Mapping the Population of the Regions of Asian Russia: Experience, Content, Problems, Levels of Mapping

The purpose of this work is the cartographic identification of spatiotemporal relationships between the dynamics of demographic processes and structures in the regions and municipalities of Asian Russia. The article analyzes the accumulated experience, content of works, and emerging methodological and information problems at various territorial levels of mapping. The experience of post-Soviet population mapping in Asian Russia is considered: types of maps, mapping methods, scales, and territorial levels. The achievements and shortcomings of population mapping in the Soviet and post-Soviet periods are compared. The availability of population maps for individual regions, subregions, and settlement systems is revealed. Particular attention is paid to the place and role of analytical, complex, and synthetic population maps in complex atlases. The main research method is proposed—geoinformation mapping at interconnected territorial levels: the macroregion of Asian Russia, regions of the Russian Federation, and municipalities of the first and second levels. The information basis for mapping will be the databases of the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat). The main statistical data are based on population censuses (All-Russian Population Censuses of 2002, 2010, and 2020). Conclusions and proposals are intended for use in developing a population mapping program in the atlas of Asian Russia.