Lithuanian Rural Settlements: The Legacy of Soviet Rural Planning and Current Challenges
The article analyses the changes to the system of the distribution of population in rural areas in Lithuania, one of the former Soviet states: it compares the transformation of settlements during the socialist era and the transformations of the rural settlement system after 1990. The aim of this pap...
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| description | The article analyses the changes to the system of the distribution of population in rural areas in Lithuania, one of the former Soviet states: it compares the transformation of settlements during the socialist era and the transformations of the rural settlement system after 1990. The aim of this paper is to analyse the results of the Soviet rural settlement planning policy and to evaluate post-Soviet rural development trajectories in Lithuania. Despite different political and economic systems, depopulation was the most important demographical trend in Lithuanian rural areas from the second half of the 20th century. The transformation of rural settlements after the collapse of the Soviet system has been quite chaotic and difficult to control. In the 21st century, both the shrinking periphery and the newly expanding settlements lack the infrastructure of public services. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ea9d87a1bf9f4d2bb5298574f8290d0c2025-07-07T06:00:52ZengSciendoQuaestiones Geographicae2081-63832025-07-0144251710.14746/quageo-2025-0013Lithuanian Rural Settlements: The Legacy of Soviet Rural Planning and Current ChallengesKRIAUČIŪNAS EDIS0BURNEIKA DONATAS1UBAREVIČIENĖ RŪTA2BARANAUSKIENĖ VIKTORIJA3Department of Regional and Urban Studies, Institute of Sociology at the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Vilnius, LithuaniaDepartment of Regional and Urban Studies, Institute of Sociology at the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Vilnius, LithuaniaDepartment of Regional and Urban Studies, Institute of Sociology at the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Vilnius, LithuaniaDepartment of Regional and Urban Studies, Institute of Sociology at the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Vilnius, LithuaniaThe article analyses the changes to the system of the distribution of population in rural areas in Lithuania, one of the former Soviet states: it compares the transformation of settlements during the socialist era and the transformations of the rural settlement system after 1990. The aim of this paper is to analyse the results of the Soviet rural settlement planning policy and to evaluate post-Soviet rural development trajectories in Lithuania. Despite different political and economic systems, depopulation was the most important demographical trend in Lithuanian rural areas from the second half of the 20th century. The transformation of rural settlements after the collapse of the Soviet system has been quite chaotic and difficult to control. In the 21st century, both the shrinking periphery and the newly expanding settlements lack the infrastructure of public services.https://doi.org/10.14746/quageo-2025-0013rural settlementsrural planninglithuaniapost-socialism |
| spellingShingle | KRIAUČIŪNAS EDIS BURNEIKA DONATAS UBAREVIČIENĖ RŪTA BARANAUSKIENĖ VIKTORIJA Lithuanian Rural Settlements: The Legacy of Soviet Rural Planning and Current Challenges Quaestiones Geographicae rural settlements rural planning lithuania post-socialism |
| title | Lithuanian Rural Settlements: The Legacy of Soviet Rural Planning and Current Challenges |
| title_full | Lithuanian Rural Settlements: The Legacy of Soviet Rural Planning and Current Challenges |
| title_fullStr | Lithuanian Rural Settlements: The Legacy of Soviet Rural Planning and Current Challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lithuanian Rural Settlements: The Legacy of Soviet Rural Planning and Current Challenges |
| title_short | Lithuanian Rural Settlements: The Legacy of Soviet Rural Planning and Current Challenges |
| title_sort | lithuanian rural settlements the legacy of soviet rural planning and current challenges |
| topic | rural settlements rural planning lithuania post-socialism |
| url | https://doi.org/10.14746/quageo-2025-0013 |
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