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Russia: From monotowns to pluritowns
The crisis in Detroit Americas Motor City was splashed all over the international press when the city filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history in July 2013 The stories about the fall and then the renaissance of this oncegreat city which had staked everything on the automobile industry abounded But we dont hear as much about the monogoroda Russias longforgotten industrial towns that share a similar fate There are 319 of these singlefactory towns where a single industry or factory accounts for most of the local economy How are they faring