Vol. 11, No. 1, April 1973 - "Soviet Union"
(pp. 3 - 11)
Brian A. Johnson
Bloomsburg State College
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
Abstract
The rank-size rule is a procedure utilized by the urban geographer in studying a given area. It is a technique which can reveal the growth characteristics of an urban area and which provides a vehicle for comparing a given area to a norm. The writer has applied the rank-size rule to the Urals Region urban system of the Soviet Union, and the rank-size distribution will be presented graphically for the years 1897, 1926, 1939 and 1959.1 The rank-size rule will also be applied to the three major oblasts: Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk and Perm, since it appears the Urals may have three dominant cities, rather than one, assuming the primary position as expected from the rank-size rule.
(pp. 12 - 20)
Joseph R. Pifer
Bloomsburg State College
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
Abstract
The Central Chernozem Region of the U. S. S. R. is an economic region defined by Lydolph as being located wholly within the RSFSR with the southwest boundary being the political boundary of the Ukraine; the northern boundary coinciding with a line separating predominantly urban from predominantly rural populations which includes the southern fringes of Tula and Ryazan oblasts. On the east the region merges imperceptibly with the Middle Volga Valley thereby including Penza Oblast even though its industries are tied to the Volga Region.