“…The fact that the region as a whole is not able to form large volumes of production, as a result of which the level of demand for logistics services remains low compared to the most developed regions of the Russian Federation, is also a barrier to the modernization of the commodity supply system in the Republic. The remoteness of the territorial entities of Bashkortostan, one way or another, causes an increase in the costs associated with transportation, which make up the largest share in the logistics structure of both the region and the Russian state as a whole (Dunaev & Nesterova, 2013;Kizim et al, 2014;Shaykhutdinova et al, 2015Shaykhutdinova et al, , 2017Solodilova et al, 2020). In this regard, entrepreneurs, guided by the principles of economy, place their own production next to actively functioning markets, or near a cluster of suppliers.…”