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The authors have considered methods for an alternative assessment of the dynamics of capital assets over 1992–2015, which fundamentally differ from those employed by the Russian Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), and have presented the results obtained on their basis. Losses of fixed assets incurred by the economy over this period in value terms have also been estimated. The reasons for the current crisis of the Russian economy have been shown in connection with the exhaustion of the Soviet material heritage and ways of handling the crisis have been proposed based on the reduction in household consumption and sharp increase in the share of accumulation and savings.

The article discusses housing and communal services in Russia in terms of reproducing its material and technical base and infrastructure. The structure of housing stock in 1991–2012 has been analyzed, an alternative estimate of the size of old and dilapidated housing has been provided, and a comparison of normative and actual overhaul has been made. Public utilities are discussed in five groups (electricity, heating, water supply, sewerage and gasification). Crisis state of housing and communal services caused by inadequate funding of renovation and construction is shown. The financial resources needed to restore housing and communal services, as well as the sources and mechanisms for delivering these resources, has been calculated.

The article contains data on composition, principle of operation, measuring and functional capabilities of the state special primary standard of pressure unit for absolute pressures in the range 10[?]6-103 Pa.