Olga Vendina
Biographic Data
| ID | 878240 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Olga Vendina |
| GIVEN NAMES | Olga |
| FAMILY NAME | Vendina |
| SIGNATURE | VENDINA O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Geography |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3650-1299 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 66 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
City-Agglomeration: Production and Representation of the Boundaries of Spatial Influence of Krasnodar
The article is based on the materials of the field research conducted in Krasnodar krai in the summer–autumn of 2023, as well as on the analysis of articles and projects devoted to the substantiation of spatial forms and borders of Russian urban agglomerations. The Krasnodar urban agglomeration was chosen for several reasons: (a) the intensive growth of the population of Krasnodar, (b) the “cross-border” nature of the urban agglomeration, which i…
Exchange of Views on the Article “What Exactly is Studied When Ethnicity is Researched? A Descriptive Model for Constructivist Studies of Ethnicity in the Context of the Cognitive Turn” by E.Varshaver
The text presents the opinions of current ethnicity researchers regarding the article by Evgeni Varshaver. While agreeing that the text itself is interesting, the authors, firstly, disagree on its innovativeness, and secondly, in light of the complexity of the phenomenon of ethnicity itself, doubt the possibility of a simple and clear scheme for its study, as Varshaver claims. Among other topics that were discussed: the possibility of quantitativ…
From Narratives to Monuments: Symbolic Transformation of the Cultural Landscape of the Kaliningrad Region
The article is based on the materials of field research conducted in the Kaliningrad region in 2022-2023. The authors proceed from the idea of this region as a frontier emerged due to redefinition of jurisdiction of the territories of East Prussia after World War II and geopolitical transformations after 1991. Currently, the region is surrounded by EU countries, and this predetermines its perception as a civilizational frontier - a space of compa…
Toponymic Landscape of the Kazakhstan-Russia Borderland: Cultural Sovereignty and Renaming Policies
The authors consider the toponymic landscape as a "space of meanings" that reflects the power relations and the dominant ideological positions its time. The concept of "cultural sovereignization" is used to describe the state politics aimed to prevent imaginary or real threats to territorial integrity from irredenta diaspora living in the borderland and in close contact with a neighboring parent country. By the procedure of toponymic re-naming, s…
Identity of Kaliningraders: Influence of Social Beliefs on the Choice of Self-Identification
Research into the identity of residents of Kaliningrad Oblast is characterized by a combination of close attention to the ideologically significant factors of its formation and its deficit in personal belief and mindset issues. At best, researchers talk about stereotypes of public opinion and enduring mythologems. The authors seek to fill this gap by offering a look at identity as a reflective project supported by narratives and controlled by soc…
The Moscow Social Space: Features and Structure
The article presents the results of a study on analyzing intracity differences in Moscow. The concept of “social space” as a dual reality is used as the theoretical framework of the work, derived simultaneously from social relations and properties of an urban area. In the study, heterogeneous quantitative indicators were used for each of Moscow’s 125 districts. Sources of information are a census; current socioeconomic, demographic, migration, an…
Muscovites and Newcomers: Strategies for Mutual Adaptation
The article considers particularities of the social mechanisms of mutual adaptation of Muscovites and newcomers based on a series of interviews and focus groups conducted in Moscow. The author maintains the view that integration of the urban population cannot be solved by administration; it is necessary to understand the self-organization mechanisms that can be used to develop policies aimed at improving social institutions. The article emphasize…
Economic and social reforms in the North Caucasus: Goals, limitations, problems, and results
Problems regarding the development of the North Caucasus have been key issues on the agenda of federal and regional authorities for many years. Their visions of the possibilities and methods of development vary widely. Practically all regional elites place emphasis on the uniqueness of their republics, while the federal authorities, on the contrary, seek to move beyond the asymmetry of the relationships, seeing the solution to the problem as a br…
The city of Kaliningrad: Planning the future and young people’s needs
A comparative analysis of the views of 20-year-olds (first generation, born and raised in post-Soviet years) about the cities where they live was conducted based on surveys of students in three neighboring largest cities on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea: Kaliningrad, Klaipėda, and Gdańsk. The most important aspects of urban life for young people were identified. The needs of Kaliningrad students were compared with the forecast scenario…
Results of the Policy of Post-Soviet Economic and Social Reforms in the North Caucasus
Cities and social processes: Rethinking notions and concepts
Some categories used in Russian geography to analyze spatial aspects of social processes in cities are considered. The possibility to interpret the same terms differently is shown depending on scientific approaches and the investigation scopes applied. This paper is part of a topical collection of five articles published in this issue of the journal under the rubric “Urban Geography” and dedicated to key terms and notions used in urban studies in…
Moscow identity and identities of Muscovites
