80 years of Novosibirsk region: achieved position

Abstract

Officially the year of Novosibirsk region founding considered 1937 when Siberian district was separated into Novosibirsk Region and Altai Territory. If we will be guided by an­other criterion, birthday of our region must be different, because from Novosibirsk Region a number of cities and districts were separated, of which in 1943 Kemerovo Region and in 1944 Tomsk Region were founded. At the same time four administrative districts were transferred from Altai Territory to our region. At the moment of the Soviet Union’s collapse, Novosibirsk Region was one of the most powerful regions on the east of the country. Today economic structure of region is about the Russian average. It is characterized by that sort of structural anomaly: the transaction sector (trade, financial services, dealing with securities, real estate activities) is almost twice the real sector of economy. The Siberian Federal District’s position is worse than the Russian average by all of the most relevant indicators. This is due to the fact that almost all the advantages of our macroregion were negated and disadvantages (cold, distance, poor infrastructure, etc.) stayed. Novosibirsk region stands out with two indicators: positive migration balance and anomalously high growth rates and volume of housing construction.