The article deals with the organization of Russia’s territory and its development from the historical point of view: the space potential of the country; factors of settlement and separation; mechanisms promoting development of Russia’s territory. The article focuses on the importance to distinguish between political-administrative and socio-economic bases of federative relations while forming administrative and territorial division. The article considers dynamics of settlement, indicates the mechanisms which help establish balanced territorial development of the country.
Tatiana Kuznetsova (Mon,) studied this question.