FEATURES OF THE OLD INDUSTRIAL REGION AS OBJECT OF MANAGEMENT SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The characteristic of a role of old industrial regions in a sustainable development of national economy is submitted. It is shown that common problems for all types of old industrial regions are: shortage of qualified personnel; high level of wear of fixed assets, lag of rates of their updating from requirements of regional economy and economic entities; environmental problems. The special attention is paid to identification of the specific problems interfering sustainable social and economic development of old industrial regions of concrete type. It is proved that old industrial regions can act as "basic regions" when carrying out policy of the reindustrialization realized now in the Russian Federation.