The development of stronghold settlements in the context of the spatial development of the russian federation

The development of support settlements has been proclaimed as one of the priority directions of spatial development in Russia. Currently the state is working on legal and methodological support for the creation of support settlements, a list of more than 2 thousand settlements has been formed. Long-term plans for the socio-economic development of key settlements are being developed in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Long-term plans for the integrated socio-economic development of 22 agglomerations and cities located in the Far Eastern Federal District, as well as a list of key settlements in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, have been approved. The regulations on the Unified List of Reference Settlements are incorporated into the Strategy of Spatial Development of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2030 with a forecast up to 2036. These processes have highlighted a number of problems in the field under consideration, so the concept of anchor settlements needs further elaboration, theoretical understanding, analysis of information on the practical implementation of this tool and the appropriate regulatory consolidation of the necessary innovations.