title: Peculiarities in the formation of populated places on the seaboard of the USSR.
abstract: "A number of investigators have noted a movement of Soviet population toward the seacoasts, contrasting with the nation's traditional inland development.  The pull of the coast has been linked to the increasing foreign trade of the USSR and to greater involvement in ocean affairs in general.  The author analyzes the recent growth of maritime urban places in terms of the nation's major maritime regions:  Azov-Black Sea, Baltic, Caspian, Pacific and Arctic, compares the rates of urban population growth and discusses some of the factors that account for differences in regional development."
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Dergachev
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005843:Geography; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014586:USSR; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Commerce; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Geographic Factors; Macroeconomic Factors; Migration; Migration, Internal; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Growth; Rural-urban Migration; Socioeconomic Factors; Spatial Distribution; Urban Spatial Distribution--changes; Urbanization; Ussr