ad948d05-564d-4132-bf9d-b6b0708e81bf20210105083838087wseamdt@crossref.orgMDT DepositWSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS2224-28991109-952610.37394/23207http://wseas.org/wseas/cms.action?id=40161420211420211810.37394/23207.2021.18https://wseas.org/cms.action?id=23245Manifestation of the Factor of Regional Median PositionVictoria V.AkberdinaDepartment of Regional Industrial Policy and Economic Security, Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 29 Moskovskaya Str., Ekaterinburg, 620014, Russian FederationAlyona S.SergeevaDepartment of Regional Industrial Policy and Economic Security, Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 29 Moskovskaya Str., Ekaterinburg, 620014, Russian FederationThe article summarises theoretical approaches to determining the median regions, their place and rolein the territorial structure of the country and its socio-economic development. 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