... its limited scope) into the (often indivisible) realm of politics and society, we must examine regions and sub-regions under different socio-economic aspects, using a variety of factors, variables and attempts of classifications. We must also delve into the structures and connections between them, or parts of them in order to find potential communalities, differences and interdependencies. In so doing, we shall discover that Russia is actually a geographical patchwork of spaces, which have, in their own specific ways, had their share of gains or losses since the beginning of the transition. Hierarchies and stark contrasts are indeed visible, and but not just in terms of 'Moscow and the rest'. As so often in geography, scale is the key word. Moscow's apparent supremacy is certainly relative to the scale and aspect under consideration. In addition, the legacy of the past is essential in the analysis of the present, and thus has ...

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