Russia’s North-West Borders: Tourism Resource Potential
... tourism requires the extending of border regions’ appeal. A unique resource of the northwestern border regions are the current and historical state borders and border facilities. Successful international experience of creating and developing tourist attractions and destinations using the unique geographical position of sites and territories may help to unlock the potential of Russia’s north-western border regions. This article interprets the tourism resource of borders — which often remains overlooked ...
The influence of the transport factor on the investment competitiveness of coastal regions in the European part of Russia.
... to other regions of the country. It makes perfect sense to set up large economic centers capable of harnessing the benefits of agglomeration and seaside factors in such regions. A tool to improve the level of economic development and investment attractiveness of these regions is the implementation of large trasnsport infrastructure projects. The article analyzes how the implementation of projects under the Federal Target Program “Development of the Transport System of Russia (2010—2021)” ...
Investment attractiveness of Russian enterprises from the perpsective of transnational corporations
There are a number of stereotypes regarding the investment attractiveness of Russian enterprises. Local companies often do not see any development prospects in Russia and complain at the unsatisfactory local institutional environment. However, the activity of multinational corporations (MNCs) in Russia serves ...
Economic development of Russia’s north-western regions and migration to the St. Petersburg agglomeration
... Finland, population growth has been minor, and agglomerations have mostly grown through migration. The population has migrated from the north and east towards the south, and to a lesser extent, to the Baltic Sea coast and university cities. The most attractive agglomerations have been those of Helsinki and Turku, which saw an acceleration of in-migration after the 2008—2009 financial crisis [12], [13].
St. Petersburg has consistently held the status of a central city for science and education. ...
Media images of the Kaliningrad region in the structure of migration attitudes of millennials and the reform generation
... interviews with informants (N=44). The research methods are publication analysis and in-depth interviews processed using the Atals.ti software. The five images identified are a region of international cooperation, a military outpost, an economically attractive area, a territory of developing infrastructure, and a tourist destination. The most substantial intergenerational differences concern the media images of a military outpost and an economically attractive area. Members of the reform generation ...
Typology of migration processes of Russian coastal regions
... Russia at the regional and local levels in 1993—2018. Analysis of the transformation of the migration situation in each of the coastal regions of Russia over the entire post-Soviet history has shown the presence of fairly stable core regions of attraction of migrants in the basins of the Baltic and Black Seas. Durng the study period they increased their migration attractiveness. Areas of outflow of migrants, formed mainly within the Pacific, Arctic and Caspian Seas basins, for the most part ...
Migration attractiveness of the coastal zone of Russia’s North-West: local gradients
... and the Barents Seas, it is an area of geostrategic importance where much of the country’s coastal economy — one of the national priorities — is located. Push and pull factors are enormously diverse in the area, as are migration flows forming attraction poles for migrants. There is little research on the issue despite its social and practical significance. Thus, research is required to examine how the coastal factor can benefit the migration attractiveness and human resources of Russian coastal ...
Mathematical modeling of the process of attracting customers for paid SAAS solutions
The paper considers various aspects of attracting customers to use SaaS solutions from company X. As a test solution, an advertising company aimed at the Latin American region was considered. Based on the obtained data, a mathematical model was built that showed the most "weak" ...
Sanctions risks and regional development: Russian case
... with developed unfriendly countries. The republics of the North Caucasus, due to their proximity to neutral countries, were able to take advantage of the redirection of trade flows, including results of allowing parallel imports<22> [17], and attracted additional domestic tourists due to restrictions on the movement of Russian citizens abroad.
In regions with a high value of exposure, there was a lower index of output in 2022 (correlation coefficient is – 0.41), that is, there was a higher ...
Where and how meanings emerge
... Author in Ukraine. Inostrannye yazyki v vysshej shkole [Foreign Languages in Tertiary Education], 2 (61), pp. 15—22, https:// doi.org/10.37724/RSU.2022.61.2.002 (in Russ.).
Zolyan, S. T., 2022b. Meaning Creation and Its Linguistic Mechanisms: Semantic Attraction. Proceedings of the V. V. Vinogradov Russian Language Institute, 1, pp. 82—91,
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Zolyan, S. T., 2023a. The semiotic perpetuum mobile in action: OMON, homonyms and antonyms. Slovo.ru: Baltic ...
