What city do they want to make the capital. Why Russia needs a new capital. “We can’t leave the Far East, they will pick it up if it is ownerless”

History does not tolerate the subjunctive mood? How to endure. Especially here, in Russia. We list the cities that could be the capital of our Motherland (and even tasted the informal capital status). If not for the circumstances...

Velikiy Novgorod

Of course, this is the first thing that comes to mind. The richest Russian city-state until the 16th century, the place where Rurik was called. It was here that “the Rus, Chud, Slovene, Krivichi and all said:“ Our land is great and plentiful, but there is no order in it. Come reign and rule over us." Actually, this would be more than enough for a claim to the all-Russian metropolitan status. However, Veliky Novgorod had other plans: the city basked in its own self-sufficiency and independence and shied away from any geopolitical games aimed at dominating the territory of the former Kievan Rus. As a result, John III came in 1478 and covered up the "feudal republic". From that moment, the city began to dive down: from the subject of world politics, Veliky Novgorod turned into a regional center and a city-museum, where there is something to show to foreigners.

In terms of age, this city could well compete with Novgorod the Great. Here, too, Rurik ruled, the inhabitants of the city actively participated in Oleg's campaigns against Tsargrad, and it was here that the seed of the future of Moscow Russia was sown. Long time Rostov was the main city in North-Eastern Russia and the largest spiritual center. However, he could not withstand the pressure of Moscow and the Danilovich dynasty. At first, Rostov was divided into two parts at the beginning of the 14th century: Borisoglebskaya and Sretenskaya (which ended up under the Moscow protectorate). The entire disloyal elite was expelled from the Moscow part. The author of The Life of Sergius of Radonezh, who, by the way, came from a Rostov boyar family, laments: “Alas, Rostov and his princes, they took power, reign, estate and glory from them.” And already John III in 1474 finally bought out the second, Borisoglebskaya, half of the city. And Rostov freely began its descent to the state of a quiet provincial town.

Vladimir

Founded at the end of the 10th century on the site of a small village of the Merya tribe, Vladimir, after a century and a half, received the status of the capital city of North-Eastern Russia. Thanks to Prince Andrei Bogolyubsky, who in 1157 moved the capital of "the entire Suzdal land" here. But the Mongol-Tatar invasion undermined the promising development of Vladimir. Despite the conditional status of the capital, the city quickly lost its primacy. The last prince to reign directly in Vladimir was Alexander Nevsky.

At the dawn of Russian statehood, Suzdal was a very influential city. Despite the adoption of Orthodoxy, it remained one of the centers of paganism until the 12th century. It was here that the famous uprising of the Magi broke out in 1024. A little over 100 years have passed; the Magi cooled down a bit and dispersed to the nearest thickets, and Yuri Dolgoruky made Suzdal the center of the North-Eastern land. But not for long. And already in 1392, the Grand Duchy of Moscow, having swallowed up this city, finally buried the "capital" ambitions of Suzdal. But in the XVI century the city became one of the spiritual centers of the country. But also not for long. At first, Suzdal resigned itself to the status of a freelance county town, well, already in our era, he took on the burden of "historical Disneyland".

Many lovers of antiquity dream of the capital status of this city (today, in fact, villages). However, Ladoga parted with the claim to the capital city even before the Baptism of Russia. This city was founded by the Varangians. It was from here that the Norman colonization of the future territory of Russia began. According to one version, it was here (and not in Novgorod) that Rurik sat down to rule. In those days, Ladoga was a port city where merchant caravans gathered, furs, jewelry, weapons and slaves were traded briskly. Actually, that's all the claims to the status of the capital. Already in the 10th century, Ladoga became completely dependent on Veliky Novgorod, and in 1703 the “ancient capital of Northern Russia” lost its city status.

Aleksandrovskaya Sloboda

This small town breathed life into the capital under Ivan the Terrible, who made it the center of his oprichnina. For more than a decade and a half, life was in full swing here: the most important political decisions were made in Sloboda, embassies of the most influential states of that time were opened, negotiations were held at the highest level. The best icon painters and architects worked in Aleksandrovskaya Sloboda; The first conservatory in Russia was founded, where, by decree of the Tsar, the best musicians and singers from all over the country were brought. The first provincial printing press in the country was also opened here, and in 1576 the “Slobodskaya Psalter” printed by Andronik Nevezha was published. It is in Sloboda that the traces of the legendary library of Grozny are lost.

