REVITALIZING DEPRESSED AREAS OF THE RUSSIAN NORTH (THE CASE OF VELIKY USTYUG)

• Published in: GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY
• Main Authors: Anna Yu. Aleksandrova, Ekaterina V. Aigina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Lomonosov Moscow State University 2018
• Subjects: tourism; sustainable regional development; depressed territories of the russian north; tourist cluster; veliky ustyug; rovaniemi; Geography (General); G1-922; Rovaniemi; Russian North
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2018-11-2-97-107; https://doaj.org/article/5557df8b05e948b7b9a53d27b796452d

The study discusses the experience of «Veliky Ustyug – Ded Moroz Homeland» - one of the most successful Russian projects of regional tourism development in scarcely populated and depressed areas of the Russian North.Founded in 1147, Veliky Ustyug is among the oldest towns of the Russian North with a...