Socio-Economic Consequences of Territorial Transformations of Local Government

This work is devoted to the socio - economic consequences of the territorial transformations of local government. The aim of the work is to identify and describe the consequences of the territorial transformations of local government in the Russian Federation. The study is conducted using a combination of methods. In work are used room and field methods. The first method includes the analysis of statistics on the number of municipalities over the past 12 years, data collection from online resource Factiva to analyze the public image of the mergers of municipalities The second method includes the study of territorial transformations in the Nizhny Novgorod and Kaliningrad regions. The study revealed that territorial changes affect regional and local authorities, as well as the rental and active population. Transformations have an impact on employees of former administrations of rural settlements and on directors of rural stores. Territorial departments were created on the territory of urban districts, thanks to which people do not feel sudden changes.