But one day it all ended at once. In 1581 the tsar left for Moscow and never returned. And the city fell asleep for several centuries.

City of Kitezh

According to legend, the city was founded by Prince Vladimir Yuri Vsevolodovich on the shores of Lake Svetloyar. The city stood for 75 years before the invasion of Batu Khan. When Batu's troops approached him, then, at the prayer of the inhabitants, Kitezh disappeared. According to one version, he disappeared under the water of the lake, according to another, he simply became invisible. In Russian tradition, it was believed that the city would again become visible only with the second coming of Christ. True, there are legends that even now the true righteous can see (and even live there!) the city. For them, it is already the capital ...

It is difficult to count how many times deputies, oligarchs, scientists, cultural figures or ordinary citizens proposed to take Moscow's capital status away. AT last years dominance among cities - along with overcrowding, traffic jams and other problems - many newsmakers aloud dreamed of dragging to the east. The most recent statement was made on his Facebook page by a member of the Supreme Council of the United Russia party, director of the Agency for Political and Economic Communications Dmitry Orlov - he proposed moving the capital to Yekaterinburg, which he considers " the best option».

And now Orlov's statement is being seriously discussed in the media, politicians and experts are arguing about this. With a feeling of undisguised envy, the editors of NGS.NOVOSTI decided to remind you that apart from Yekaterinburg, there are others that are more suitable for moving the capital of the city. For example, Novosibirsk. Judge for yourself.

1. Capital ambitions have haunted us since the beginning of the 20th century

About the status of the capital Russian Empire Novonikolaevsk did not have time to think, but it was able to declare itself the capital of the region already in 1907. The corresponding document, the act on the transfer of the then Altai District lands to Novonikolaevsk, was signed by imperial officials on December 9 in a building on Obskaya Street, 4 - from that moment Novonikolaevsk became an independent city, and later the capital of the region.

2. Novosibirsk has already tried on the capital's gloss

Novosibirsk felt like a capital for the first time in 1942, when during the war not only factories from the European part of Russia were transferred to the city, but also theater groups, the exposition and storerooms of the Tretyakov Gallery.

3. The vice-president of the Russian Federation spoke for the Novosibirsk capital

The ideologist of the transfer of part of the capital's powers to Novosibirsk in 1991 was the vice-president of the Russian Federation Alexander Rutskoi. In 2012, he told an NGS.NOVOSTI correspondent that back in 1991 he proposed moving the government to Novosibirsk, leaving the presidential administration in Moscow: “The government of the Russian Federation should sit in Novosibirsk. If we look into the perspective of our country's development, this should have been done 20 years ago. Investments would go not to China, but to Russia.” According to Rutskoy, all the Novosibirsk people he met during his perestroika trips rejoiced and "applauded standing" when they heard the idea of ​​moving the capital to Novosibirsk. But the plans were thwarted by Gennady Burbulis and Yegor Gaidar, who opposed this idea in Moscow.

4. The oligarchs dreamed of moving the capital to Siberia

The head of RUSAL, oligarch Oleg Deripaska, has repeatedly spoken out in favor of moving the capital from Moscow, for example, to Novosibirsk. He spoke about this in 2008 and 2009. “In order to fight corruption, it is necessary to move the capital to Yekaterinburg or Novosibirsk. Peter I was forced to flee Moscow because bureaucratic expenses were a burden for development even in his era,” he said in an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Pais.

5. Novosibirsk was supported by neighbors from the Far East

In 2010, the information agency of the Far East "Vostok-Media" conducted a survey on the topic "Where should the capital of the state be located?", In which 2079 residents of the region took part. Novosibirsk was supported by 34% of them, in second place was Moscow (21%), in third - St. Petersburg (10%). Chief Editor RIA "Vostok-Media" Nikolai Kutenkikh then supported the choice of readers: "Such a choice only confirms that sane people live in the Far East." However, at the same time, he admitted that the inhabitants of the Far East did not have much love for the Novosibirsk people, and it was simply the geographical criteria and location of the city that were to blame.

