Post-Soviet Period Changes in Resource Utilization and Their Impact on Population Dynamics in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (Russia)

Post-Soviet population dynamics in the Russian Extreme North: A case of Chukotka

“…ix In the research of T. Litvinenko (Litvinenko, 2013) and others (Litvinenko and Kumo, 2017), as many as 38 such abandoned settlements were found all over Chukotka, which differs from the description in this paper. The fact is that this work considers the facilities with a town-like status as of the beginning of 1992, while the data of T. Litvinenko (Litvinenko, 2013;Litvinenko and Kumo, 2017) included settlements with a smaller status as a "small settlements related to mining". Technically, the authors cannot take into account such data; moreover, according to Litvinenko's words, her data were presented to her by a third person and she had no ability to recheck the information.…”

Rural Population Dynamics in the Russian Extreme North IN 1989–2019: A Case Of Sakha Republic (Yakutia)

“…The biggest decline in rural population was observed in Magadan oblast and Chukotka autonomous okrug (Fig. 2) due to the abolishment of mining settlements populated predominantly by Russian people during 1990s (Litvinenko and Kumo 2017). The largest growth of rural population compared to 1989 is observed in Khanty-Mansi autonomous okrug (109.9% in 2018), Sakha republic is the second region in this aspect as its population in 2018 equals 91.6% of that in 1989, then it is followed by Evenki raion (88.2%), Karelia republic (82.3%) and Yamalo-Nenets autonomous okrug (81.4%).…”

“…A notable example here is the small decrease in rural population observed in Evenki raion, which can be attributed to this ethnic factor. Some of the authors' papers were also devoted to the districts with relatively high share indigenous people in Chukotka autonomous region, which maintained their population (Litvinenko and Kumo 2017;Kumo and Litvinenko 2019).…”