Moscow agglomeration: history, modernity, development prospects

Abstract

According to the 2021 census, the population of the fifteen largest cities in Russia is about 33.5 million people, which is 22.7% of the country's population. The growth of the urban population of Russia, the concentration of business activity in growing urban agglomerations are natural processes of development of a modern urbanized society. Urban agglomerations have concentrated the main potential of the country's modernization, and the Moscow region has long been the flagship of the country's economy and there is no good reason to believe that the situation will change dramatically in the near future. At the same time, the extensive phase of the development of the agglomeration economy has been passed, and against the backdrop of growing economic and demographic problems, it is essential to understand the prospects for the development of the Moscow agglomeration.