6. The intellectuals wanted to see a scientific center as the capital

Novosibirsk won in the rating of alternative capitals in 2012, it got every fourth vote taken into account in the poll conducted on the RBC.Rating portal. The rating consisted of 15 alternative capitals, Novosibirsk got 24.03% of the vote, while it significantly broke away from its competitors: Yekaterinburg was in second place (17.5% of the vote), Vladivostok was in third (about 10%). At the same time, St. Petersburg was even lower with 9.09% of the vote. Scientific Director of the Agency social information St. Petersburg” Roman Mogilevsky suggested then that it was not at all in Novosibirsk. “Here there is a factor of a special critically thinking audience of the RBC portal. These are educated people who have become hostages of their own image of Novosibirsk. Your city in the generally accepted view is a major scientific and educational center with a highly developed innovative industry, a quiet political haven, a spacious, developed, tolerant city. Given that there are businessmen in the RBC audience, when answering a question, they took into account that the risk of losing business in Novosibirsk is lower than in Moscow or St. Petersburg, ”said the sociologist.

7. The idea was also supported by influential Siberians

Talk about the transfer of the capital from Moscow to Siberia began again after the statement by Sergei Shoigu that the capital of Russia should be located in Siberia. His remark was gladly supported by Vladimir Gorodetsky, who then served as the mayor of Novosibirsk. “I think when great politicians consider where the capital should be, Novosibirsk has the right to claim this mission,” he said. Gorodetsky also became the author of a local meme about the "capital gloss", which was supposed to appear in Novosibirsk after the next snow removal.

8. Deputies from the LDPR tried to make Novosibirsk a city of federal significance

The corresponding draft federal constitutional law was submitted to the State Duma by LDPR deputy Dmitry Savelyev. He proposed to form Russian Federation a new subject - the city of federal significance Novosibirsk, and to place two ministries in it - the Ministry of Regional Development and the Ministry for the Development of the Far East. “Now everything is pulled together in one capital - Moscow. Outside the Moscow Ring Road, by and large, life seems to be non-existent. So, at least, the inhabitants of the province bitterly joke. As a result, Russia was placed in a province, in the so-called castle, ”Dmitry Savelyev explained his initiative.

9. In 2015, a convicted State Duma deputy spoke out in favor of the Siberian capital, straight from the colony

The corresponding bill, State Duma deputy from the Communist Party Konstantin Shirshov, sentenced to 5 years for trying to sell the mandate, wrote in the Matrosskaya Tishina colony, Gazeta.ru reported. He was not deprived of deputy status, so he could make any proposals. He called the bill "a testament from Matrossky", the deputy proposed moving the capital to Novosibirsk in order to "create a more stable structure of the territorial and political system with a center in Western Siberia." It was necessary to move the capital because of high housing prices, problems with infrastructure, corruption, social mobility and justice, he wrote. In total, there were 17 pages of arguments in favor of Novosibirsk. Among them was the frequently mentioned statement that "today Novosibirsk is the fastest growing city in the world, included in this regard in the Guinness Book of Records."

10. In the end, Novosibirsk was supported by Buryatia

Last winter, Arnold Tulokhonov, a member of the Federation Council from Buryatia, spoke out in favor of moving the capital, saying that Moscow was becoming obsolete, as reported by the Baikal Daily portal. When asked by a journalist about where to move the capital of Russia, the senator replied that there was no difference. Novosibirsk, Sverdlovsk. No difference. It could be any city. This cannot be done in Moscow. Moscow is becoming obsolete,” Tulokhonov was quoted by Baikal Daily. He also stated that the capital should be located in a more convenient location. “It is necessary to “take out” the capital from Moscow: it should be in the middle, so that it is convenient not for officials, but for the population. Today, 75% of all transportation is carried out through Moscow. And in order to get from Yakutsk to Chita, you have to go through Moscow,” Tulokhonov was quoted by InformPolis Online.

Yuri Krupnov, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Institute of Demography, Migration and Regional Development, proposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin that the capital of Russia be moved from Moscow beyond the Ural Range. This initiative is included in the project "Doctrine of de-Moscowing", which the publicist recently sent to the head of state.

The public figure pointed out that modern Russia"hypercentralized" - the Moscow region alone absorbed almost a fifth of the entire population of Russia. At the same time, national development is focused on 15-25 megacities, in which more than half of all citizens of the country live.

According to the expert, as a result of ongoing internal migration, Russia may not only lose its geopolitical advantages, but also lose sovereignty over territories remote from large cities.