The paper considers the structural specifics of the Muscovites identities. A comparative analysis of the interrelationship of state (Russia), city (Moscow), and ethnic identities is performed based on the data of sociological surveys. Specific features of Moscow identitities are studied in detail, depending on the age, social and professional composition of Moscow population, and the district of residence. It was concluded that to promote the sol…
The Wars in Chechnya and Their Effects on Neighboring Regions
A team of Russia- and U.S.-based geographers presents and discusses the economic and demographic consequences of the conflicts in Chechnya on that republic, on the neighboring ethnic republics of the North Caucasus, as well as on the adjoining region of Stavropol' with a majority of Russian inhabitants. Formal economic indicators, which generally exhibit negative trends since 1991, are contrasted with the large, diverse shadow economy that tends …
Social Polarization and Ethnic Segregation in Moscow
This paper analyzes processes of change in Moscow's post-Soviet social and ethnic structure, as well as the emergence of residential clusters of ethnic minorities in the city's fragmenting urban space. More specifically, it explores the applicability of Western social polarization theory to post-Communist Moscow; analyzes Moscow's social polarization (e.g., divergent incomes, education levels, and social status of neighborhoods) as a direct conse…
Moscow as an Emergent World City: International Links, Business Developments, and the Entrepreneurial City
Using the “Informational City ” concept of Manuel Castells and its extension into the world-city literature, this paper examines contemporary strategies of urban management in Moscow. The focus is on the international communication trends that are transforming Moscow into an Informational City, manifested locally in the establishment of various types of business districts. On the basis of detailed data (local post offices zones) in Moscow, the lo…
Transformation processes in Moscow and intra-urban stratification of population
Moscow as an Emergent World City: International Links, Business Developments, and the Entrepreneurial City
Using the “Informational City ” concept of Manuel Castells and its extension into the world-city literature, this paper examines contemporary strategies of urban management in Moscow. The focus is on the international communication trends that are transforming Moscow into an Informational City, manifested locally in the establishment of various types of business districts. On the basis of detailed data (local post offices zones) in Moscow, the lo…
Social Polarization and Ethnic Segregation in Moscow
This paper analyzes processes of change in Moscow's post-Soviet social and ethnic structure, as well as the emergence of residential clusters of ethnic minorities in the city's fragmenting urban space. More specifically, it explores the applicability of Western social polarization theory to post-Communist Moscow; analyzes Moscow's social polarization (e.g., divergent incomes, education levels, and social status of neighborhoods) as a direct conse…
Transformation processes in Moscow and intra-urban stratification of population
The Wars in Chechnya and Their Effects on Neighboring Regions
A team of Russia- and U.S.-based geographers presents and discusses the economic and demographic consequences of the conflicts in Chechnya on that republic, on the neighboring ethnic republics of the North Caucasus, as well as on the adjoining region of Stavropol' with a majority of Russian inhabitants. Formal economic indicators, which generally exhibit negative trends since 1991, are contrasted with the large, diverse shadow economy that tends …
From Narratives to Monuments: Symbolic Transformation of the Cultural Landscape of the Kaliningrad Region
The article is based on the materials of field research conducted in the Kaliningrad region in 2022-2023. The authors proceed from the idea of this region as a frontier emerged due to redefinition of jurisdiction of the territories of East Prussia after World War II and geopolitical transformations after 1991. Currently, the region is surrounded by EU countries, and this predetermines its perception as a civilizational frontier - a space of compa…
Transformation processes in Moscow and intra-urban stratification of population
Social Polarization and Ethnic Segregation in Moscow
This paper analyzes processes of change in Moscow's post-Soviet social and ethnic structure, as well as the emergence of residential clusters of ethnic minorities in the city's fragmenting urban space. More specifically, it explores the applicability of Western social polarization theory to post-Communist Moscow; analyzes Moscow's social polarization (e.g., divergent incomes, education levels, and social status of neighborhoods) as a direct conse…
Moscow as an Emergent World City: International Links, Business Developments, and the Entrepreneurial City
Using the “Informational City ” concept of Manuel Castells and its extension into the world-city literature, this paper examines contemporary strategies of urban management in Moscow. The focus is on the international communication trends that are transforming Moscow into an Informational City, manifested locally in the establishment of various types of business districts. On the basis of detailed data (local post offices zones) in Moscow, the lo…
The Wars in Chechnya and Their Effects on Neighboring Regions
A team of Russia- and U.S.-based geographers presents and discusses the economic and demographic consequences of the conflicts in Chechnya on that republic, on the neighboring ethnic republics of the North Caucasus, as well as on the adjoining region of Stavropol' with a majority of Russian inhabitants. Formal economic indicators, which generally exhibit negative trends since 1991, are contrasted with the large, diverse shadow economy that tends …
Moscow identity and identities of Muscovites
