Siberia in contemporary Russia: historical traditions and perspectives of modernization

According to the author, the main aim of the present article is to define contemporary geopolitical position of Siberia in Russia and in the world. Siberia became part of the Russian state at the end of XVI - XVIII centuries as part of the heritage of the Golden Horde. It was inhabited and mastered by Russian colonists, it became a part of the Russian world with its multiethnic, multi-confessional, religious tolerance. As a part of Russia, Siberia passed all the economic, social and political transformation in the XIX - early XXI centuries - war, revolution, the Soviet state and the capitalist project of industrial society, the economy and the mobilization totalitarian regime and is now experiencing a new country with a modernization crisis. The author believes that the position of Siberia in Russia and in the world is determined by the presence of abundant natural resources, most of which have not yet been explored. Siberia is the main pantry of the country and in the next 15-20 years it will be the main "currency department" and supplier of money in the federal budget. But the strategic goal of the authorities and society in Siberia is a priority to the development of intellectual potential. The future plans of the administrations of Siberian regions have already put such tasks. Along with the old scientific and educational centers (Omsk, Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Barnaul, Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk), grew Tyumen, Surgut, Nizhnevartovsk. Cities of Siberia, especially Tomsk and Novosibirsk, become points of growth of the new information world. On the North oil money directly to the FEC are poured into education. The main problem in Siberia and in 10-15 years will remain weak and the lack of public transport. Seriously to talk about that in the cold of Siberia only heat-loving Anglo-Saxons are too many people who criticize the Russian experience of development of Siberia. In Siberia, to delay traveling to the south and west of the population and prevent the rebelliousness of the local community, it is necessary to leave more funds from the exploitation of natural resources. From 1989 to the present time in the Urals was 2 million inhabitants less, 32 million and 30 million population is growing only in the oil and gas regions -- The Tyumen and Tomsk regions. In Siberia remain ethno-political stability, which is an important strategic resource. Siberia - the only territory in the Christian-Muslim arc from Bosnia to the Altai, where not strike sparks. However, the migration flow from Central Asia will require more attention to the ethnic problems of the region. The author concludes that the geopolitical significance of Siberian natural resources is growing, is a strong Russian trump card in international relations, there is no reason for the pessimistic forecasts of development of Siberia and Russia as a whole, while there is abundant natural and intellectual resources. Practice has shown that even with the implementation of models of mobilization in the country achieved positive results. But now the Soviet legacy worn out, and a new generation of businesses built too small. With the modernization of the economy, what so ardently called E.M. Primakov, have to hurry, not in words but in deeds.

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