TYPOLOGY OF CAPITALS: ON THE EXAMPLE OF MODERN COUNTRIES

Abstract

The article analyzes the views of foreign scientists on the typology of the capital. As a result, the author developed a typology of the capitals of modern countries according to various criteria. In particular, the capitals of modern states can be divided into types: firstly, by the ways of the emergence of the status of the capital; secondly, by their status as an administrative-territorial unit(subject), thirdly, by the interrelation of the capital's functions performed by the large-scale configuration of the capital's territory; fourthly, by the official designation of the capital and the performance of its functions.