact. In order to preserve the wetland complex of utmost importance for migrating birds, it is necessary to develop the cross border Ramsar territory and to grant the corresponding status to the Russian part of the Neman delta. 1. Булгаков Д.Б., Гришанов Г.В. Характеристика весенней миграции гусей на территории ...

The article considers the present situation and perspectives of international cooperation in the field of tourism in the Baltic Sea Regio and the peculiarities of formation of cross-border tourist regions as a variety of territorial recreational system. 1. Драгилева И.   И. Трансграничное сотрудничество в развитии туризма Юго-Восточной Балтики: автореф. дис. … канд. геогр. наук. Калининград, 2006. 2. Кропинова Е.   Г. Регионально-экономический анализ формирования тер­риториальных рекреационных...

This article compares the structure of avifauna within the present-day borders of the Kaliningrad region over the period from the end of 19th century to 2010. The author argues that the species turnover in nesting birds has accelerated and that immigration exceeds local mortality. The unification of regional avifauna is ...

The author analyses the theoretical aspects of international (transnational and cross-border) region notion and considers their peculiarities and hierarchy through the example of the Baltic region. 1.      Клемешев А.   П., Федоров Г.   М. Исследования Балтийского региона в РГУ им. И. Канта // Балтийский регион. 2009. №   1. С. 96—103. 2.      Кошелев В.   Н. Еврорегион как фактор социально-экономического разви­тия территории // Вестник Российского государственного университета им. И. Кан­...

This article analyses the natural population increase (decrease) in the postcommunist part of Baltic Europe (the federated state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, West Pomeranian, Pomeranian, and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeships, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Kaliningrad and Leningrad region, and the federal city of Saint Petersburg) in 2002—2011. The study uses standard methods of demographic analysis, the data provided by national statistical services and Eurostat. All regions analysed are characterised...

Network cooperation — the most efficient form of unlocking the economic and natural potential of territories — is rapidly developing in Russia under the influence of global processes. Due to its unique geopolitical position, the Kaliningrad region is one of the regions where such networks develop at both the regional and international levels. When studying such forms of cooperation, the traditional methods of social sciences as research tools are not sufficient, which is explained by the dynamic...

... of the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda"], 2005, Komsomolskaya Pravda, 23 May. 19. Mezhevich, N. М. 2007, Rossijsko-estonskaja granica: istorija formirovanija i sovremennoe znachenie dlja razvitija Severo-Zapada Rossii [Russian-Estonian border: the history of the formation and contemporary significance for the development of the North-West Russia], Pskovskij regionologicheskij zhurnal, no. 4, p. 134—145. 20. Pogranichnyj dogovor s Latviej ratificirovan [Border agreement with Latvia ...

... growing closer, which brings to the foreground problems of interaction and — in a longer perspective — those of close cooperation between different social systems. The article considers the case of North-West Russia, the only territory having a common border with the EU, in order to examine the issue of Russia using the geographical factor, which Otto von Bismarck called the most powerful and intrinsic factor in history. The significance of this factor increased after the Cold War. It was then when ...

... socio-economic and political features. The article identifies enclave (exclave) problems peculiar to them, including the land access (passenger and cargo transit) of the metropolis to the isolated territory, as well as the issues relating to the origins of state border, border control, visa regime, and political and economic relations to neighbouring states and the mainland. The author reviews cases of evolutional development of enclavity and peaceful and military methods of eliminating enclave formations. Actions ...

... Australian Military Intervention, International Political Sociology, Vol. 4, no. 3, September, p. 287—302. 19. Needham, R. 1978, Primordial Characters, Charlottesville. 20. Ouellet, J. 2004, Authority, Trade and Ideas: Using Systems Theory to Understand Borders and Identity. In: Khudoley, K., Lanko, D. (ed.), Borders, Identities and Nationalism: Understanding the Relationship, St. Petersburg, p. 16—37. 21. Waltz, K. 1999, Globalization and Governance: James Madison Lecture, Political Science and Politics,...

This article considers the present state and prospects of Russian-Lithuanian cooperation in the field of research and innovation. The author analyses the tendencies of innovation activities of economic entities in the North-West of Russia in terms of relative innovation activity indicators. Special attention is paid to the role of cross-border and trans-border cooperation in the Baltic macroregion as a mechanism of managing the innovative development of regional economy. 1. Instrument Evropejskogo...

The territories of Vistula and Curonian lagoons, centrally located in the cross-border region, have numerous remarkable nature sites as well as monuments of history and culture. The article analyses the internal and external factors affecting the development of the Russian segment of the transborder "Southeastern Baltic" tourism and recreation region. 1. Cybin, Ju. A. 2004. Shema ohrany prirody Kaliningradskoj oblasti. M-vo prirod.resursov RF, Federal'naja sluzhba po nadzoru v sfere...

Globalisation creates favourable conditions for the formation of transborder regions through enhancing communication. This process involves industrial, transport, trade and other enterprises as well as education, culture and research institutions, which develop multiple links. The formation of cross-border regions is facilitated by the regional policy of the European Union, which encourages the development of connections between the transborder regions of different countries including non-EU members...

... study of migration processes in the South-East Baltic (volume, structure, directions) and the analysis of factors affecting migration mobility of the population as well as the assessment of migration influence on the socioeconomic development of three border territories. 1. V buduwem zhiteljam Litvy pridetsja rabotat' dol'she i tjazhelee // Sajt «Litovskaja respublika». [online] Available at: <http://www.lithuania.by/> (Accessed 12 Oktober 2010). 2. V krizis Litvu nakryla bol'shaja volna ...

... sovereignty. The contemporary legislative and institutional framework of cybersecurity in the Russian Federation is examined, including doctrinal documents and laws aimed at protecting critical information infrastructure and strengthening “digital borders.” Particular attention is paid to the geopolitical dimension of the issue—Russia’s cooperation with other states in the field of international information security and conflicts of interest in global cyberspace. The article substantiates ...

The article examines the issue of the place of the Old Believer community in the Northwestern region of the Russian Empire during the process of Russification in the 19th to early 20th centuries. To achieve the research goal, the following tasks were addressed: a historical overview of the formation of the community in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was provided, a characterization of the existence of the Old Believer community in the region within the Russian Empire was given, circumstances of the...