Участие горожан в развитии сельской местности: гостевые дома на Русском Севере

Вестник Московского университета. Серия 5: География. 2020. № 2. С. 66–72.

Averkieva K.

Basing on five case studies, the article describes possible contribution of urban dwellers, owners of rural guesthouses or hotels, to the development of non-agricultural functions of the countryside in olddeveloped regions characterized by less favorable natural conditions in European Russia and the long-term depopulation of rural areas. In-depth interviews and field observations allow identifying several strategies for the participation of guesthouse‘s owners in the development of territories. The strategies could either fit into the institutional framework (the TOS mechanism in the Arkhangelsk oblast or the «Public budget» in the Vologda oblast, grant programs of non-governmental funds etc.), or remain independent basing solely on the social capital of urbanites living in rural areas. Pilot rural development projects implemented by the urbanites are far from supporting the restoration of the rural economic basis, but they contribute to the diversification of rural economy and rural functions in general. 

Keywords: Русский Север, депопуляция сельских территорий, сельские гостевые дома, неаграрная функция сельской местности, сельский туризм