Development of the Russian Federalism in the 1990s (on the example of the Altai Republic)

The article examines features of the development of the Altai Republic their compliance with the expectations of the population of the subject, the national intelligentsia and the managerial elite. Using scientific articles, analytical materials, reference publications, political journalism and the press, the author conducts an in-depth study of the functioning and development of the Altai Republic in the 1990s. The author concludes that the abandonment of industrial development and attempts to create a transport hub within the Altai Republic connecting this region of the Russian Federation with near abroad. The status of an ecologically clean territory of agricultural production and a tourist cluster was also unsuccessful and did not lead to an increase in the welfare of the population. Although the creation of the Altai Republic was a factor in stabilizing the domestic political situation due to the realization of the rights of the peoples of the Altai Mountains to republican sovereignty.