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Unpromising, or literally perspectiveless villages (Russian: неперспективные деревни) was a term used by the Soviet government in 1960s–80s referring to the small rural settlements, which were considered to be not suitable for a planned economy.
The policy of unpromising villages' liquidation included the resettlement of the residents to larger rural settlements with concentration of the bulk of the rural population, production and social facilities. The most negative social impact of this policy was the significant damage done to rural infrastructure.[1][2]
- ^ Kovalyov, Dmitry Vladimirovich (2013). "Неперспективные деревни" [Unpromising villages]. Great Russian Encyclopedia (in Russian). Vol. 22. pp. 470–471.
- ^ Karpunina, Irina Borisovna (2009). Ликвидация "Неперспективных" деревень [Liquidation of "unpromising" villages] (in Russian). Novosibirsk: Institute of History, Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.