Criteria for Selecting Rural Agglomerations and the Mechanism for Their Development Management

Since 2019, the processes of development of rural agglomerations have been initiated in Russia, support for projects for the development of which is provided for by the state program of the Russian Federation "Integrated Development of Rural Territories". At the same time, in the subjects of the Russian Federation, the formation of rural agglomerations occurs spontaneously, without any specific criteria for identifying agglomerations and determining their composition. In this regard, the purpose of this article is to substantiate the criteria for identifying a rural agglomeration. Approbation of these criteria was carried out on the materials of the Vologda region. A mechanism (model) for managing the formation and development of rural agglomerations in the system of spatial development of the region is also proposed.