INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATION OF SOUTH YAKUTIA IN CONTEXT OF HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE

• Main Authors: Терентий Степанович Ермолаев, Михаил Александрович Акинин
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Science and Innovation Center Publishing House 2013
• Subjects: industrial development; historical experience; the industrial transformation; investment projects; natural resources; human capital; extensiveness; intensity; Social Sciences; H; Yakutia
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/ea0e261d1a8b4f1b880250897decc5a7

The article deals with the historical stages of industrial development of South Yakutia - the main springboard "new" industrialization of the republic in the first quarter of the XXI century. The authors pose the main aim of learning lessons from the historical experience of previous waves of industrial development of Yakutia. They stress the need for the transition from an extensive to an intensive strategy of modernization process in the region as a key to their success. The main conclusion is the proposition that the "new" industrialization of Yakutia may not repeat the mistakes of the previous stages of industrial development and the need to focus on resource saving technologies, the use of local labor resources and improving the quality of human life. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12731/2218-7405-2013-2-14