Comparative analysis of the territorial support frame of settlement in coastal areas: the case of St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad regions
... territories, sharing a similar position in terms of physical, economic and political geography, have a distinctly coastal settlement system and a maritime economy. Although there are many geographical commonalities between the two areas and they both have attracted intense interest from the research community, this is the first study to conduct a comparative analysis of the territorial support frames of settlement characteristic of the St. Petersburg metropolitan area and the Kaliningrad region.
The article ...
Small towns of Latvia: disparities in regional and urban development
... at different times. Historically, Latvia developed as an industrial-agrarian society living a less urbanised lifestyle. This encouraged the development of a dense network of self-sufficient towns, whose unique landscapes and architecture make them attractive as places of residence and tourist destinations. Then, the socio-spatial approach came to the fore, drawing attention to the practices and activities of urban social groups: authorities, businesses, civil society organisations and local communities ...
Modern features of the development of a comfortable urban space in small towns of the Kaliningrad region
... issue of balanced socio-economic development of the entire territory of the Kaliningrad region, an important task is to improve the quality of life in small towns in the region, as they serve as supporting elements for the regional settlement frame. Attracting federal and extrabudgetary funds could be seen as an effective tool in the context of a local budget deficit. To date, improving the quality of urban spaces has been possible due to participation in the all-Russian competition for the best ...
Cities, mountains, roads... (the image of a city in formulaic paronymic collocations)
The article analyses the collocations of the lexeme 'gorod (city)' with its paronyms — words that are pronounced or written in a similar way, not necessarily connected etymologically. These collocations, which appear in paronymic attraction and repeated many times, are called formulaic. The research presented in the article confirms the assumption that the stable paronymic collocations do not unite random words but a type of mythologemes — 'gorod’, ‘gora’ and ‘doroga’....
Management of Migration Processes in the Far East: Dysfunctions of Socio-Demographic Policy in the Region
... development program and an analysis of its compliance with public expectations are formed. One of the fundamental issues of the study is migration of Russia’s population, because many regions of the country set an urgent task to increase regional migration attractiveness due to the prolonged migration outflow of the population. As part of the empirical basis, the author relies on available statistical data, sociological surveys and the author’s research. The article provides an analysis of statistical ...
Between the Eurasian and European subsystems: migration and migration policy in the CIS and Baltic Countries in the 1990s—2020s
... European, or, in other words, between the Russian Federation and the core of the EU), are subject to their strong influence and ‘competitive gravitation’.
The strength of this gravitation depends not only on pull and push factors but also on the attractiveness and non-attractiveness of the migration policies prevailing in these migration subsystems at a given point in time.
1. Houtum, H. 2008, The War Against Unwanted Immigrants: EU’s Border Machine in Challenges of Global Migration: ...
Migration from Post-Soviet countries to Poland and the Baltic States: trends and features
... growing welfare and income levels and a decline in the unemployment rate, further economic growth was hampered by the outflow of skilled workforce and resulting labour shortages. In response, the governments of the Baltics and Poland drew up programmes to attract international labour. Soon these countries transformed from exporters of labour into importers. Unlike Western European countries, Poland and, to a lesser extent, the Baltic States are trying to attract migrants from neighbouring nations with ...
Assessing competitiveness of the Baltic states in tourism
... methodologies for assessing the competitiveness of tourism industries and presents an original nine-step methodology for comprehensive assessment thereof. The aggregate index comprises four sub-indices (conditions, infrastructure, accessibility, and attractiveness), 22 components, and over 100 indicators. The calculations use a wide range of data sources. The results are displayed in charts and graphs. The Baltic region states are seen to have a high (Germany) or relatively high level of competitiveness....
The influence of the sea on the economic development and settlement structure in the Baltic Sea region
... Baltic region, Balt. Reg., Vol. 6, no. 1, p. 113—123. DOI: 10.5922/2079-8555-2014-1-10.
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21. Pokshishevsky, V., Fedorov, G. 1988, The fundamentals of population ...
Tourism in Border Regions: Theoretical Aspects of a Geographical Study
... is stressed that institutional barriers have become a major obstacle to the development of transboundary tourism regions. Borders are classed depending on the border regime and strictness of tourist entry procedures. Special attention is paid to the attractiveness of state border areas. The authors identify external and internal conditions affecting tourism development and functioning in border areas. The practical significance of the study lies in the possibility of using its findings in developing ...
