RUSSIAN SPACE THROUGH THE PRISM OF LONG-TERM ACADEMIC INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH(REFLECTIONS ON THE BOOK «CHALLENGES AND POLICY OF RUSSIA’S SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY»)

The article contains the author’s reflections on the scientific, theoretical and applied aspects of the modern challenges of Russia’s spatial development and the state policy responding to them, its goals and tools. The reason for the appearance of these reflections was the recent publication of a scientific and academic collective monograph on this topic, and their subject basis was an extensive range of issues analyzed in this monograph. In his reflections on the book, the author strives to identify, first of all, scientific results that are of a pioneering and debatable nature, while avoiding making categorical assessments and formulating final conclusions about complex and ambiguous judgments presented on the pages of the book. The author does not try to comment equally on all sections and aspects of a voluminous monograph, but focuses on revealing the ideological richness and meaningful depth of the peer-reviewed collective work, supporting and criticizing, developing and supplementing its most important and controversial provisions.