Authors:
B. A. VORONIN, doctor of jurisprudence, professor, head of the department,
Ya. V. VORONINA, senior teacher,
N. B. FATEEVA, senior teacher,
L. N. PETROVA, graduate student
Ural State Agrarian University (42 K. Liebknechta, 620075, Ekaterinburg)
Abstract. Sustainable social and economic development of rural territories assumes, first of all, economically effective functioning of agriculture because rural territories are the place of labor and economic activity of agricultural producers. At the same time, for ensuring labor employment of villagers and their welfare importance reckon also nonagricultural economic activity, that is along with development agrarian economies also the rural economy has to develop. Such integrated approach will allow to solve problems of sustainable social and economic development of rural settlements and to provide conditions for improvement of quality of life of rural society. The significant role in this sphere is assigned to local governments which are directly connected with rural territories. In the present article information on legal regulation of social and economic development of rural territories at the level of the Russian Federation and its subject – Sverdlovsk region – is stated. Options of development of rural economy through the organization of nonagricultural kinds of activity in rural settlements are offered.
Keywords: rural economy; agrarian economy; local governments; nonagricultural kinds of activity; rural territories.
