Rural Areas in the Focus of Geographical Research

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The article presents materials from the special issue of the journal 'Izvestiya Russkogo geograficheskogo obshestva', which is dedicated to the geographical research of rural area development in Russia. It offers a brief overview of the historical evolution of this scientific field in social and economic geography both in our country and abroad. The methods used for the geographical research of rural areas are highlighted. Special attention is paid to field methods, which play a crucial role in rural area studies, especially for macro-scale research. A brief overview of the articles comprising the journal issue is provided.

About the authors

A. S. Naumov

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Email: anaumov@geogr.msu.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5099-212X
Faculty of Geography, Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of Department of Social and Economic Geography of Foreign Countries Moscow, Russian Federation

M. S. Savoskul

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Email: savoskul@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2673-411X
Faculty of Geography, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Economic and Social Geography of Russia Moscow, Russian Federation

D. A. Dirin

Tyumen State University

Email: denis_dirin@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5876-6218
Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Physical Geography and Ecology Tyumen, Russian Federation

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