The paper considers the structural specifics of the Muscovites identities. A comparative analysis of the interrelationship of state (Russia), city (Moscow), and ethnic identities is performed based on the data of sociological surveys. Specific features of Moscow identitities are studied in detail, depending on the age, social and professional composition of Moscow population, and the district of residence. It was concluded that to promote the sol…
Cities and social processes: Rethinking notions and concepts
Some categories used in Russian geography to analyze spatial aspects of social processes in cities are considered. The possibility to interpret the same terms differently is shown depending on scientific approaches and the investigation scopes applied. This paper is part of a topical collection of five articles published in this issue of the journal under the rubric “Urban Geography” and dedicated to key terms and notions used in urban studies in…
The city of Kaliningrad: Planning the future and young people’s needs
A comparative analysis of the views of 20-year-olds (first generation, born and raised in post-Soviet years) about the cities where they live was conducted based on surveys of students in three neighboring largest cities on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea: Kaliningrad, Klaipėda, and Gdańsk. The most important aspects of urban life for young people were identified. The needs of Kaliningrad students were compared with the forecast scenario…
Results of the Policy of Post-Soviet Economic and Social Reforms in the North Caucasus
Economic and social reforms in the North Caucasus: Goals, limitations, problems, and results
Problems regarding the development of the North Caucasus have been key issues on the agenda of federal and regional authorities for many years. Their visions of the possibilities and methods of development vary widely. Practically all regional elites place emphasis on the uniqueness of their republics, while the federal authorities, on the contrary, seek to move beyond the asymmetry of the relationships, seeing the solution to the problem as a br…
Muscovites and Newcomers: Strategies for Mutual Adaptation
The article considers particularities of the social mechanisms of mutual adaptation of Muscovites and newcomers based on a series of interviews and focus groups conducted in Moscow. The author maintains the view that integration of the urban population cannot be solved by administration; it is necessary to understand the self-organization mechanisms that can be used to develop policies aimed at improving social institutions. The article emphasize…
The Moscow Social Space: Features and Structure
The article presents the results of a study on analyzing intracity differences in Moscow. The concept of “social space” as a dual reality is used as the theoretical framework of the work, derived simultaneously from social relations and properties of an urban area. In the study, heterogeneous quantitative indicators were used for each of Moscow’s 125 districts. Sources of information are a census; current socioeconomic, demographic, migration, an…
Identity of Kaliningraders: Influence of Social Beliefs on the Choice of Self-Identification
Research into the identity of residents of Kaliningrad Oblast is characterized by a combination of close attention to the ideologically significant factors of its formation and its deficit in personal belief and mindset issues. At best, researchers talk about stereotypes of public opinion and enduring mythologems. The authors seek to fill this gap by offering a look at identity as a reflective project supported by narratives and controlled by soc…
Toponymic Landscape of the Kazakhstan-Russia Borderland: Cultural Sovereignty and Renaming Policies
The authors consider the toponymic landscape as a "space of meanings" that reflects the power relations and the dominant ideological positions its time. The concept of "cultural sovereignization" is used to describe the state politics aimed to prevent imaginary or real threats to territorial integrity from irredenta diaspora living in the borderland and in close contact with a neighboring parent country. By the procedure of toponymic re-naming, s…
City-Agglomeration: Production and Representation of the Boundaries of Spatial Influence of Krasnodar
The article is based on the materials of the field research conducted in Krasnodar krai in the summer–autumn of 2023, as well as on the analysis of articles and projects devoted to the substantiation of spatial forms and borders of Russian urban agglomerations. The Krasnodar urban agglomeration was chosen for several reasons: (a) the intensive growth of the population of Krasnodar, (b) the “cross-border” nature of the urban agglomeration, which i…
Exchange of Views on the Article “What Exactly is Studied When Ethnicity is Researched? A Descriptive Model for Constructivist Studies of Ethnicity in the Context of the Cognitive Turn” by E.Varshaver
The text presents the opinions of current ethnicity researchers regarding the article by Evgeni Varshaver. While agreeing that the text itself is interesting, the authors, firstly, disagree on its innovativeness, and secondly, in light of the complexity of the phenomenon of ethnicity itself, doubt the possibility of a simple and clear scheme for its study, as Varshaver claims. Among other topics that were discussed: the possibility of quantitativ…
From Narratives to Monuments: Symbolic Transformation of the Cultural Landscape of the Kaliningrad Region
The article is based on the materials of field research conducted in the Kaliningrad region in 2022-2023. The authors proceed from the idea of this region as a frontier emerged due to redefinition of jurisdiction of the territories of East Prussia after World War II and geopolitical transformations after 1991. Currently, the region is surrounded by EU countries, and this predetermines its perception as a civilizational frontier - a space of compa…
Political science (15 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Geography (11 works) · Economics (10 works) · Economic geography (7 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Population (7 works) · Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends (7 works) · Urbanization and City Planning (6 works)