Problems of Sustainable Development of Depressive Region in Crisis

The purpose of the article is to verify the hypothesis and study the problems of provision of sustainable development of a depressive region under the conditions of crisis by the example of modern Russia. For that, the work uses the method of systemic, comparative, horizontal, trend, and problem analysis. The authors determine and analyze specifics of crisis in depressive regions by the example of Orel, Kostroma, and Pskov Oblasts of Russia in 2008–2015. The authors determine the most important problems related to unstable development of a depressive region under the influence of crisis and develop recommendations and offer a proprietary model for provision of sustainable development of a depressive region under the conditions of crisis. As a result of the research, the authors specify the notion of stability as to depressive region and improve classification of region in the context of their capability to opposing and overcoming the crisis. The authors have come to the conclusion that specifics of crisis in depressive region consists in the fact that unlike other regions, they are not capable to exist independently and overcome consequences of crisis, being in deep recession.