Russia has been facing depopulation since 1990, and this trend is continuing nowadays. The
Northwestern Federal District (NWFD) is no exception here. From 1990 to 2014, its population
decreased by almost 11%, while in Russia as a whole – by 3.5%. Natural population decline was
registered in all regions of the NWFD in 2010. The situation has improved only by 2013, but
natural increase was achieved only in the Komi Republic, Murmansk Oblast, and Saint Petersburg.
A general trend of population decline in the NWFD in 2010–2013 was interrupted by a slight
increase that was caused to some extent by migration processes. The Vologda Oblast is among the
regions with natural population decrease (-1.2‰), which makes it important to study migration,
a driving force of the region’s demographic development. The aim of this work is to assess the
migration situation in municipal formations of the Vologda Oblast. For this purpose, the author
chose a set of indicators that help identify main trends in demographic processes, analyze the
situation in the territorial entities of the region. The analysis reveals the municipal areas with
favorable and unfavorable migration situation. It shows the relationship between migration
processes and the level of socio-economic development of territorial entities. At the same time,
the author distinguished several municipal areas that are favorable from the economic point of
view, but that are experiencing migration outflow. This indicates the presence of other migration
factors that require further study
Keywords
migration, depopulation, migration flows, types of migration, municipal entities