Features of the post-Soviet transformation of urban settlement systems of the Komi Republic in conditions of shrinking towns and decreasing urban-type settlements

The paper considers the post-Soviet period of transformation of the urban settlement network and urban settlement system of the Komi Republic. The dynamics of the population of shrinking towns and decreasing urban-type settlements under the conditions of increasing negative demographic processes in the period between the population censuses of 1989 and 2020 is analyzed. The main problems of development and typology of urban settlements and urban aglomerations of the region are revealed. General approaches to their solution and possible options for further actions are proposed, depending on the complexity of the socio-economic and demographic situation.