GGR100H1 Chapter Notes -Urban Growth Boundary, Propiska In The Soviet Union, Local Economic Development
25 Nov 2012
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The current landscape of russia is characterized by ornate tsarist-era buildings and monuments (palaces, churches, museums) with the utilitarian, concrete-and- steel structures of the soviet era. Multicultural settlements eventually grew into towns and cities during the tsarist. Commercial retailers, private transportation, and new housing construction have altered russian social and cultural urban landscapes (post-soviet) In the post-soviet period, capitalist notions of efficiency have made such cities" locations and industrial operations unprofitable, resulting in economic decline and population outflow. Early post-soviet period exposed many cities to increasing poverty, economic collapse, and restructuring. The pre-soviet period: birth of the urban system. Historical settlement patterns have depended on access to water, transportation, and the location of military and economic outposts. The growing city of moscow dominated this new region of settlement, cultural and economic growth in new direction (western euro) Theologians envisioned moscow as the third rome by building a new russian empire firmly rooted in christian missionary traditions with expansionist intentions.