Herzen and conservatives: attraction and repulsion
This article considers the common and the unique in the views and beliefs of A. I. Herzen (1812—1870) and Christian — both Russian and Western — conservatives. The author emphasizes that the attraction and repulsion between the freedom-loving supporter of revolutionary changes, Herzen, and sincere advocates of spiritual freedom — free conservatives — were only natural.
1. Володин А. И. Герцен и Запад // Литературное ...
Strategic planning of small towns development in the Kaliningrad region
The article examines some geographical features of strategic planning of small cities in the Kaliningrad region. The article reveals institutional and secondary measures for perfection of strategy and improvements of investment attractiveness of small towns in the Kaliningrad region.
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Population Migration as an Evidence of Regional Economic Attraction (through the Example of the Pskov Region)
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Kaliningrad Architectural Landscape as a Tourist Attraction
The authors consider the development of urban tourism as one of the factors behind the socioeconomic development of a territory. They give estimates for tourism revenues associated with the emergence of a new attraction and its inclusion into travel itineraries and landmark maps. The authors look at the experience of development of historical European towns from the perspective of tourist attractiveness and explore the role of architectural landscape in creating ...
University performance and regional development: the case of Russia’s North-West
... are five main functions (educational, research, retraining and advanced training of workforce, socio-cultural and managerial) comprehensively characterizing the university’s performance.
To respond to the current global challenges, regions strive to attract and effectively use various resources, including human and intellectual ones. The implementation of the Third Mission makes universities a great driving force in their regions, which requires high-quality performance of all functions and a balance ...
Evangelical Lutheran church of Denmark: socio-economic and territorial-organisational aspects
... trend in European countries.
Interesting results are obtained from examining the ethnic background of adherents. The formal membership in the Church of Denmark continues to be significant among the indigenous population of the country. However, its attractiveness to migrants from non-Western countries and their descendants was unexpected (Table 3), since there are no Lutheran traditions present in most countries of their origin. The relative popularity of membership among migrants from Western countries ...
Models for countering the segregation of ethnoreligious immigrant areas in Denmark and Sweden
... 17 points.
The European migration crisis of 2015 became an “exogenous shock” [1] for European national models of immigration control. Faced with the prospect of hosting an unprecedentedly high number of refugees, states sought to reduce their “attractiveness” by tightening entry conditions and reducing social security. At the same time, the situation with the number of immigrants in Denmark has again become the opposite of Sweden. This is illustrated by the difference in asylum rates in both ...
Military and political cooperation between Germany and Lithuania in the late 2010s to early 2020s
... personnel count than those of Latvia and Estonia combined. Additionally, the number of brigades and division headquarters in the Lithuanian army equalled the total number in Latvia and Estonia.
This development significantly increased the strategic attractiveness of Lithuania to Germany. Germany announced plans to increase the number of brigades in its army to between 8 and 10 (up from the existing 7.5 brigades) and to add three new divisions to the existing three by the mid-2030s.<10> However,...
A new role of cooperation under economic sanctions as seen by residents of the Kaliningrad region
... about the unprofitability of cooperative economic activities.
Our findings are partially corroborated by other studies, which link cooperative economic models to limitations in achieving significant financial success, generating higher incomes [23] and attracting investments [24]. Evidence obtained at the national level also reflects these trends, with various cooperative cases demonstrating a decrease in the enthusiasm of potential participants, with this change in sentiment associated with the disparity ...
Confiscation Estonian style: legal and political aspects of potential seizure of Russian assets in EU countries
... world [36].
As noted earlier, most of Russia’s frozen assets are held in France, Germany and Austria. The economies of these countries, along with the US, the UK, Canada, and Japan, which have also opted to freeze Russian assets, partly depend on attracting foreign assets. Moreover, investors — both private and public individuals — may originate from countries that may potentially face economic measures similar to those applied to Russia. As a result, investments in the Western economy will ...
Speech features clinical guidelines for patients
... those containing information about the disease — informative (leading function — informative); created to encourage patients to take care of their own health, engage in disease prevention — persuasive (leading function — pragmatic); created to attract potential clients to a medical institution, shape the organization’s image, promote medical products and services — advertising (leading function — representational). Based on the analyzed material, recommendations of the first two types ...
