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Abstract
An authority on population change and urbanization in the countries of the former USSR assesses metropolitan population trends in Russia and the FSU over the period 1897-1997, focusing on the most recent period 1970-1997. The paper also examines internal population shifts within metropolitan areas–defined as an area of over one million in population consisting of a central city plus other urban centers of over 15,000 population within a 50-mile radius. Metropolitan processes in Russia and the FSU are compared with those in other major world metropolitan areas based on a comparable definition of “metropolitan.” Journal of Economic Literature, Classification Numbers: O18, R12, R23. 1 figure, 7 tables, 60 references.
