South of Russia

Civil War

North Caucasus Federal District

• The Republic of Dagestan
• The Republic of Ingushetia
• Kabardino-Balkaria
• Karachay-Cherkess Republic
• Republic of North Ossetia - Alania
• Stavropol region
• Chechen Republic

Southern Federal District

• Republic of Adygea
• Astrakhan region
• Volgograd region
• Republic of Kalmykia
• Krasnodar region
• Republic of Crimea ^[3]
• Rostov region
• federal city Sevastopol ^[3]

Due to the arid climate, the economy of the south of the Russian Federation is mainly agricultural in nature, and light industry enterprises play an important role (for example, in Kamyshin , Krasnodar , Stavropol ). Heavy industry is underdeveloped and mainly in large cities (such as Rostov-on-Don , Volgograd , Novocherkassk , Taganrog ).

Until the beginning of the 2000s, the regions of the south of the Russian Federation were part of the so-called red belt , which is largely due to a significant proportion of the rural population with a corresponding mentality as opposed to the regions of the North-West and the Urals , which were part of the so-called "blue" belt. At the present time, this circumstance has led to the weakness of civil society, its inadequate influence on decision-making by local authorities. Unlike the Russian North and the Center of the country in the South for a long time there was no single large center, but in recent years Rostov-on-Don has played this role, successfully competing with cities such as Krasnodar and Volgograd .

1. ↑ South of Russia. Info
2. ↑ Who is undermining the south of Russia
3. ↑ ^{1 2 The} Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol are located in the territory , the accession of which to Russia did not receive international recognition .