Rural Territories of Russia: Realities and Prospects

Shamin, Anatoly E.; Proskura, Dmitry V.; Denisova, Nadezhda V.; Proskura, Natalia V.; Frolova, Olga A.

Rural development is also a social task for any region of Russia and the country as a whole. Assessment of the degree of rural development and development of measures to address the identified problems are the key points in this article. Based on the analysis of the problems of rural territories of one of the regions of Russia-the Nizhny Novgorod region, the crisis characteristics of the current situation and the causes of the systemic crisis of socio – economic development of these territories are revealed. The refined method of integrated assessment makes it possible to determine key parameters, specify the value of factors that take into account the peculiarities of rural development and the specifics of the market under study, make a forecast for key management parameters and, as a result, determine the main directions of sustainable development.