ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGY OF COAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT OF THE KOMI REPUBLIC

The article deals with the problems of little-developed and sparsely populated areas of the northern region on the example of the Komi Republic, the typology of regions based on their industrial development is made, regional differences of the state’s northern policy are marked, the role of coal in the energy supply of the country is shown, the prospects of forming a new center of coal mining in the north-west Russia based on the Seydinskoyecoal deposit areevaluated

Keywords

regional development, north, little-developed and sparsely populated areas, coal resources, diversification of coal production, new centers of coal mining