State support for attracting high skilled workers from Russian regions to the Kaliningrad region: enhancing effectiveness
To attract in-demand professionals from various regions of Russia to the labor market in the Kaliningrad region (including teachers, medical professionals, and IT specialists), support measures have been implemented at both the federal and regional levels....
The border as a barrier and an incentive for the structural economic transformation of the Kaliningrad exclave
... duty-free import of foreign raw materials and semi-finished products and the export of the resulting products to the mainland, provided a certain level of value-added, ranging from 15 % to 30 %, was achieved. The rouble devaluation in 1998 increased the attractiveness of this business model for entrepreneurs [14].
The economic shifts that occurred in the Kaliningrad region in the first post-Soviet decade are more accurately described as a structural crisis rather than a restructuring. The main outcomes ...
Knowledge and innovation dynamics of the Northwest Russia under geopolitical changes
... interaction in spite of a high ‘institutional density’ [48]. Expanding interregional cooperation by increasing the supply of R&D services to new markets can facilitate the use of the regions’ capabilities and increase their innovative capacities by attracting additional funding.
Secondly, the subjects of Northwest Russia have different research specializations. The analysis of the subjects of the performed R&D and indexed scientific publications demonstrates the prevalence of natural science in ...
The adaptation of Russian regions’ economies to the rupture of relations with Europe: the case of Baltic Sea ports
... import of goods: from 2011 to 2014, 37 European countries supplied 43—44 % of Russia’s merchandise imports, and in the period from 2015 to 2021 their share was 35—40 % [3].
In addition, in these years, Russia placed its bets on the large-scale attraction of direct and portfolio investments, as well as high technologies from European countries, hoping to modernize its national economy with their help. Foreign investors, mainly European, received significant preferences and benefits that helped ...
Spatial differentiation of rural territories in the Kaliningrad region: implications for socio-economic policies
... branch of the Moy Biznes entrepreneur support centre operates in the region, overseeing amongst other things the Kaliningrad Regional Microfinance Fund.<7>
Eastern municipalities receive special treatment: within the Vostok programme seeking to attract investment and create jobs in the area long-term (up to 10 years) loans ranging from 2 to 50 million roubles are provided on a competitive basis with a preferential interest rate of 1 %.<8>
There is a need for a regional spatial development ...
Modern trends in paradiplomacy: a case of Russian-Finnish regional cooperation
... theory by introducing the concept of ‘layers’ of paradiplomatic activity [8]. According to Lecours, the first layer is represented by economic cooperation. In this context, regional governments seek to develop an international presence in order to attract foreign investments and international companies to the region and enter new markets. As noted by modern scholars, for instance, Mezhevich and Bolotov, economic cooperation creates additional financial opportunities for regional authorities, and ...
The Swedish institute’s scholarship policy as a soft power instrument
... The Institute also conducts assessments of Sweden’s international awareness levels and proactively promotes the country’s image through various media platforms.
According to the official stance of the Swedish Institute, Sweden is an exceptionally attractive destination for education due to the nation’s advancements and the values upheld by its population. Swedish societal norms, particularly in economics, social organization, and environmental consciousness, are cited as compelling reasons for ...
Artificial Intelligence: a catalyst for entrepreneurship education in the Baltics
... young individuals, holds the potential to inform public policy enhancements within the domains of both general and vocational education. Such improvements aim to bolster the effectiveness of entrepreneurship education and promote entrepreneurship as an attractive career path.
Theory and research methods
In this study, a combination of general and specialized research methods was employed, encompassing the following approaches: historical method was utilized to examine the historical evolution of knowledge ...
The Visegrad Group and the Baltic Assembly: coalitions within the EU as seen through Russian foreign policy
... overactive integration activities the BA and the BCM attempt to compensate for the underdevelopment of the organisational structure. However, BA and BCM, in contrast to the Visegrad group, are known mainly to experts in the Baltic States and do not attract much attention by their activities. As the Baltic authorities admit, both organisations, especially the BCM, after Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia joined NATO and after joining the European Union, were brought in line with the new requirements....
