Статистическая характеристика регионов Арктической зоны России

Abstract

The Arctic zone of the Russian Federation has always stayed at the centre of attention for the leadership of our country. Already in 1916 the first document was issued, which included certain lands of the Arctic zone to the territory of the Russian Empire. At present, interest to Arctic is growing in all countries, even in those, which geographically are far from it. First of all, this is due to the discovery of large volumes of hydrocarbon reserves and to the development of the Northern Sea Route. The Russian Federation has adopted a state program “Socio-economic development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation for the period until 2020”. It includes the main directions of the development of the Arctic zone and some key indicators. The article presents the results of the statistical characteristics of the subjects of Federation of the Arctic zone of Russia.