NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MODELS OF ARCTIC TERRITORIES OF WORLD'S COUNTRIES

The article includes a data of the comparative analysis of the American, Canadian, European and Russian development models of the Arctic economy in the world's Arctic. The specific features of economic development of the Arctic territories of United States (Alaska), Canada, Russia, Iceland, Greenland, Norway, Sweden and Finland are presented. The comparative evaluations of national models of Arctic economies of these countries according to the triangular index of wealth, developed by scientists at Tufts University (USA) are analyzed. Authors suggested using the method of analysis of the socio-economic development by the meridian subareas of the Russian Arctic for a more objective assessment of the economy of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation due to a large extension of its territory from the west to the east. On its basis it is identified a significant socio-economic backwardness of the Arctic subzone of northeast the Russian Federation, especially the Chukotka Autonomous District and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).