Comprehensive assessment of factors in the formation of a rural settlement network on the territory of the modern Omsk region

The article is devoted to studying the complex influence of factors that determine the formation of the rural settlement network in the Omsk region from the XVI to the XXI centuries. The source base for the study consisted of published and unpublished materials. The analysis of these materials made it possible to consider the processes from the perspective of all participants in the events. Objective and subjective factors influencing the map of rural settlements in the Omsk Irtysh region were identified. These factors include government policy, the natural and geographical conditions of the territory, transport accessibility, the provision of social and cultural infrastructure elements, the desire of peasants to develop their farms and receive additional profit, as well as the desire to obtain an education and improve social living conditions based on farming experience in Western Siberia. Particular attention is paid to state policy and the natural and geographical conditions of the territory, as these are key factors in the formation and development of the rural settlement network of the Omsk region throughout its history.

Western Siberia, Omsk Oblast, Omsk Irtysh region, rural settlement network, resettlement, Siberian village