“Forcedly accumulating in narrow limited point zones, Russian people<...>they will not want to increase the number of their families, to move away from the global plague of small children and extinction.<...>Today, on 1/7 of the world's land, we live 7-10 times more crowded, crowded and taller than the same British and Germans, ”the draft doctrine says.

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A demographic specialist sees a possible solution to the problem in the transfer of the capital of Russia beyond the Urals. At the same time, Krupnov is convinced that priority in development should be given to Siberia and the Far East, and it is necessary to move from the economy concentrated in Moscow to the development of the country's territories.

The expert also suggests abandoning metropolitan urbanization in favor of low-rise landscape-estate urbanization, which will allow "Russians to re-explore their vast spaces, their own land and will contribute to avoiding forced small families and restoring demographic growth."

The public figure proposes that the state allocate to each large family own "family estate" with an area of ​​at least 30 acres, with all the necessary infrastructure.

According to Krupnov, in addition to the proposed measures, Russia should be “razmoskvich” by a project to build thousands of new cities and the accompanying new infrastructure. The expert proposes to provide transport communications for all small towns in the country with complete aviation and full restoration of navigability of rivers.

The head of the LDPR faction, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, in an interview with RT, expressed the opinion that there was no reason to transfer the capital of Russia beyond the Urals.

“No need to touch (to the capital - RT). The holy city of Moscow, which is already almost a thousand years old, and suddenly take - and the new capital. This is a lot of money, and most importantly - what is the point? We are leaving the Urals and will be the capital of an Asian state, that is, all symbols will be lost.<...>There are no economic, historical, legal, or moral and ethical grounds for transferring the capital,” he said.

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The politician noted that the authorities should deal not with the transfer of the capital, but with the development of regions. He drew attention to the fact that the arrangement of the new capital will take too many resources.

“It just makes no sense to transfer the capital. Nobody interferes with directing money for the development of all other regions of the country. Otherwise, it will turn out that we will now equip another capital and will tell everyone that now all the money goes to the new capital, so wait ten years, ”Zhirinovsky emphasized.

He also stated that his party would in no way support this initiative and would hinder it in every possible way.

In turn, the chairman of the State Duma Committee on State Building and Legislation, Pavel Krasheninnikov, expressed confidence that there were no prerequisites for the transfer of the capital of the Russian Federation, and they are unlikely to arise in the foreseeable future.

The deputy noted that any transfer of the capital is a "costly business" that "is hardly worth doing during a crisis." He recalled that in the history of Russia there have already been cases when the capital was transferred from Moscow to St. Petersburg and back, but then, according to him, there were prerequisites for this.

“Then it was a different story. Now I do not see any prerequisites, so I do not think that such a need is ripe. Yes, there is an overload in the capital, Muscovites suffer in many ways, but it seems to me that if this is torn off, then we will increase the suffering both for Muscovites and for those cities where, according to this project, it is planned to move the capital, ”TASS quotes Krasheninnikova.

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The politician called the initiative “an interesting stuffing for discussion,” but doubted that it would be implemented in the coming decades.

First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Federal Structure and Local Self-Government Irina Guseva, in an interview with RT, called the proposal inappropriate.

“This is generally the wrong approach. What is the point of leaving the Urals, what will it give us? In my opinion, the most important thing in this matter is the need to reconsider, perhaps, interbudgetary relations, because the regions are very dependent on the federal center. We need to set a little more priorities in the regions, take care of the population so that people do not run away from their small homeland, but are proud of it, develop enterprises, build businesses,” she said.

The Federation Council also does not believe in the prospects of such a proposal. First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Federal Structure, Regional Policy, Local Self-Government and Northern Affairs Stepan Kirichuk, in a conversation with RT, called the initiative far-fetched.

“No one needs Moscow either as a capital or as a metropolis if there is work and good conditions life. This is what governors, mayors, the population, residents, public organizations. Not the transfer of the capital, but the development of the regional economy, the creation of conditions for excellent work, the creation of jobs - this is the main thing, and not far-fetched events associated with such things, ”he said.

According to him, the capital can be located in any city, but the situation in the regions will not change from this: “What difference does it make for Buryatia, where the capital will be, if in 1990 they had 2 million rams and sheep grazing, and today - 200 thousand What difference does it make to them whether the capital will be in Moscow, Yekaterinburg or Novosibirsk? It is necessary to solve the situation so that the rams grow and the meat is sold, and not the Mongolian is imported.”

