The village is a small settlement in Russia and the CIS countries. Villages can be of different types, for example, cottage, cottage, resort, worker, etc. The village is one of the types of rural settlements.
Types of rural settlements
A rural settlement means any settlement located outside the city. In different countries, there are different criteria for city and village, of which the population is most often used. Also a frequent criterion is the nature of the activities of people living in the village. A characteristic feature of any rural settlements is the low level of development of the service sector, infrastructure support, the lack of modern civilization benefits, the small population and area of the settlement, and the predominance of one-story or two-story buildings.
Functions of Rural Settlements
The functions of cities and rural settlements are also very different. For rural settlements, the most common type of activity is agriculture, and for cities - industry, construction and services. In other cases, the functions of rural settlements are quite specific and focused on one specific type of activity. For example, it can be mining, servicing a wildlife sanctuary or a national park. Some rural settlements are focused solely on forestry, fishing or hunting, or are created to serve the rest of the population.
Features of rural settlements: differences between the village and the city
Characteristic features of towns and villages are as follows:
- lack of transport accessibility;
- insufficient level of medical care;
- lower standard of living of the population;
- often there is a dependence on natural conditions (weather, bioecological, etc.);
- differ in the presence of residents of their own households ;
- lower than in cities, building density;
- low prevalence of artificial coatings (asphalt, concrete, tile, etc.);
- usually the best environmental conditions;
- more relaxed lifestyle;
- the streets of the village are less well-maintained and often populated by pets;
- fewer chronic and catarrhal diseases in people (with the exception of some working villages and places with unfavorable ecology).
Village Education
A village is a community located outside the city. Sometimes the village is referred to as some city districts located in the outskirts of the city and standing out from the general urban development. Such districts in the past were separate settlements that became part of the city due to enlargement and merger with it. Cities consisting of more or less isolated parts (for example, mining) are divided specifically into villages, and not into microdistricts. At the same time, the central region is the only zone called the city itself.
Some of the villages are completely absorbed by cities and become microdistricts. However, for some time they still retain some personality inherent in them. In particular, the specific (and usually low-rise) nature of the development, lifestyle, relationships between people, external semi-rural appearance.
At the same time, the reverse process is also observed - the formation of new villages. Often these are country cooperatives, which can subsequently turn into full-fledged settlements with permanent residence of people. New industrial facilities erected away from cities can also cause the emergence of new villages. This process was especially active in the USSR, which was associated with the rapid development of industry.
Some of the villages are formed due to the compact resettlement of refugees and migrants. Currently, the cottage village is gaining more and more popularity. Mostly wealthy citizens live there, and the level of well-being is higher than in other rural settlements. The cottage village can be considered the most modern type of rural settlement.
Village Features
At the legislative level, villages are not officially fixed. Such settlements can be urban and rural types. The population in this case is usually not more than 10,000 people. Typically, villages are relatively young entities associated with cities and other large settlements. Many of them arose during the Soviet Union. More ancient, historically established settlements are villages.
Differences of the village from the village
Both the village and the village are rural settlements. The main difference between them relates to lifestyle, history, occupation and ways of organizing the economy.
The village is a relatively self-sufficient settlement, the inhabitants of which are mainly engaged in agriculture and have a private (subsidiary) economy. The villages have a lifestyle more characteristic of past centuries than for the present. They are most common in Ukraine, Belarus, in the central regions of Russia and some other areas. In the south of the European territory of Russia, the traditional way of life is typical of auls, villages, and farms.
Villages and similar settlements have a longer history than villages, and, as a rule, are inhabited by the indigenous (local) population. The villages, as a rule, have a recent origin, and they may consist of a visiting population. The lifestyle of the villages directly depends on the type of activity of people, which may be agricultural, industrial, recreational, forestry oriented.
Geographically, villages, like villages, are usually located along river valleys, lakes and reservoirs. However, such a clear attachment to water bodies as in villages is not here. Water in the villages can come from artesian wells or transported from outside. Workers' villages can be built near man-made objects, which determine the priority of their location.
Thus, the village is not quite a village, although there may not be any hard differences between them.