On the Ural Federal District regions' sustainability
The answer to the question on Russian regions' development sustainability is essential for the adequate regional development policy. The level and dynamics of development of various regions di er signi cantly even within the same federal district. The article analyzes the sustainability of the development of the Chelyabinsk, Sverdlovsk, Tyumen, and Kurgan regions using the concepts of sustainable development and the entropy approach based on the analysis of data from 2000-2020 of the regions included in the Ural Federal District (excluding the Khanty-Mansiysk and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Districts). The dynamics of indicators re ecting the gross regional product, the amount of investment in xed assets, the level of innovativeness of production, the ratio of income and the living wage, the level of unemployment, and others are considered. It is concluded that the regions of the Ural Federal District are characterized by a high level of entropy, a high degree of uncertainty and risks, and low opportunities for using their potential.