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Judging by the results, in which more than 5,000 people have already taken part, RT readers support Krupnov's proposal. More than 50% of respondents voted for this option.

Head of the Supervisory Board of the Institute of Demography, Migration and Regional Development Yuri Krupnov proposed to the President of Russia to move the capital beyond the Urals. This is not the first such proposal to "de-Moscow" the country's capital in recent years. According to the expert, the metropolitan region "has absorbed almost a fifth of the entire Russian population." National development is also focused on 15-25 metropolitan areas in which "already more than half" of all citizens live. On the occasion of once again considering the issue of transferring the capital of Russia, we recall how this issue was approached in different years.

St. Petersburg

The most frequent candidate for regaining the title of the capital of the country. The city on the Neva was originally built as the capital of the Russian Empire and everything in it is majestic: from buildings to fountains and squares. There was no formal decree according to which St. Petersburg became the capital. The transfer of the capital began in 1710, when high officials began to move to St. Petersburg, followed by senators. In 1712, the royal court settled in St. Petersburg. Despite the reverse transfer of the capital in 1728, after its transfer to St. Petersburg in 1730, it remained the capital until 1918. It should be noted that talks about St. Petersburg becoming the official capital again began to rise after being elected president Vladimir Putin.

The first to start talking about the transfer of part of the capital's functions to St. Petersburg was the speaker of the State Duma Gennady Seleznev. In his opinion, there are not enough premises in Moscow for the fruitful activity of people's deputies, and Mayor Yuri Luzhkov does not want to allocate land for the construction of a modern parliamentary complex. In St. Petersburg, the legislators could easily accommodate themselves in their "native land" - the Tauride Palace, where the first Russian Dumas met. In 2000, the then Ambassador to Belarus also addressed this issue. Pavel Borodin.

In January 2002, another attempt was made to raise the topic - Federation Council Chairman Sergei Mironov announced that he would soon submit to the State Duma a bill on transferring part of the capital's functions to the city. The project was prepared by Mironov himself and St. Petersburg Governor Vladimir Yakovlev. In February 2003 - the third call. Valentina Matvienko, then Deputy Prime Minister, announced that she was in favor of transferring part of the capital's functions to St. Petersburg. However, the matter did not come to concrete proposals.

Novosibirsk

The capital of Siberia is another discussed version of the country's capital. For its transfer to Siberia were Sergei Shoigu when he was the governor of the Moscow region and businessman Oleg Deripaska, whose main production assets are located beyond the Urals.

“In general, in a good way, many people talk about it. I’m probably one of them. I think that the capital should be moved further away, to Siberia. I think so,” Sergei Shoigu said then.

In addition, in different years, Vladimir Zhirinovsky proposed to make Novosibirsk the capital of the country, Eduard Limonov and other public figures.

The experts then agreed that strengths This idea is that neighboring regions will receive an impetus for development, there will be some renewal of power structures in the process of moving. There were also many potential downsides. First of all, these are the costs of moving, which will cost hundreds of billions of rubles. In addition, in the process of moving, it will be difficult for the authorities to work. Muscovites are also worried about the prospects of their city, which is now imprisoned for metropolitan functions and will not be able to exist without them.

By the way, Novosibirsk is the third largest city in the country. It is curious that at the peak of conversations and rumors on this topic, the then governor of the Novosibirsk region, Vasily Yurchenko, called it inappropriate to transfer the capital of Russia beyond the Urals and, in particular, to Novosibirsk - in his opinion, this idea is an unrealizable project.

Magadan

Magadan could be Russia's ideal "first city", says LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky. A few years ago, he said that the transfer of the capital from Moscow to the Far East would increase Russia's influence in Japan, China, Korea, Indonesia and Australia. At the same time, Zhirinovsky admitted that he was not at all afraid of the potential estrangement of the new capital from Europe. According to him, Europe is aging and by the middle of the 21st century it will become a "museum", so there is no need to worry about this. At the same time, most of those who advocate the transfer of the capital doubt that the idea will be supported by Moscow officials. In addition, such a large-scale project will require enormous costs.

