Mountainous Part of Perm Krai (Gornoe Prikamie): Modern Functional Transformations in Municipalities

The article discusses the features of the functional transformation of the municipalities of the mountainous part of Perm krai (Gornoe Prikamie). To analyze the changes, indicators were calculated that characterize the capital provision of the territory, its change, as well as the structure of fixed assets in 2010 and 2020. Four groups of municipalities were distinguished by the level of development of the material base. The Gubakha and Aleksandrovsk municipal districts have the highest indicators achieved by a combination of factors. The second group included Gornozavodsk and Chusovoy urban districts. They are characterized by contradictory transformations due to the insufficient ability of the old functions to ensure the progressive development of these municipalities. The third group was formed by Lysva and Krasnovishersk urban districts with an average level of development of the material base. Separate positive changes are taking place here in the absence of a clear vector of socioeconomic development. In the fourth group, which includes classic depressive territories (urban districts of Gremyachinsk, Kizel and Cherdyn), the economic problems are associated with the cessation of the functioning of key industries of the Soviet period. An important feature of the functional transformation of municipalities within the mountainous part of Perm krai (Gornoe Prikamie) during this period is the preservation of the leading influence of the manufacturing industries, which primarily determine the degree of development and the commercial component of the non-productive sector. For each group, the main conceptual directions for correcting the current trends in socioeconomic development are proposed: from diversifying the functional structure based on corporate potential and indirect mechanisms of state support to the active use of targeted programming based on budgetary sources of financing.