Nikolay Kolosovskiy (19 September 1891 – 25 November 1954) was a Russian and Soviet economic geographer and economist, one of founders of the Soviet Rayon (Regional) school of economic geography.
Biography
Kolosovskiy was born in a family of
Nizhny Novgorod Fair
Nizhny Novgorod Fair (''old name — Makaryev Fair'') () was a fair in Nizhny Novgorod held annually every July near Makaryev Monastery on the left bank of the Volga River from the mid-16th century to 1816. Following a massive fire in 1816, it wa ...
employee. In 1916, he graduated from
Petersburg University of Means of Communication and worked at construction of railways in
Transbaikal
Transbaikal, Trans-Baikal, Transbaikalia ( rus, Забайка́лье, r=Zabaykal'ye, p=zəbɐjˈkalʲjɪ), or Dauria (, ''Dauriya'') is a mountainous region to the east of or "beyond" (trans-) Lake Baikal at the south side of the eastern Si ...
region.
In the years 1921–1931, he worked in
Gosplan
The State Planning Committee, commonly known as Gosplan ( ), was the agency responsible for economic planning, central economic planning in the Soviet Union. Established in 1921 and remaining in existence until the dissolution of the Soviet Unio ...
where was engaged in division of USSR into economic districts, working out of schemes of studying and development of resources of
Siberia
Siberia ( ; , ) is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has formed a part of the sovereign territory of Russia and its predecessor states ...
and the Far East (Uralo-Kuznetsk industrial complex, the Trans-Siberian superhighway, Angarostroi).
In the years 1931–1936, Kolosovskiy worked in
Hydroproject
Hydroproject (, Gidroproekt) is a Russian hydrotechnical design firm. Based in Moscow, it has a number of branches around the country. Its main activities are design of dams, hydroelectric stations, canals, sluices, etc.
Hydroproject and its p ...
, where he developed the project of power-industrial complex at
Angara
The Angara (; ) or Angar ( мүрэн) is a major river in Siberia, which traces a course through Russia's Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai. It drains out of Lake Baikal and is the headwater tributary of the Yenisey. It is long, and has ...
river. In the years 1936–46, he worked in Soviet Academy of Sciences. During World War II he supervised war industries expansion in Ural, and decision of the transport problems connected with it. He was awarded the
Stalin Prize in 1942.
Scientific and teaching activity
After the end of war, Kolosovsky concentrated on teaching. He was the Professor of
Department of Economic And Social Geography of Russia MSU Faculty of Geography, where he taught from 1931. He also taught at
Plekhanov Institute of the National Economy
The Plekhanov Russian University of Economics () is a public research university in Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1907 by entrepreneur Alexei Vishnyakov as the first finance-specialized college in the Russian Empire.
In addition to accr ...
. It was where the author's course of lectures on economic division into districts was created, and the conceptual device Soviet Rayon (Regional) school of economic geography economic geography was developed.
Kolosovskiy entered such concepts into scientific practice as the power-production cycle (set of the manufactures united by communications on raw materials and energy), a territorial and production complex (set of manufactures from which placing on one platform additional economic benefit is reached).
Works
* ''Economy of the Far East'', М, 1926 (co-author)
* ''The Future of Uralo-Kuznetsk industrial complex'', М – Л, 1932
* ''Bases of economic division into districts'', М, 1958
* T''he Theory of economic division into districts'', М, 1969
* Kolosovskiy, N. N. (1961). The territorial‐production combination (complex) in Soviet economic geography. Journal of Regional Science, 3(1), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9787.1961.tb00889.x
See also
*
Nikolay Baranskiy
References
External links
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1891 births
1954 deaths
Soviet geographers
Soviet economists
Recipients of the Stalin Prize