Northern Black - Azov Sea region: demographic and economic potential and prospects of economic development of new regions of Russia

Introduction. The interstate transit of the Northern Black Sea - Azov region, which took place under the conditions of the armed conflict, was associated with a large-scale geodemographic and socio-economic transformation of regional societies. The aim of the study is to investigate the available demographic resources and production potential of the Cherson and Zaporozhye Regions, to determine the most likely directions of their economic dynamics.