The paper is devoted to studying the issues of estimating the resource dependence of the RF constituent entities and classifying them as resource-type regions. The methodological and technical approaches to determining and identifying the resource-type regions and estimating their resource dependence have been reviewed. The approach and technique for estimating the resource dependence of regions have been proposed, based on the analysis of which, a criterion for classifying a subject as resource-type regions identified. The state of the mineral resource base of the Russian Federation Far Eastern Federal District (FEFD) entities has been analyzed. According to the technique proposed, the resource dependence of the FEFD entities has been comparatively estimated based on the share of statistical indicators for the mining economic activity in the structure of the gross regional product (GRP) of an entity. Based on the analysis of the results obtained, the criteria for classifying entities as resource-type regions have been determined, according to which the FEFD entities classified.