To overcome the crisis vector in the development of monotowns, it is necessary to form a strategy that would increase the level of their competitiveness. The procedure should be based on a complex of complementary actions, both from the city-forming enterprise and from the monotown itself. The paper features an analysis of development tendencies in Russian monoprofile urban settlements, as well as the main problems of development of monotowns. The results obtained have made it possible to offer some basic directions for competitive recovery of monoprofile settlements. The subject of the research is the tendencies and development directions of Russian one-industry urban settlements. The research goal includes 1) consideration of functioning features of Russian monotowns, 2) identification of the most significant factors in competitive recovery of monotowns, 3) determination of perspective directions for monotown development that would take into account the peculiarities of the city-forming enterprise. The author used bibliographic, historical, comparative, economical and statistical methods as well as an analysis of dynamics and structure of the parameters in question. The practical implication of the research is that the results obtained can be used for strategy forming of competitive and socio-economic recovery of a single-industry urban settlement. The current data suggest a decline in social and economic conditions of monotowns.
monotown, city-forming enterprise, problems of monoprofile municipal units, social and economic development, competitiveness
