ABSTRACT

Over the past decade, the Russian Federation has gone through a regional­ isation process unparalleled in Russian history. Emerging from the rubble of the Soviet collapse in 1991, the Russian Federation began a process of devolving power to its constituent parts. The aim of this chapter is to analyse the dynamics of this regionalisation process as observed in the rela­ tionship between the federal centre and the federal subjects of North­ western Russia.