Krasnoyarsk

After the speech Vladimir Putin At the tenth forum "Seliger" in 2014, a topic appeared about the possible relocation of the entire political elite of the country to Krasnoyarsk. The President's statement caused a heated discussion among the deputies. Later, this issue was approached several more times, but in this case everything remained at the level of proposals, even if they were said by the president of the country. However, Krasnoyarsk has everything to become one of the centers of the country in the coming years. In terms of economy, this city is one of the leaders in Siberia, and in 2019 the Winter Universiade will be held there, which will help attract additional investment to the city.

Sevastopol

Last year, on the anniversary of the referendum on the reunification of Crimea with Russia, the chairman of the board of directors of the Institute for Political Infrastructure Analysis Yevhen Tunik proposed moving the capital to Sevastopol. He sent a corresponding appeal to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. However, such a decision is hardly reasonable, given the attitude to the status of the peninsula in the West.

Yekaterinburg

Another option that appears as possible candidates. Here's a dick the other day high council "United Russia" Dmitry Orlov called Yekaterinburg the best option for transferring the capital from Moscow. According to Orlov, Moscow is far from the geographical center of Russia, and its development leads to hypertrophy of the Moscow agglomeration. By the way, the capital of the Urals is the fourth largest city in the country and one of the fastest growing and modern.

The transfer of the capital of Russia from Moscow to another city is not an economic issue at all, as many mistakenly think. The economy is the tenth thing here. But there are political, demographic and cultural reasons why the capital needs to be urgently moved somewhere beyond the Urals.

In general, the capital is a multifaceted concept. First and foremost, the capital is the political center of the country. Federal officials hang out in it, and fateful decisions for the country are made in it. If the country develops, moves forward, then this makes the capital a cultural center. An artist can be for power or against power - but any real artist is not indifferent to power. And politics and culture determine demographics - smart, ambitious people who feel the pulse of history and want to participate in it, go to the capital. In fact, it gathers the elite of the country. At the same time, the capital should not be an economic center - moreover, the role of an economic center is harmful for the capital. When wealth accumulates next to power, it inevitably begins to corrupt power.

It is, of course, a perfect oil painting. In reality, the capital of Russia is its economic center. Power and wealth go hand in hand. Businessmen feed officials, they grow fat and multiply, their relatives become businessmen themselves and attract more and more new flows of goods to the city. This is a vicious vicious circle characteristic of third world countries. As a result, the capital turns into an octopus drinking juice from the rest of the country. Not the best people go to it, but for the most part those who want to take a good walk and profit (I don’t want to offend anyone, but I think that native Muscovites will agree with me). If such a capital is a cultural center, it is only because of the general decline of culture in the country. The development of the regions is hampered, because the capital drinks all the juice from the regions. But the capital itself is unable to develop due to rampant corruption and the influx of excess population.

The only way out is to move the capital to another city. In the history of Russia, it has happened more than once that our country fell into decline, even fell apart, and then revived again and began to develop - but with a new center. Novgorod, Kyiv, Vladimir, Moscow, Petersburg, Moscow again, ...? Each new capital determines a new vector of development: the main direction foreign policy and the main direction of "internal colonization", concentration of forces and means, exploration of resources and new industries. People accumulate in the capital, wealth comes after people, wealth corrupts power, power degrades and ... everything starts anew.

Where to move the capital? It depends very much on many factors. On the one hand, it is cheaper to make the capital where the infrastructure is already developed. On the other hand, the transfer of the capital itself stimulates the development of infrastructure. On the one hand, it is safer to place the capital in the depths of the country, away from incoming missiles. On the other hand, in order to keep the territories falling away from Russia, it is better to move the capital city closer to these territories. On the one hand, for ease of management, it is better to place the capital where the climate is milder. On the other hand, the harsh climate will scare away idlers and hedonists and will attract to the capital those for whom the main thing is debt.

Some proposals for the transfer of the capital. Yuri Krupnov - Far East. Eduard Limonov - Southern Siberia. Mikhail Delyagin - Krasnoyarsk Territory (Yeniseysk). Sergei Pereslegin - multi-capital.

In conclusion - about the connection between the transfer of the capital and the construction of cities of the future, future cities. If we build somewhere on the outskirts of the city of the future, and the capital itself remains a city of the past, then the whole country will remain in the past. If the capital of Russia is a futuropolice, then the whole of Russia will become a country of the future. That is why it is important to build the capital from scratch or on the basis of a small settlement.