Spatial structure of industry in the region of Siberia

The paper revies the current territorial structure of industry Irkutsk Region, which is a large part Siberia. industrial resource potential region unrivaled among all other regions Russian Federation. modern Region reviewed based on 106 major and medium-sized companies’ activity analysis for last ten years. spatial features assets allocation are presented. main geographical shifts connected with drawing newly-developed mineral deposits into economic retraced. newly-built facilities identified. results research show that processing concentrated mainly in cities while extractive tends to move little-developed areas north. This active development gas oil extraction gold mining means growth vector changing its direction. It apparent construction dominated by industry, pulp where investments accumulated, thus significantly increasing anthropogenic stress environment.