SELECTING INDUSTRY PRIORITIES FOR THE TRANSITION OF THE OLD INDUSTRIAL REGIONS OF THE URALS AND WESTERN SIBERIA TO THE NEO-INDUSTRIAL TYPE OF ECONOMY (PART 2)

Abstract

Introduction. The issues of transforming the economy of Russia's old industrial regions are, and will be of high relevancy for a long time. This is largely due to the objective effect of a powerful factor - technological inertia accumulated over many decades, as well as the existing limited resources to overcome it. Another important factor is the necessity for the economy to transfer to new technologies without reducing the quality of the population's life in the process of restructuring, in particular, the level of employment and income. The search and analysis of possible options for transforming the economies of Russia's old industrial regions from the industrial to the post-industrial type is currently both complex and relevant. The Chelyabinsk region can be regarded as one of Russia's old industrial regions. Currently, the economy of this region is experiencing serious difficulties in its development. This article discusses one of the possible trajectories of the region's development, focused on a phased transition from an industrial type to a neo-industrial type, which is intermediate on the way to a post-industrial type economy...