David Harvey’s theory on geographical inequalities: A case study of Russia
Russia’s transition to capitalism has had a major impact on the development of its regions. The apparent widening of geographical inequalities prompted part of the Russian scientific community. Since 2010, scholarly publications that use the concepts of periphery and peripheralization have multiplied. They generally note a measurable empirical reality without positioning it in a global theoretical perspective. The results of this work can, in our opinion, be interpreted with the theoretical tools and holistic approach of David Harvey that would embrace the whole process affecting Russia and help us understand its recent dynamics. This article seeks to demonstrate the links between the transition to capitalism and the amplification of geographical inequalities from the overall perspective developed by Harvey, which would allow Russia to be placed in the global context of the world economy while the country is affected by processes of external and internal peripheralization that cannot be separated.