Societal security in the Baltic Sea Region: the Russian perspective
... marginal and hostile source of security threats, the Russian state and society should see the BSR as a region having a considerable potential for cooperation [27], [28]. According to the Russian constructivists, the BSR should have a more positive and attractive image and be associated with the ideas of growth, prosperity and innovation. Moreover, Moscow should perceive the BSR as a region of peace and stability, where different identities can be reconciled and harmonized. At the same time, constructivists ...
Depopulation of coastal rural Lithuania: do regional parks stabilise the situation?
... landscape, NATURA 2000 habitats, etc. Usually, they are located in natural or semi-natural landscapes of rural areas. These territories, however, have a higher depopulation rate than urbanised districts. Still, conservation priority areas were expected to attract young families as permanent residents and make their population more stable. This study aims to investigate changes in the rural population in three regional parks of the Klaipėda county to determine the number of abandoned villages (with 0 residents) ...
In search of a theoretical framework for factors influencing work and life balance
... insurance costs, and low job satisfaction are amongst the consequences of work-life imbalance. WLB has also been examined as part of employer branding, which is coming to the fore as shortage of labour prompts organisations to look for strategies for attracting and retaining employees.
This paper carries out content analysis to provide a theoretical framework for WLB and job satisfaction. It also offers a review of the literature on individual and organisational factors in WLB. Both groups of factors ...
Efficiency analysis of seaports in Russia’s Baltic basin: performance evaluation
... within the ideas of ICZM, where sustainable development is considered from the long-term perceptive of commonwealth governance of economic, political and social factors.<2> In the short term, the perspectives of sustainable development may not be attractive, whereas in the long term, the situation is quite the opposite. This emphasizes the need of concentrating the attempts on considering different aspects of the ICZM with sustainable development goals on the strategic management level according ...
The impact of the food embargo on consumer preferences and cross-border practices in the Kaliningrad region
... domestic producers came into the market, the range of products imported from not embargoed countries expanded, and the available range of elite and dietary products changed in terms of price and/or quality. The possible explanations include low investment attractiveness of the food industry, staff shortage, etc. [10].
Berendeeva and Ratnikova have conducted a comparative study of the effects of changes in price and supply (substitution effects) [11]. They found that the trends differed in rural and urban ...
Population change and the settlement system transformation in Poland, as revealed by the 2021 census
... Western Europe with Belarus and Russia and the longitudinal one connecting the Polish ports on the Baltic Sea with the Czech Republic and the more southern states of the European Union. Such a favourable economic and geographical location has naturally attracted industries, and Poznan was not the only industrial centre of Greater Poland.
The second most populous city, Kalisz, was and still is one of the centres of the Polish aircraft industry. Here, in the 1970—1990s, under Soviet license and in cooperation ...
Vladivostok commercial seaport in the first half of the 1920s: export competition and interdepartmental contradictions
... Civil War; foreign intervention. All this time, the Vladivostok Harbor was in fact the only source of external contacts of the remote region. Being the largest Russian port on the Pacific Ocean, Vladivostok has historically been a kind of center of attraction, both in socio-economic and military-political aspects. However, the destroyed logistics chains and the colossal damage that the era of political instability brought with it deprived him of the primacy in the struggle for the markets of the ...
France’s strategy in the Baltic region: military and political aspects
... relationship between the Fifth Republic and Germany [18], [19], the French leadership’s attempts to form alliances with Greece [20], as well as France’s efforts to exert influence in the Western Balkans [21], are among many other topics that also attract attention. But despite a certain number of studies, it is clear that the strategy of France in the Baltic is usually of little interest to researchers. Among the few works on this topic one should mention Olenchenko’s article on the French approach ...
The peaks and troughs of Russian-Estonian relations
... in the absence of government-supported structures, scholars from the two countries have conducted intensive research into the history of Soviet—Estonian and Russian—Estonian relations. Being far from exhausted, this research agenda continues to attract scholarly attention.
Sergey Tambi is a young researcher holding a bachelor’s degree from Saint Petersburg State University, School of International Relations, and a master’s degree from MGIMO University. His work is a showcase of the achievements ...
Territorial structure of inbound and domestic tourism in the Baltic States
... state of inbound and domestic tourism and the degree of transport infrastructure development. The results of the study suggest that there have been progressive changes in the territorial structure of tourism in the Baltic States. The main centres of attraction are the capitals and their adjacent territories. Horizontal contacts with more developed regions of the EU states and vertical interaction with other regions of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have a significant impact on the development of tourism ...