The Russian heartland revisited: An assessment of Russia's transformation

被引：25

作者：

Bradshaw, M ^{[1
]}

Prendergrast, J ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Leicester, Dept Geog, Leicester LE1 7RH, Leics, England

来源：

EURASIAN GEOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS | 2005年 / 46卷 / 02期

基金：

英国经济与社会研究理事会;

关键词：

Russian Heartland; territorial cohesion; national economy; centralization; regional change;

D O I：

10.2747/1538-7216.46.2.83

中图分类号：

K9 [地理];

学科分类号：

0705 ;

摘要：

The concept of "Russian Heartland," elaborated previously by Hooson (1964) for the USSR on the basis of Mackinder's (1919) forecast of the emergence of a land-based global power controlling the center of the Eurasian landmass, is revisited by two British geographers in the new economic, demographic, and political context of post-Soviet Russia. Using many of the same indicators as Hooson some 40 years earlier, they attempt to identify areas of strength and weakness in Russia's contemporary geography, examining in particular the extent to which it is consolidating its "effective national territory." The focus is on how present obstacles to this consolidation pose a security threat to Russia and neighboring states.

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